REGULAR readers of could be forgiven for never having heard of Yamaha’s YZF-R15, a popular learner-legal motorcycle powered by a liquid-cooled fuel-injected 150cc (155cc since 2017) SOHC four-valve single. Made in India, there is nothing retro about the fully-faired pocket rocket, styled as it is like a modern-day sports bike with the attitude to match. So singularly focused is it that it even spawned its own FIM-sanctioned road-racing series for 11- to 16-year-olds
