Archive for December, 2010

Its Christmas Season and yes Honda has brought in a surprise. The approximate booking date for the CBR150 R is out. The CBR250R features a 250cc liquid cooled, Programmed Fuel Injected, 4 valve DOHC engine. The CBR250R has Diamond Twin-Spar Steel frame. By February 2011, you can book your 250R by paying a down payment of Rs.15,000. The motorcycle is priced at Rs 1,49,990 ex showroom for the non ABS [...]

Royal Enfield is known for their delays and inability to cope with the high customer demand. But they are strongly looking at making this a thing of the past. RE is looking at putting up a new manufacturing plant in Andra Pradesh. The company has expressed interests to the state government for their necessities and the government though in favor of the proposal, has not narrowed down to a signed agreement, [...]

Ducati will be bringing some new rave horses to by April next year. By race horses we’re intending  the series 848 EVO and the 1198 SP. Ducati opened their third dealership in India recently and during the inauguration ceremony their Asia Pacific CEO, Mirko Bordiga quoted The Diavel model would be available in the European and American markets by January or February 2011. The same model would [...]

Harley Davidson as we know it is one of the most sought after cruiser motorcycle. Their V- twins are notorious for their grunt sheer torque and mesmerizing sound. Lately with their entry into India, they have brought a total of 12 models to our soil with some costing as much as a BMW. Taking a look at the Indian market, Harley Davidson have decided to bring CKDs which will be assembled in a contract [...]

As a new year trend every automobile manufacturer raises prices of its products. But Hero Honda seems to have celebrated their new year a little early this time. Owing to rising input costs, the country’s largest motorcycle manufacturer Hero Honda has raised prices of its products by Rs 500-1500. The models in the lower segment have received a minimal hike while top models like the Karizma have received [...]

Almost two and a half years since its launch, Yamaha seems to be planning to apply some major cosmetic changes to their YZF- R15. What looks like a Yamaha R15 facelift has been caught testing recently. From the pictures our new friend Vaibhav Saigal has shared on xbhp.com we can easily make out that majority of the work has been done on the rear section which till now has been accused of being very [...]

Yamaha has silently slipped in two motorcycles in a launch held in Delhi today morning. As we reported earlier, Yamaha has in fact brought out the 998cc FZ1 for India. Along with it comes the 153cc SZ-R, which is the sporty cousin of the SZ-X. It isn’t clear if the FZ1 is assembled in India or launched as a CBU. According to Yamaha, the 153cc SZ-R is a “modern & sporty version of SZ-X [...]

KTM already caught testing its Duke 125 on the Indian roads has been cooking something in the background. They have been seeing the prospects of launching the 200cc version of the Duke certain Asian and South American markets. The company posted an official reply to some of the FAQ’s as follows: Will there be a version with more displacement? “At some point in the future the 125 Duke will [...]

Yamaha Motors India Ltd. Is looking at the bringing gearless scooters to India. Global sales of Yamaha depict that it sells more scooters than motorcycles.”The sales figures across the globe for two wheelers show greater sales of scooters and motoscooters, but India is an exception” quoted Mr. Pankaj Dubey, the company’s National Business head. Yamaha is conducting a feasibility study [...]

The MegaPro launched in Indonesia (Honda CB Unicorn Dazzler for India) received a face lift in the form of a CB1000R look-alike. The motorcycle was sporting some real jaw-dropping goodies. The front was equipped with fatter rubber and upside down forks, mated to radially mounted twin piston caliper (Tokiko) and a petal disk (size not mentioned). The mud guard and the front headlamps positioned to give [...]