Photography: Basil Eldho

“The Perfect Storm” – that’s the tagline for the new Yezdi Adventure. And as the aircraft took off from Delhi, I could see a storm brewing, streaks of lightning playing fireworks in the dark clouds over the city. The venue for the press ride was on the outskirts of Pune, at Prodirt Adventure, an adventure training venue with off-road trails and curated enduro trails. The plan was to test the new and updated Yezdi Adventure at a slush-filled curated track, and plenty of muddy trails around the venue to experience the updated bike, and see what has changed.

Watch the 2024 Yezdi Adventure First Ride Review Video:

2024 Yezdi Adventure: What’s New?

The overall silhouette of the updated Yezdi Adventure is similar to the outgoing model, but there are small, but significant changes. The bodywork remains largely unchanged, but the bike now gets new colours (two gloss, two matte), and new graphics on the fuel tank. 

New colours, a smaller main cage, lighter weight, revised engine and rerouted exhaust on the 2024 Yezdi Adventure.

There’s also a smaller and lighter main cage (the tubular steel tank brace) with a sticker “Est. ‘69” paying homage to the brand’s year of establishment. In all there are four colours – Glacier White DT, Magnite Maroon DT, Wolf Grey DT and Tornado Black. Of these, Magnite Maroon DT and Tornado Black are matte finish, while Glacier White DT and Wolf Grey DT are gloss finish.

The exhaust has been rerouted, and the “Alpha 2” 334 cc single-cylinder, liquid-cooled engine has revised internals, including a new crankshaft and balancer shaft.  

The exhaust has been rerouted from under the engine, with the coolant reservoir now placed behind the airbox. There are changes to the engine internals as well, which we’ve already seen on the Jawa 350, although the Alpha 2 version of the engine on the Yezdi ADV makes more power and torque.  The six-speed gearbox and the slip and assist clutch has been retained.