Modified Yamaha RX100 sports alpine white camouflage painted fuel tank; features custom squarish headlamp, new seat and off-road centric tyres
Yamaha RX100 is such a bike that never lost its appeal. Even today, this bike is considered as a cult model in the history of Indian motorcycle market. While many enthusiasts love it in stock form, some like to make it more distinctive with customisation. Here is a Yamaha RX100 modified into an aggressive scrambler by Pune’s Nomad Motorcycles and christened as Yambam.
The modified Yamaha RX100 comes sporting an aggressive look with its custom body parts from nose to toe. Up front, the modified bike gets a custom headlamp cowl with squarish LED unit and alpine white camouflage paint. The same paint scheme has been applied to the custom fuel tank as well. Interestingly, it dons the map of India and Maharashtra.
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The bike receives custom handlebar offering greater control to the rider. Apart from that, there is a retro looking long leather seat and the LED taillight is nicely tucked under the seat. The custom bike sports a new frame offering greater rigidity and it is completely blackened out along with the exhaust and engine block as well.
As it appears, the modified Yamaha RX100 sports higher ground clearance compared to the stock bike. This has been done to make it better capable in accepting the off-road challenge. The wheels come with multi-spoke appearance and they are wrapped in chunky off-road centric tyres. For stopping power, the bike employs disc brakes at both ends.
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On the suspension front, Nomad Motorcycles has equipped the custom bike with standard telescopic front suspension borrowed from Yamaha FZ16 and rear gets swingarm. With the dual spring suspension set up it offers greater riding comfort.
The engine of the custom Yamaha RX100 has been rebuilt to offer more power and torque output compared to the regular model. The stock RX100 was powered by a 98 cc single-cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke engine paired with a 4-speed transmission. The engine was capable of churning out 11 hp of peak power at 7,500 rpm and 10.39 Nm of peak torque at 6,500 rpm.
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