The sporty Yamaha R3 has won the award for the Indian Motorcycle of the Year 2016 (IMOTY).
The sporty Yamaha R3 has won the award for the Indian Motorcycle of the Year 2016 (IMOTY). The bike was launched in August 2015 for a price of Rs. 3.25 lakhs Ex-showroom, Mumbai.
India Yamaha Motor has done it yet again and won the Motorcycle of the Year award for the R3 sports bike. The company had also won the IMOTY way back in 2009 for the R15 and the award has finally returned to the Japanese bike manufacturer. The Yamaha R3 is powered by a 321cc, 2-cylinder liquid cooled engine that develops 42PS of power at 10,750RPM and a strong 29.6Nm of torque at 9,000RPM. The gearbox is a 6-speed constant mesh unit and has a kerb weight of 169Kgs. The bike is designed on a Diamond frame chassis which give it high rigidity and excellent handling characteristics.
The IMOTY 2016 jury comprised of Aspi Bhathena and Aninda Sardar (Bike India), Abhinav Mishra (BBC Top Gear), Shubhabrata Marmar and Halley Prabhakar (Overdrive), Rahul Ghosh (Auto Today), Jared Solomon and Arup Das (AutoX), Kartik Ware (Motoring World) and Sirish Chandran, Ouseph Chacko (Evo), and Pablo Chaterjee (Man’s World). Roy Kurian, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Yamaha Motor India Sales Pvt Ltd., said, “We launched Yamaha YZF-R3 in August 2015 and the responses that we have been receiving is indeed most positive and encouraging. We understand the needs of our customers and therefore pay great attention to details in our products in terms of styling and design. This win too, is awe-inspiring, thank you IMOTY Jury members and JK Tyre.”
Mr. Aspi Bhatena, Chairman, IMOTY 2016 commented on the winning motorcycle, “IMOTY 2016 has been one of the toughest awards for the Jury in the last eight years as we had lot of very good motorcycles launched during 2015 but most of them were priced on the high side unlike 2014 where the Harley Davidson Street 750 was priced at Rs. 4.50 lakhs. Last but not the least I would like to thank JK Tyres for their unconditional support for the last eight years.”
