>>unending fascination<<<. Review on Yamaha RX100

The yamaha rx100...launched in 1985 this bike had chaqnged the very perception about 100cc bikes which were a relatively new concept in 80s in india & people were sceptical about their performance in indiqn conditions..

Indian market were dominated by 350cc , 250cc & was leaded by yamaha rx100s indian parent company esc*rts rajdoot 175cc.

Infact prior to rx100 the company had launched the big brother of rx100 ie rd350 in india as rajdoot350.yet that was a failed tale...as indian peoples were not mature enough to accept that kinda performer..So rd350 was a failed product...

Infact it was the time wen govt of india had adopted liberal entry policy of foreign auto giants through joint-ventures..Indian market was flooded wid many JVs like esc*rts yamaha.kawasaki bajaj, tvs-suzuki , hero honda to name a few...Although the leader of this show was no doubt herohonda cd100 due to its unique fuel consumption ...but in power performer rx100 got a cult status which every other 100 cc bike brand had aspired to achieve in 80s...

Some facts about rx100..

1.in an interview nanda's of esc*rts had given his ambition of being aggrssive player in 100cc market through rx100

2.initially rx100 was supposed to be launched as rajdoot rx1oo , but licensing aggreement ressisted this name through legal constraints...although rx100 was exported by escrts in other developing countries as rajdoot rx100 and also as escrts rx100 as was in like nepal...

3.the very rx100 was targeted as youth bike n its promo were saying born to lead...

4.the esc*rts had positioned rx100 as entry model in then increasing 100cc segment with rajdoot175 as its second offerring and finally the big brother yamaha rajddoot 350 to cater the then premium segment which at that time had a few takers.

5.it was one of most stollen bike in 90s in india.

6.a status symbol of rebellous youths..

7.kawasaki kb100 was said to be closest competitor of rx100s in its time with many unmatched features like central locking, tachometer, aerodynamic styling but was not that much popular due to then bajaj's inclination for scooters. Technical details about rx100...

Wellll technically rx100 was a 98cc single cylinder air cooled engine with 4 gears...It was a high torque 2stroke performer with initially 6volts electrical system which latter was upgraded to 12v ignition...In 1996 this bike was stopped from production due to stringent emmission norms...Although the esc*rts had tried to introduce sum other models to cash on popularity of rx100 yet they were a failure like rxg, rx135 or even stylish rxz all were unsuccessfull models..

The very gaap of rx100 was filled by 2strokers like samurai & shogun n latter by cbz n pulsars..The strong connection of this bike can be attributed by the fact that in india yamaha is still at large known by rx100 identity..every model of yamaha is compared with performance of rx100..and as a result yamaha despite of being worlds number 2..in india is number 4...

Now they are focussing more on their strategies...Recently yamaha had pointed out it intentions of re-supplying the partsn availability of rajdoot 350 &rx100 in order to bring brand building excercise...*

Lets expect rx100 type machine from yamaha in cuming days...

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