Yamaha has more than a couple of bikes in the 150cc range. We have already reviewed the mileages of Yamaha FZ16 and Yamaha Fazer earlier. As you may remember, the company claims a mileage of 50.81 kmpl on both these bikes. The Yamaha SZ-x is yet another 153cc 4 stroke engine bike that delivers a power of 12.1 PS and a torque of 12.8 Nm. That’s marginally lower than what the other two bikes deliver. Consequently, the price of the bike is lower too. You can buy a Yamaha SZ-x from Delhi at an ex-showroom price of Rs. 49,500 that’s comfortably lower than the prices of the other two 150cc Yamaha bikes.
Yamaha SZ-x Fuel Economy Claim
Yamaha has positioned the SZ-x as a relatively lightweight motorcycle for a 150cc bike. When you have less weight to carry around, the mileage and performance commensurately increases. Not surprisingly, Yamaha claims the SZ-x can report a mileage of 62.4 kmpl under standard test conditions. Again, this is comfortably better than not only the other Yamaha bikes discussed earlier, but also other 150cc bikes like Honda CB Unicorn Dazzler (claims 60 kmpl) and Hero Impulse (claims 55 kmpl)
Customer Mileage Reviews Of SZ-x
Let’s start with a poll that xBHP conducted among Yamaha SZ customers to survey the mileages. Out 0f 304 people who took the survey, 36.51% of them answered 41-45 kmpl while another 19% answered 36-40 kmpl. Another 17.7% answered 46-50 kmpl. We can probably take 41-45 kmpl as the average.
BikeDekho has extensively reviewed the Yamaha SZ-x and Yamaha SZ-r variants and note that both these bikes deliver a fuel efficiency of 55-60 kmpl on the urban roads. Now that’s extremely different from what we hear on xBHP (only 6% of the respondents had voted for 55+ kmpl mileage).
MaxAbout does a good job in reviewing the bike under city as well as highway conditions and in their article, they report that the Yamaha SZ-x returns a mileage of 55 kmpl on city roads and 70 kmpl on highways. Now that’s even higher than what Yamaha has noted in its tests conducted on standard conditions! IndiaMart on the other hand reports a slightly lower performance. Their report states a city mileage of 50 kmpl on the Yamaha SZ.
BikeAdvice notes that the Yamaha SZ is not exactly being advertised as a mileage-efficient bike and so you shouldn’t be setting high standards. They report a mileage of between 50-53 kmpl on city roads.
MouthShut gives a rather confusing picture for those of you who are still on the fence with respect to going for the SZ-x. Some users report a mileage of as low as 38-40 kmpl. One user even reports a mileage of 24 kmpl which seriously seems like a one-off case. But the norm as aptly summed up by one user seems to be 45-50 kmpl on city roads and 55 kmpl on the highways. In comparison, the mileages on the classifieds site Olx.in have been reported in the range of 46-55 kmpl – as always slightly higher than what is reported on the reviews site.
So bottomline – our recommendation is that the bike really doesn’t look bad from a mileage point of view. Of course, there have been some complaints about low mileage; especially from users on MouthShut. But do keep in mind that product reviews are most often written by people who are unhappy and written by happy customers relatively fewer times. Plus, the bike seems to be performing much better than the Yamaha Fazer that was consistently reported to be delivering under 40 kmpl.
Look into the other features of the bike as well, and do take a test drive. If you like what you are seeing, go for it. It looks pretty okay from the mileage front here. Here is a summary of what the various reviews have reported:
| Source | City Mileage (kmpl) | Highways Mileage (kmpl) |
|---|---|---|
| Official | – | 62.4 |
| xBHP | 41-45 | — |
| BikeDekho | 55-60 | — |
| MaxAbout | 55 | 70 |
| IndiaMart | 50 | — |
| BikeAdvice | 50-53 | — |
| MouthShut | 45-50 | 55 |
| Olx | 46-55 | — |
in city it give 50 kmpl and on highway it returns 58 kmpl(use yamalube 15w50 engine oil for better performance)
my szx is comfort for ride,stylish,and good milage
I have not checked the mileage for my FX-16 accurately but it seems to be in the high 40s while riding in the city. When I finally get it broken in at 1000km I will check the mileage more closely.
The bike is a dream to ride and has just the right amount of power for me. The transmission is smooth and the handling is superb! I guess you can say that I really like my new bike!
Its like 23 months passed since i bought my Yamaha SZ-R and i want to tell you all out there very clearly that if:
1) you ride you bike at max 50 km/hr in city and max 65 km/hr on highways
2) you try to use less breaks by using cluth instead of breaks( i.e. lower down the gears immidiately as you fell that ahead its going to be traffic or you will have to slow down or stop the bike)
3) cheak on engine oil, air in tyre
4) you do a Yamaha service after every 3.5-4 months(atleast 3 service a year)
5) you don’t accelerate all of a sudden(chutiyapa)
Then i assure you that Yamaha SZ-R will give a mileage of 50-54 km/ltr in City and 53-57 km/ltr on Highways 🙂
All the Best!
Yes Yamaha!!
Agree with Abhilash Das
Can Yamaha SZ RR give a mileage of above 50? Does anybody know? Please reply.
Hi friends, I have an SZX that was purchased on 14-10-2011. It is good, comfortable, road grip is good, stylish and has good height. I am getting 40 km/liter. Some say that it should be 50 kmpl but I don’t know how. Can you suggest how it can be increased?
I have been riding the SZ-R 2011 variant and have completed 15700 km. As per my detailed record of all the fill up, I have got like 40+ in city and 47-50kmpl on highways.
Hi, I have a plan to buy my first bike with decent mileage (50+) and looks
1.Yamaha SZ-X
2.Yamaha SZ-RR
3.Pulsar 135
Which one is best? Please help me friends