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Yamaha R15 vs Apache RTR FI vs CBZ Extreme vs Hunk vs Unicorn

Jun 12th, 2008 | By Premnath Sah | Category: Cars & Bikes, FavoritePost, Reviews & Comparisons

With the release of Yamaha R15 in India, the fight for “Best 150 cc bike” Title will change hands from Apache RTR to Yamaha R15. At least on papers, Yamaha R15 seems to be best in this category. Lets compare the five premium 150cc bikes in market.

Yamaha R15 Honda Unicorn Apache RTR CBX Extreme Hunk Bajaj Pulsar
Displacement (cc) 149.8 149.1 159.7 149.1 149.1 149
Max Power (BHP) 16.9 @ 8500 rpm 13.3 @ 8000 rpm 15.2 @ 8500 rpm 14.4 @ 8500 rpm 14.4 @ 8500 rpm 14.09 @ 8500 rpm
Max Torque (Nm) 15.0 @ 7500 rpm 12.8 @ 5500 rpm 13.1 @ 6000 rpm 12.8 @ 6500 rpm 12.8 @ 6500 rpm 12.75 @ 6500 rpm
Top Speed 145 kmph 101 kmph 118 kmph 110 kmph 110 kmph 102 kmph
Bore x Stroke (mm) 57.0 x 58.7 57.3 x 57.8 62.0 x 52.9 57.3 x 57.8 57.3 x 57.8 na
Cooling System Liquid Cooled Air Cooled Air Cooled Air Cooled Air Cooled Air Cooled
Gear Box 6 Speed 5 Speed 5 Speed 5 Speed 5 Speed 5 Speed
Suspension Front Telescopic Telescopic Telescopic Telescopic Telescopic Telescopic
Suspension Rear Monocross Suspension Mono Suspension Monotube inverted Gas filled shox with spring aid Swing arm with adjustable hydraulic shock absorber Swing arm with adjustable gas filled shox Triple rate spring, gas assisted shox
Fuel supply System Electronic fuel injection system Carburettor Carburettor / Electronic Fuel injection system Carburettor Carburettor Carburettor
Compression Ratio 10.4:1 NA 9.5:1 9.1:1 9.1:1 NA
Brake – Front Disc Brake Disc Brake Disc Brake Disc Brake Disc Brake Disk Brake
Brake – Back Disc Brake Drum Brake Drum Brake Drum Brake Drum Brake Drum Brake
Tire – Front 80/90 – 17 2.75 – 18 90 / 90 – 17 1.85 – 18 2.75 x 18 NA
Tire – Back 100 / 80 – 17 100 / 90 – 18 100 / 80 – 18 100 / 90 – 18 100 / 19 – 18 100 / 90
Fuel Tank Capacity 12 litres 13 litres 16 litres 12.3 litres 12.4 litres NA
Weight 131 kg 146 kg 136 kg 143 kg 146 kg NA
Length (mm) 1995 2095 2020 2080 2080a NA
Width (mm) 670 750 730 765 765 NA
Height (mm) 1070 1100 1050 1145 1095 NA
Wheelbase (mm) 1290 1340 1300 1325 1325 1320
Ground Clearance (mm) 160 NA 180 145 145 NA

From the above spec comparison Yamaha R15 seems to be the clear winner. Other two important factors which will decide its success in India are Price & Mileage. Price is  being reported as 80-85 thousand and Mileage is claimed to be around 40. Lets see how things work out.

What do you think? Will Yamaha ever succeed with R15 as it did in its RX-100 Glory days?

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  1. redweevil2008 July 1st, 2008 7:39 pm :

    R 15 will be a better winner if those tyres are changed for god sake… they really suck !!!

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  2. Suzuki GS150R vx Apache RTR - is it worthy enough to compete with Apache RTR ? | l . i . n . k . e . r November 16th, 2008 9:28 am :

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  3. avesh March 4th, 2009 8:54 am :

    The above details are quite wrong. (bhp’s, km/h)
    i own 2009 cbz extreme, we easily reached 105 with doubles with still acc remaining..

  4. Premnath Sah March 4th, 2009 11:39 am :

    Hi Avesh,

    These specifications have been taken from respective companies official spec. Top speed has been reported as 110kmph for cbz extreme. We are not sure what you mean by it is wrong.

    Thanks
    Premnath Sah T.H.

  5. raj kumar November 8th, 2009 2:07 am :

    ya u r right………. My unicorn reaches 112 in singles and 105 in doubles……….

  6. rohan November 23rd, 2009 8:58 pm :

    R15 is da best . hahahahahahaha

  7. Shine December 3rd, 2009 8:46 pm :

    My CBZ reaches 120 in singles…..

  8. vijay January 9th, 2010 9:52 am :

    Mentioned information regarding the R-15 was wrong. Please check it once.

  9. sudhakar January 23rd, 2010 12:54 pm :

    CBZ XTEME is the most powerful bike compare to all other bikes

  10. Vinoy (Auto Mobile Engineer)Work @ YAMAHA February 8th, 2010 8:06 pm :

    I have already used all the above bikes.
    CBZ Xtrme is best as ever I used. Honda Shine is the next one fav. Pulsar is the most third class bike in the world.
    Only the pulsar 220 is the good one.
    R15 is not good one….ground Clearance is too low,thtwhy there have a big chance to skit the byk….Last of all I bought the CBZ Extreme. Now I am Happy with this…..The New CBz Comes with tuff-up tire….also.

    Ya sudhakar its truth….

    Best Bike in 150CC Range…….

    Don’t Buy Pulsar 150…

  11. sanat February 9th, 2010 7:42 pm :

    why was GS150 not put in this category of comparison? Also compare the basic prices. Plz. update the site.
    Regards

  12. Nitin February 10th, 2010 8:51 pm :

    Hunk is better

  13. Nitin February 10th, 2010 8:55 pm :

    My cbz is reached on the 150 km/hr this site is wrong

  14. bombax February 18th, 2010 10:51 pm :

    my luna reached 155 kph. F*** all your 150 ccs. Ever heard of Nitros for 2-strokes. Shut your A** and get back to work.

  15. vikram February 25th, 2010 10:04 pm :

    R15 is the bike of year for 3years and still going and giving a good milege when comparing with pulsar 220,karizma zmr,cbz extreme………………..buying karizma zmr is totally waste and it ****zzzzzzz

  16. Divyanshu Shekhar March 20th, 2010 1:05 am :

    Yamaha R 15 is a strong bike . . .BUT ,taking both power and mileage into concern CBZ Xtreme latest edition has defined new limits with Advanced Tumble Flow Tech.

    Yamaha looks short n sturdy n smart … no doubt . . . .N CBZ looks tallest n fit …particularly it’s BAcklight . .wat a Unique Design !!!

  17. Alien dude March 20th, 2010 1:07 am :

    Hahahaaaaaaa …. Nice stress buster ..bombax . . . .

    Ride cycles lolz …. have some mercy on environment and save fuel for ur kids . . .Sacrifice n enjoy ur cycle ride : )

  18. Jeet April 1st, 2010 2:08 pm :

    Hey…..Vinoy….

    R u mad or what…there should not be any comparison with Legendart R15 with CBZ Ztreme….
    You should compare with Passion , Discover , Yamaha Liberto or max to max Pulsur 150.

    Even Yamaha FZ is 10 times better than CBZ Xtreme.
    Specially it really looks very bad from the back (Wide Dual Sockers)
    Sports bikes ground Clearance is always low….

  19. RAJNEESH PATEL April 11th, 2010 8:15 pm :

    i am still confused.
    please compare taking care of milage also.
    Anyway it is a significant point.
    For richers also who are intellectual because v hv to save environment also.
    A VERY VERY NICE BIKE WITH MILAGE 30 KM/LITRE CAN NEVER BE GOOD.
    SAVE ENVIRONMENT.

  20. Shaggy April 13th, 2010 8:43 pm :

    Hi Jeet…ur comment was really an April Fool Special coz u asked Vinoy to compare CBZ Xtreme wid FZ 16…hahahaha…really a joke…plz for god’s sake dnt compare CBZ wid a pathetic bike like FZ 16…what’s d top end dat FZ 16 has ever reached?? Dnt jst make a comment jst 4 d sake of doing it…

  21. akshay April 14th, 2010 2:38 pm :

    From the above thing it is clear that yamaha r15 is the best bike in its looks n tecnology. But hero honda hunk is the gr88 bike compairin in speed, looks & everything. so, if a person does not have any kind of budgut go for karizma ZMR or hunk..

  22. YamahaWR125Fan April 26th, 2010 1:22 am :

    Nice Post !

  23. vikas April 27th, 2010 8:27 pm :

    all four of them are bullshit
    best bike=previous CBZ

  24. joell May 14th, 2010 9:47 pm :

    CBZZZZZ r15 looks r not that good

  25. joell May 14th, 2010 9:47 pm :

    CBZZ is the best …..r15 looks r not that good

  26. Pankaj June 2nd, 2010 8:34 am :

    Wat bout suzuki gs150….pls compare along wid mileage.

  27. Bobby June 15th, 2010 12:13 am :

    Hunk is better than any other bike. But cbz extreme sound is very pleasant. All other bikes should suck

  28. Bappa Ditya Biswas July 26th, 2010 10:19 pm :

    Hey !!!!!!!!!!! I own HONDA UNICORN (OLD). It’s a great bike or ride of GOD. I F***ed all 150cc (Except R15) smoothly. It’s top gear is like NITRO-POWERED. Believe me …………………

  29. Apoorv August 11th, 2010 9:50 pm :

    My apache rtr fi has touched 137kmph in solo n 125kmph with pillion….

  30. harish August 17th, 2010 7:10 pm :

    how is d style,milage,cost of r-15 when compared with other bikes like cbz,pulser

  31. harish August 17th, 2010 7:11 pm :

    how is d style and,milage,andcost of r-15 when compared with other bikes like cbz,pulser

  32. BOND August 18th, 2010 10:32 pm :

    well technically speaking…. cbz xtream is quiet gud from rest of them… smoothest and powerful…. and about that r15 i
    would say….. it looks gud only in showroom..it looks more like a toy than a bike.. and these data provided above is just “on paper” thing… go take a ride of these bikes… u will feel the difference

  33. Cwaz August 21st, 2010 10:09 am :

    B4 buying any bike consider ur budget i don’t mean d price. What i mean is maintainance cost coz all above machines need proper care. Most expensive parts r of ZMR & R15…followed by CBZ & Hunk than comes Unicorn and last pulsar………no idea abt RTR,,,,,,,,,,mileage also matters bt once u have bought d bike ur going to manage it anyway haha,…………so i think above all unicorn is gonna b my choice……….I’m througt p200 & hunk now it’s my 3rd bike

  34. dhami August 23rd, 2010 7:38 pm :

    yamaha r15 is the best ….guys.u can compare with othere bikes.its look is diffrent thant othere all the bikes.milage is also very good.it beats all the bikes of this category.

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