HomeBike NewsYamaha R25 beats Honda CBR 300R in top speed compare - Video

Yamaha R25 beats Honda CBR 300R in top speed compare – Video

Recently surfaced photo proved top speed of Yamaha R25. It shows the quarter litre bike can do 154 kmph @ 11,000 rpm and 173 kmph @ 12,500 rpm. Still some rev scope is left; redline strikes at 14,000 rpm. Will Yamama R25 manage to clock anymore speed as it already exceeded peak power point at 12,000 rpm?

Facelifted Honda CBR 250R was launched in Indonesia a month before Yamaha R25’s, with good boost of power. New CBR 250R delivers 29 PS max. power @ 9,000 rpm and 23 Nm peak torque @ 7,500 rpm. Yamaha R25 is capable of 36 PS @ 12,000 rpm and 22.6 Nm @ 10,000 rpm. We don’t know top speed of new Honda CBR 250R yet, above data suggest it won’t get very close to baby M1.

New video has come to light, thanks to Ride Magazine, showing top speed of new Honda CBR 300R. Yeah, the new 300cc brother of CBR 250R, ready for global sales in July, first market to receive would be Australia. US launch is slated for August 2014. Non-ABS variant to cost $4,399 (Rs. 2.60 lakhs approx.) and ABS equipped version to be priced at $4,899 (Rs. 2.9o lakh approx.).

New Honda CBR 300R engine displaces 286cc, producing 30.8 PS @ 8,500 rpm and 27 Nm @ 7,250 rpm. As usual, Honda engines are more torquey, at lower engine speeds. Surprisingly, CBR 300R is lighter than 250R by 8 kg, making it 156kg!

Getting back to the point, appended video shows CBR 300R’s top speed capability; very close to Yamaha R25 is as much it could get. Weight of rider is 98kg with full riding gear (88 + 10kg); height is 189 cm. Shifting slightly past redline, bike managed 57 kmph on 1st gear, 83 kmph on 2nd gear, 112 kmph on 3rd gear, 137 kmph on 4th gear, 154 kmph on 5th gear and 169 kmph (top speed) on 6th gear @ 10,100 rpm.

All above speed-on-gear numbers are approximate, observed from video below.

Also read – Yamaha YZF-R25 vs Honda CBR 250R – Comparison review.

[youtube width=”700″ height=”394″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Il_dfrC-iY#t=15[/youtube]

Rushlane Google news