The best way to resist temptation is to succumb to it.

I do not remember the last time any motorbike really tempted me enough to spend time drooling over it or thinking about buying it. And now, out of the blue, this new offering from Yamaha has set me thinking.



Quite some reasons for being interested in this mobike :

1. Awesome styling and looks.

2. Lineage inherited from the legendary Yamaha R1.

3. Exclusivity on the roads, courtesy the high price of the bike. This 150-cc engined bike
would set me back by a hundred thousand rupees plus change. Compare this to the 150-cc
bikes from Bajaj, TVS etc that you can buy for 60 thousand odd rupees.

4. Maybe I am growing old - I read somewhere that when men feel they are aging, they try
to prove themselves younger by indulging in macho symbols like motorbikes etc. :-)

And yeah, last but not the least, I am sick of seeing all these Bajaj Pulsars on the roads.

But then there is also a sane voice trying to make itself heard to me, with logical arguments
like, "This bike is not something that you can use as a city commuter in a crowded city like Chennai" or "Why waste good money on a bike that you are going to use only occasionally ?"
or "Throw in another hundred thousand bucks and you could get a 800-cc small car, which would be an ideal gift for your wife for the upcoming anniversary." etc etc.

And the fight between the mind and heart rages on.

P.S. : For those that did not know, Chennai has the distinction (dubious, if you ask those that
drive cars here) of being the city with the highest number of motorbikes in India.