by: Javed Ali Khan Picture: Yezdi Motorcycles
As an Indian, to know about 2 stroke legend Yezdi is one thing but to be one among those very few who have driven them is another level thing. I have been quite lucky as I have driven almost all the variants of Yezdi motorcycle in its 2 stroke avatar – Roadking, 250 Deluxe, 250 Classic, CL II, Yezdi 350- except the Yezdi 175 and Monarch.
करोनोलोजी समझिए, Back in November 2018, classic legends brought Jawa back to life and it all started here in India. Since then, it was quite logical to wait for the return of Yezdi’s on Indian roads. Today it happened and for once I personally loved the online launch event which had Cyrus Barocha as the host. Now the biggest question which many people and analysts had was how classic legend is going to justify the brand YEZDI. Well, this question is quite difficult to answer as the old Yezdi’s were 2 stroke motorcycles and the ones launched today are 4 stroke motorcycles, made according to the norms and standards of the 21sts century. So for once, let’s not compare oranges with apples.
The 3 new variants of Yezdi are Adventure, Roadster, and Scrambler which cost Rs.2.09 lakh, Rs.1.98 lakh and Rs.2.04 lakh respectively – all ex-showroom Delhi. All have a 334 CC capacity engine with different torque and Power settings.
Adventure is available in 3 colour options – Slick Silver, Mambo Black and Ranger Camo; Roadster has 5 colour options – Smoke Grey, Hunter Green, Steel Blue, Sin Silver and Gallant Grey; Scrambler has 6 colour options – Fire Orange, Outlaw Olive, Yelling Yellow, Midnight Blue, Mean Green and Rebel Red and prices of all bikes changes according to the colour you would opt.
We will be talking about the bikes in detail once we get our hands on them in the time to come.