There was a time when Yamaha ruled the roost with its super strong RX100 two-stroker. Then escalating fuel prices and the growing consciousness for cleaner air together conspired to lower the curtain, if not bring it completely down on two-stroke engined two-wheelers. Thus came the need for manufacturers to rethink strategies in terms of product planning for the future.

Where the shift to four-stroke engines was clearly the way to go, for reasons that probably even Yamaha would like to forget, the company decided that an update of the RX range could still be profitably exploited. Anyway all that is now history and finally when a four-stroke did appear, in the form of the YBX125, it couldn't emulate the sales Performance of the RX 100. The reasons were not too difficult to establish: high purchase price, dated looks and styling, and poor Fuel Efficiency eroded the Yamaha image even further. The YD125 fell short of the task of retrieving sales to an appreciable level. To accelerate the frequency response of consumers stepping into Yamaha dealerships and agreeing to put their money down needed a quick-fix programme. The Yamaha Crux is the first in the line-up of what promises to be a mix of exciting as well as everyday transport models that Yamaha will roll out in the coming months.