The Yedzi Adventure Wants to Go After Royal Enfield’s Himalayan
Launched this spring in India, the new Yedzi Adventure boasts a 334cc engine and 28bhp. And it has it sights set on one model in particular.
Yedzi recently unveiled its latest offering for the Indian market, the Yedzi Adventure, a simple and rugged-looking ADV that could be just the ticket if you’re looking for no-frills adventure.
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Power for the minimalist adventure motorcycle comes from a single-cylinder 334cc DOHC liquid-cooled engine. It produces peak power of 28.6bhp, and peak torque of 21.8lb ft - numbers that aren’t dissimilar to those of the previous generation Royal Enfield Himalayan 411.
The chassis spec is equally similar in feel to the old Himmy, with 41mm non-adjustable telescopic forks at the front, and a monoshock at the rear that features seven-step preload adjustment. Braking is taken care of by a 320mm disc and Bybre two-piston caliper, with a 240mm disc and single-piston caliper appearing at the rear of the bike. Rolling stock for the bike is a set of spoked wheels, with an off-road-ready 21-inch item at the front, and a 17-inch, 130-section hoop at the rear.
Technology is up on the old-gen Himmy, with the Yedzi gaining a funky-looking LCD/TFT hybrid dash, which brings with it turn-by-turn navigation and Bluetooth connectivity. Other tech arrives in the form of riding modes and two-channel ABS, and the bike is topped off by a 15.5-litre fuel tank.
All in all it sounds just the ticket for budding adventurers on this side of the world, who might be looking for a cheap and cheerful adventure commuter that can handle buzzing along a green lane. And when we say ‘cheap’, we mean it. In the Indian market, the new ADV has a price excluding showroom fees (OTR basically) of £1,900, and while we’d have export and import costs on top of that, it could still provide UK bikers with a seriously cost-effective bike if it did come here.
But for now, that isn’t the case, but will it change?
Yedzi is part of the Classic Legends family (which itself is part of the Mahindra fold), and while it doesn’t bring any bikes to the UK or Europe at the moment, that could theoretically change in the future. Classic Legends has a foothold in the UK and Europe thanks to the revived BSA brand, meaning it wouldn’t be impossible also to feed Yedzi’s bikes into the region.
Find out more about the bike on the official website.
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Simon (AKA Toad) has been working within the motorcycle industry for more than twelve years, and a member of the motorcyclist family since birth. Growing up around British-built single and twins, it was inevitable that a life on two wheels was on the cards, from a very early age!
