Yamaha Fazer 25 vs Pulsar RS 200

The entire biking fraternity turned fickle-minded looking at the spy shots of the Yamaha Fazer 25 some weeks back and people were wondering what made Yamaha design a full-faired FZ25, the way they have designed it. Nonetheless, Yamaha has launched the Fazer 25 in the Indian market to rival the Bajaj Pulsar RS 200, we do a spec comparison to find out how these two motorcycles fare against each other.

Design & Looks – Let’s start with the newest kid on the block, the Yamaha Fazer 25. Design-wise, Yamaha has done a fair job in executing the fairing design, looks big, bulky and will give you a big-bike feel. However, Yamaha could have given the Fazer 25 a dual-headlamp setup (like the Fazer 150) which would have upped the desirability quotient of the Fazer 25 significantly. But Yamaha has used the same tri-LED headlamp from the FZ25.

The Bajaj Pulsar RS 200, in comparison to the Fazer 25 looks much much better, especially, with the 2017 Laser-Edged body graphics. The previous Pulsar RS 200 had a busy design going against it, but Bajaj has taken care of that in the 2017 version. The dual projector headlamps and the asymmetrically painted alloy wheels add to the looks of the bike. If I had to pick one only on the basis of looks, hands down, it’d be the Pulsar RS 200.

Dimensions – The length, width and height are there in the image above, what I’d instead talk about is the wheelbase on both the bikes. The Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 has a wheelbase of 1355 mm while the Fazer 25 has a wheelbase of 1360 mm. What this means is shorter the wheelbase, better the flickability and vice versa is true for high speed stability.

Features – The Fazer 25 gets LED DRLs, LED headlamp, a full digital instrument cluster and a fatter 140 section rear tyre. The Pulsar RS 200 gets LED DRLs, dual-projector headlamps, clip-on handlebars and more importantly a single-channel ABS as an option. This is where the Yamaha Fazer 25 again lacks behind.