Yamaha has finally launched the much-awaited FZ-X in the Indian market. Just a few days before the FZ-X launch, Honda had also introduced the CB150 Verza in Indonesia. Both motorcycles belong to segment and compete against each other in terms of styling and displacement. As of now both products are available in different markets and the arrival of the Honda CB150 Verza in India seems doubtful as there's no word from the company about the same. While we still expect Yamaha to introduce the FZ-X shortly in the international markets, let's take a look at the specification and feature comparison of both these motorcycles.
Design
Starting with the Yamaha FZ-X, the motorcycle gets a neo-retro design. It further features a circular headlamp, underbelly pan, FZ-X badge on its fuel tank, a single-piece seat, tyre hugger, a rectangularish taillight and a rear grab handle. It is available in three colour options: Metallic Blue, Matt Copper and Matt Black.
Moving to its rival, the Honda CB150 Verza sports a similar neo-retro design. There are a few common styling elements between both these bikes like a circular headlamp, a single-piece seat and graphics on both sides. The CB150 Verza is further offered with features like tank extensions on both sides, a tough fuel tank cap, a black muffler cover and a lean tail section. It has three colour options on offer: Bold Red, Macho Matte Black and Masculine Black.
Features
In terms of features, the Yamaha FZ-X is way ahead of the Honda CB150 Verza as it comes with an LED headlamp, daytime running LED light, LED taillight, negative LCD instrument cluster, power socket and side stand engine cut off. The FZ-X Bluetooth variant comes with the Y-Connect app. This app helps the rider to check information like vehicle maintenance recommendation, last parking location of the bike, fuel consumption and malfunction information. It also has a Revs Dashboard on offer which displays data such as degree of throttle opening, rate of acceleration and an eco-friendly riding indicator on the smartphone.
Meanwhile, the Honda CB150 Verza is offered with limited features like all halogen lights, a fully digital instrument cluster and an auto-secure key shutter.
Engine
Moving on to the engine, the Yamaha FZ-X is powered by a 149cc single-cylinder air-cooled engine that churns out 12.23bhp at 7,250rpm and 13.3Nm at 5,500rpm. Meanwhile, the Honda CB150 Verza draws power from an 149.15cc PGM-FI single-cylinder engine that produces 13.2bhp at 8,500rpm and 12.73Nm at 6,000rpm. Both the bikes use a five-speed transmission to put all those horses down.
Now it can be seen that both the bikes are quite close in terms of the power figures. While practically it might be very difficult to tell the difference, but on paper, the Honda CB150 Verza delivers approximately 1bhp of extra oomph and 0.6Nm of lesser twist compared to the FZ-X.
Hardware
Both the bikes ride on 17-inch wheels and use telescopic forks at the front. While at the rear, the FZ-X uses a mono-shock and the CB150 Verza employs an adjustable dual suspension. The FZ-X also gets a wider rubber on both ends with a tyre width of 100mm at the front and 140mm at the rear.
As we know, that the seat height and the fuel tank capacity also play a vital role, especially when we talk about commuter motorcycles. The seat height of the FZ-X is kept at 810mm while it comes with a 10-litre fuel tank. On the other hand, the CB150 Verza gets a seat height of 773mm and it's offered with a fuel tank capacity of 12.2-litre.
Verdict
The price of the Yamaha FZ-X starts at Rs 1,16,800 while the price of the Honda CB150 Verza starts at IDR 20,290,000 in Indonesia which converts to Rs 1.04 lakh. As of now the FZ-X or the CB150 Verza aren't available in both the markets, so we won't be able to compare them based on the pricing. Since, it is always better to have more options, we would like to see the CB150 Verza in the Indian market. So if Honda ever plans to offer this commuter motorcycle in the Indian market, they should consider updating it with the latest features and connected technology.
