135 c.c. Yamaha Nouvo Elegance
With old school carburetion the 135 c.c. Yamaha Nouvo Elegance matches
fuel economy of 125 c.c. fuel injected Honda PCX.
by Jack Corbett
It offers ample under the seat
storage and twin rear shocks which you cannot get from a Honda Click, Scoopy,
Yamaha Fino, Mio, Fiore or TTX.
With its forty pounds greater weight and fatter
tires the Honda PCX will feel a bit more stable at higher speeds but the
Elegance is still stable enough to be able to get the job done.
With the Yamaha Nouvo Elegance, you aren't going to get passed up by many Honda Waves simply because
most Honda Waves come with skimpy thin little tires that won't make a
driver feel very comfortable at speed.
In city driving the
Elegance will be just as easy to park as a Wave or Mio and its going to
be better at weaving through tightly packed traffic than the PCX.
Each to his own, however. I simply find that nothing out there
measures up to the Yamaha Elegance or a Honda PCX. They are both
the flagships of their respective companies and I'd be happy with
either.
I really don't understand why Yamaha has decided
to go to a 125 c.c. engine instead of either using its superb and
bulletproof 135 or going to an even greater displacement. I am
equally mystified over why Yamaha would decrease the fuel tank capacity
of its flagship from 4.8 liters to 4.3. Only time will tell.
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