KTM RC250 will be launching at the end of this year 2018 or somewhere in early 2019. Though there his no official plans for Yamaha to launch R25 in India.

Yamaha will not launch the R25 in India as it has recently launched the R3 with a price tag of INR 3,26,000 in the country. The bike is exactly the bigger version of a R25 and comes with a 321 cc, twin-cylinder engine producing 41.4 BHP @ 10,750 rpm and 29.6 Nm @ 9,000 rpm. It comes mated to a 6-speed manual gearbox and improves on all 0-100 kmph, finishing it in just 6 seconds. The 0-60 kmph sprint in mere 2.89 seconds. The motorcycle is brought as a CKD from Indonesia.

The KTM 1190 RC8 R is the fastest one out of both the bikes. The bike comes with a much bigger engine than the R25's 250 cc twin cylinder motor. The 1195 cc, twin cylinder motor produces 173 BHP @ 10,250 rpm and 123 NM @ 8000 rpm. The power values are nearly 6 times the once being produced by the R25. The RC8 comes with twin 320 mm disc brakes for the front and a single 220 mm disc for the rear. The top speed of the massive machine comes out to be 287 kmph and it weights 186 kg only. It takes 3.1 seconds for a 0-100 kmph sprint and comes with an expected price tag of INR 20,00,000.

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The aprox mileage is YZF R25 is city 28 kmpl Highway 32 kmpl

When we neglect the price tag, Yamaha R3 becomes the better option with its 41.4 BHP power output and a 29.6 NM torque engine. The R3 delivers more performance and would be a more loved machine as it just has 3 more kgs than the R25 and the performance increase is really significant. The only thing which confuses the battle is the difference of INR 75,000 between the expected prices of the bikes.

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