The biggest aspect of the FZ16 is in the
way it has been detailed, configured and put together. Using some
of the best time-tested technologies in the biking world plus also
a few proven tricks of the trade, the Yamaha product planners and
engineers along with the stylists and the aerodynamicists from GK
Dynamics Inc. (the design firm which has been associated with Yamaha
since the Japanese bike maker's first product the YA-1 of 1955)
have created a motorcycle which in essence is almost like the original
Bajaj Pulsar but thoroughly updated and bang up to date with contemporary
cues.
It uses a diamond-type frame with the engine being employed as a stressed
member, just like in the Honda Unicorn. Add to that a simple monocross
rear suspension (again like the Honda Unicorn and unlike that on the race-bred
YZF R15 which uses a link-type monoshock set-up at the rear) plus a beefed
up rear swingarm and you have the basis for a simple but well thought
of bike frame ready to tackle the rough and the tumble of everyday Indian
terrain. Throw in large 41mm diameter front forks, specially crafted 17-inch
alloy wheels and the fitment of a 140/60-R17 radial at the rear (the largest
tyre on any Indian bike to date) and you know this bike is ready for business.
Just for the record the front tyre is a 100/80-R17 unit, both being tubeless
tyres and a good sign that the motorcycling breed, even for the masses,
is now seeing much needed upgradation.
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