Five Things You Should Know About The Yamaha Aerox 155: Design, Powertrain & More

Yamaha Aerox 155 maxi-scooter launched in India and a popular scooter in Southeast Asian markets like Indonesia. Apart from that, the 'Aerox' nameplate has been available in Europe and Asia for a pretty long time. That being said, the Yamaha Aerox 155 is positioned as a maxi-scooter in India and will go up against the likes of Aprilia SR160.

Five Things You Should Know About The Yamaha Aerox 155: Design, Powertrain & More

Design

The Yamaha Aerox 155 is a striking looking scooter with its massive split LED headlight setup with LED DRLs positioned just above it like eyebrows. Moving to the sides, one can immediately notice that the floorboard design of the Yamaha Aerox 155 is unlike any other scooter on the Indian market.

Five Things You Should Know About The Yamaha Aerox 155: Design, Powertrain & More

Instead of a practical and convenient flat floorboard, engineers at Yamaha have given a column that houses the fuel tank in the centre that separates the two footwells. However, this setup improves handling because of the lower centre of gravity.

Five Things You Should Know About The Yamaha Aerox 155: Design, Powertrain & More

The rear of the Yamaha Aerox 155 continues with the overall sharp design with a neatly integrated LED tail lamp and chunky 140-section rear tyre.

Five Things You Should Know About The Yamaha Aerox 155: Design, Powertrain & More

Powertrain

Powering the Yamaha Aerox 155 is a 155cc single-cylinder liquid-cooled petrol engine with fuel injection and VVA. This engine produces 15.1Bhp of peak power at 8,000rpm, while the torque stands at 13.9Nm at 6,500rpm.

Five Things You Should Know About The Yamaha Aerox 155: Design, Powertrain & More

This power output is almost 4.3Bhp more than its nearest competitor, the Aprilia SXR 160, which produces 10.7Bhp and 11.6Nm from its single-cylinder, 4-stroke, air-cooled, SOHC, 3 valve petrol engine.

Five Things You Should Know About The Yamaha Aerox 155: Design, Powertrain & More

Though the Yamaha Aerox 155 uses a Yamaha R15 sourced engine, it comes mated to a CVT gearbox for added convenience.

Five Things You Should Know About The Yamaha Aerox 155: Design, Powertrain & More

Features

The Yamaha Aerox 155 comes with features such as Single Channel ABS, 14-inch wheels, a wide 140mm rear tyre, Bluetooth Enabled Yamaha Motorcycle Connect App, 5.8-inch LCD Instrument Cluster, LED headlights, LED taillights, external fuel lid and a few more features.

Five Things You Should Know About The Yamaha Aerox 155: Design, Powertrain & More

Despite its sleek appearance, the Yamaha Aerox 155 is a spacious scooter with a 24.5-litre underseat storage capacity. To put that into perspective, the Yamaha Cygnus Alpha has an underseat storage space of 21 litres, while the larger Suzuki Burgman Street 125 has an underseat storage space of 21.5 litres.

Five Things You Should Know About The Yamaha Aerox 155: Design, Powertrain & More

Apart from this, the new Yamaha Aerox 155 gets some cool features like maintenance recommendations, last parked location, fuel consumption, malfunction notification, and start & stop function. More features can be accessed via Yamaha Motorcycle Connect App.

Five Things You Should Know About The Yamaha Aerox 155: Design, Powertrain & More

Competition

The closest competitor for Yamaha Aerox 155 is the Aprilia SXR160. Even though both these scooters are classified as maxi-scooters, the Yamaha Aerox 155 is in a whole different league when it comes to powertrain.

Five Things You Should Know About The Yamaha Aerox 155: Design, Powertrain & More

Price

The new Yamaha Aerox 155 is priced at Rs 1.31 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi), whereas the Yamaha YZF-R15 V4.0 is priced from Rs 1.72 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).

Five Things You Should Know About The Yamaha Aerox 155: Design, Powertrain & More

Thoughts About The Yamaha Aerox 155

The Yamaha Aerox 155 has created a whole new scooter segment in India.With more than 15Bhp available, the Yamaha Aerox 155 is Yamaha's way of saying "Why should 'bikes' have all the fun".

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Article Published On: Thursday, January 27, 2022, 10:58 [IST]
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