Yamaha has launched its First Maxi Scooter for India. Currently, it is the most potent scooter money can buy in India, and it is also a full-fledged Maxi scooter. Other scooters such as Suzuki Burgman Street, Aprilia SXR160 are Maxi-style scooters with a less powerful engine. This one, however, is a complete performance-oriented scooter. Aerox does not have a floorboard, but a spine hump, has bigger wheels, stepped seats, big and wide apron; overall, it just looks sporty. It only rivals Aprilia SXR160,considering the segment and engine capacity.
Engine & Gearbox
Design
The rear tail is very sharply designed and has a very slim LED tail light and motorcycle like rear mudguard and with no. plate holder and motorcycle like turn indicators
Suspension & Brakes
Yamaha Aerox gets conventional telescopic suspension on the front with large 14 inch alloy wheels. For the rear it gets motorcycle like twin shock absorber. You can even opt for gas charged KYB shock for rear as an accessory.
Braking duties are done by a 230 mm disc at the front and a rear drum brake. It gets ABS but, only on the front wheel. Scooter also has some chunky rubber, 110 section at front and wide 140 section at rear
Features
Starting with Instrument cluster, it is a negative LCD display with Bluetooth connectivity. Yamaha is aiming to make its all scooters and motorcycle Bluetooth enable connectivity. It gets twin tachos on left and right, a big sppedo digit, odometer, trip meters, avg fuel consumption, Clock VVA light, sms alert, call alert, fuel guage, check engine, high oil temperature, ABS and Start Stop system light. With the Y-Connect app there are tons of information available.
There is a front pocket with a 12V power socket to charge mobile phone. On the right there is a multi function key switch which can open, seat and fuel filler cap from one spot. The fuel lid is placed on the centre spine.
Then there is a side stand engine cutoff feature too, so that we may not forget to remove it before we go zoom on the throttle.
Price & Colours
There are two colours available: Racing Blue and Grey Vermillion.
Then we also have a MotoGP variant with Monster Energy Livery priced at Rs. 1.30 Lakhs.
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