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Naz Narrates- Aquaplaning

Yamaha R15Aquaplaning causes your bike to skid on the wet roads

Its monsoon time in India and the chances of encountering Aquaplaning is more these days than any other time of the year. So I thought this would be the best time to throw some light on Aquaplaning so you have better understanding of this phenomenon.

Aquaplaning or Hydroplaning is a phenomenon which causes your motorcycle to shed traction while moving over a wet road or surface. When you move over a wet road, the water on the surface tends to accumulate in front of your tires, if the amount of water is more than what the tire can push away, then a thin film of water builds up between the tire and the road making you lose contact with the surface causing you lose control of your motorcycle and resulting in a slide or a skid.

But I would say that motorcyclists are luckier than the fellow car owners as the chances of aquaplaning in motorcycles are far less than in a car. Motorcycles have narrow tires as compared to cars and secondly they are rounded than being flat which enhances their ability to push out the water to the sides.

For those who prefer wider tires for their motorcycle just for the sake of looks, better think twice as the chances of aquaplaning would be more with wider tires.

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Entry posted on June 19th, 2010 and filed under Advise

Yamaha closing down Pro-Service Center in New Delhi

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For all of you Yamaha bike owners, if you used to get your bike serviced at the Yamaha Pro Service Center, Mathura Road,New Delhi, then you have to find a new service center for your motorcycle.

Yamaha is closing the Yamaha Pro Service Center, Mathura Road, New Delhi w.e.f 15th of this month due to certain Government regulations.

The company is sending text messages to its customers for notifying them of this decision. The text message says:

We are extremely sorry to inform you that due to certain Government regulations, we are closing Yamaha Pro-Service Center, Mathura Road, Delhi w.e.f 15th June 2010

For those who don’t know, Yamaha Pro Service Center is company owned service center where your bikes are taken care of by Yamaha’s in-house engineers. The entire service center along with the visitor’s lounge is of high quality standard.

Motorcycles like YZF-R1 along with international models from Yamaha are also present at the Yamaha Pro Service Center, Mathura Road, which you can have a hard look at while you’re bike is being serviced.

So for some of you, it might be the time to find alternative service center for your motorcycle.

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Entry posted on June 10th, 2010 and filed under Yamaha

Bajaj Auto gets the patent in China for its ExhausTEC technology

Bajaj Auto gets Chinese patent for ExhausTec technology

After getting the European patent for the ExhausTec technology in the month of January this year, Bajaj now gets the patent for it in China as well.

Bajaj introduced the ExhausTec technology in its bikes way back in 2004 and has already got the patent for this technology in various countries across the globe.

As per the company the ExhausTec technology improve the low to mid range torque in the motorcycles.

The patent has been granted by the Chinese State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) to Bajaj Auto for its invention “ExhausTEC” by patent number ‘ZL 200580025898.7′ dated April 14, 2010.

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Entry posted on June 2nd, 2010 and filed under Bajaj

Report – Suzuki ready for the ‘SlingShot’

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After a long time Suzuki is planning to launch a new model in India. Suzuki will be introducing another 125cc motorcycle called the SlingShot.

The SlingShot is expected to be launched in the 1st week of June this year. This bike will be equipped with a 125cc engine and a 5 speed gear box. The entire technical specs are not known as of now but we don’t expect them to be much different from the 125cc Zeus.

When Indian Motos Blog contacted the local Suzuki dealer regarding this development, a sales executive had this to say -

The bike will be based on the Suzuki Zeus and will have a 125cc engine. It will meet all emission standards so that it can be sold in major cities. We have no further information.

Suzuki Slingshot Features

From the images it looks that Suzuki has paid special attention to the looks of the bike and have tried whatever they could have done to make the 125cc bike more attractive and sportier. The bike resembles to Suzuki GS 150R a little bit as well, the fuel tanks perhaps could be borrowed from the 150cc motorcycle.

The all-analog meter console sits on top of the headlamp which is makes it a little peculiar when looked at. The console also has the gear shift indicator along with the traditional speedo, fuel indicator, etc. The alloy wheels have a different design and looks stylish.

The cost and the other minute details regarding the Suzuki SlingShot will be revealed very shortly, so keep following this space for more details on the SlingShot.

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Entry posted on May 29th, 2010 and filed under Suzuki

Bajaj Discover 150- Will it be the “big” thing from Bajaj on 10th of May?

Bajaj discover 150 ccBajaj Discover 150, new offering from Bajaj

In order to further consolidate the Discover brand, Bajaj Autos is expected to launch a 150cc version Discover on 10th of this month. There was news that Bajaj has something big in its pocket which it will disclose to the world on 10th May but there is no confirmation of what exactly it would be. But it is more likely expected this “big” thing to be the Discover 150cc.

This 150cc bike would be targeted at the commuter segment and thereby expected to have better fuel efficiency than Pulsar 150. This bike will be placed just under the Pulsar 150 and above the Pulsar 135 LS and so would be the price. The bike is expected to have 14.1 ps of power and 12.8 NM of torque.

We will come back to our readers with more concrete news on this along with the confirmed technical specs of the bike soon.

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Entry posted on May 8th, 2010 and filed under Bajaj

Olive green Royal Enfield Classic 500 Military launched

Royal Enfield C5 MilitaryThe Battle Green color looks impressive

Royal Enfield lovers in US can be considered far more luckier than the Indian counterparts as now they can buy the olive green Royal Enfield Classic 500 Military from their nearest RE dealer at a cost starting from $6395.

If you are thinking that why you cannot buy an olive green RE in India then the answer is as simple as the Indian laws does not permit this olive green color to be used on civilian vehicles.

Apart from this attractive olive green color the American Royal Enfield C5 Military comes up with much improved tyres along with an oxygen sensor in the ECU. These features are not present in our Indian Classic 500UCE.

On the other note, we hope to see theat the company increases its production capacity in India soon so that at least we can have the existing models delivered with less waiting period in the country. Olive green is still far away for us.

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Entry posted on April 28th, 2010 and filed under Royal Enfield

Bajaj-KTM to roll out 125cc bike by the year end

KTM 125 Race ConceptThe KTM Race and Stunt Concepts were displayed in Italy last year, is it something similar in store for India?

It would take another 12 to 15 months for the first KTM bike to be launched in India. Bajaj and KTM are jointly working on developing a 125cc bike which will be built at Bajaj’s manufacturing plant at Chakan.

However the bike will first be rolled out in Europe where it will be exported from India by the year end and around mid of next year the bike will be launched in the Indian market. Bajaj will be selling the KTM products in India and neighbouring countries and some other parts of the globe as well.

KTM has already displayed two of its 125cc models at the EICMA Show in Milan, Italy last year. These two were 125cc models and were called the Stunt and Race concepts respectively.It was expected that these bikes will make it to the 2010 Auto Expo in Delhi but instead some bigger bikes from KTM were at display at Bajaj’s stall.

So lets see what the final product comes out to be from the Bajaj-KTM tie up.

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Entry posted on April 23rd, 2010 and filed under Bajaj

Yamaha to add two new colors to the FZ-S

Yamaha Motors India which have been doing pretty good since the launch of YZF R15 and FZ series is planning to add two new colors to their successful FZ-S model.

So far the company had only two colors in their FZ-S series which were Yellow Streak and Silver Tech but now you will have more options in the form of two new colors.

These two colors will be of Black-Green and Blue-Silver theme. Its been a long time since any new thing happened with FZ series after the launch of Fazer 150 and the company is thinking of bringing these two new colors soon in the market to freshen up the things.

As per our sources there will be no technical changes to the bike and there is no confirmation yet if these new colors will cost anything extra than before.

We expect these two colors to come into the market pretty soon however there is no confirmed date of their launch yet.

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Entry posted on April 21st, 2010 and filed under Yamaha

Fresh bookings stopped for Royal Enfield Classic 350

Royal Enfield Classic350It will be a long wait for the Classic 350 lovers

This could be a sad news for the people who are planning to buy a Royal Enfield Classic 350 motorcycle in India. The increasing demand for the motorcycle has caused the company to take a bold step which would mean that one would not be able to book this RE motorcycle.

The company failing to meet the rising demand of Classic 350 model has decided to stop taking any new bookings for it till year end. On the other hand the booking for the Classic 500 will still be open but the delivery can take upto six months of time!

The company was taken by surprise when all its projected calculation went wrong as the demand was far more than what they have expected. Therefore the company will first clear up the back log and fresh booking will only start until the pending orders have been taken care of.

RE manufactures around 650 units of each of its model per month out of which 300 units of each are sold locally and around 350 units of each are exported to other countries. The company is also working on improving its infrastructure so as to increase its production capacity.

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Entry posted on April 21st, 2010 and filed under Royal Enfield

Bigger Ninjas from Kawasaki in India

Kawasaki_Ninja_ZX-6RMore bikes from Bajaj-Kawasaki tie-up in the months to come

With the sales growing for the Ninja 250R over the period of time, Bajaj in collaboration with Kawasaki is planning to bring up high end bikes from the Japanese bike maker.

So far Bajaj has sold around 500 units of the Ninja 250R through its probiking showrooms across the country and the response is getting better n better day by day.

Bajaj in agreement with Kawasaki will bring in more Kawasaki bikes some of them will be assembled locally whereas some of them will be brought in as CBU down the year.

As per sources we expect the 600cc Ninja to be the next to be brought into India by Bajaj. The Ninja 250R has a waiting period of about 3 months as of now and the company is planning to reduce it to half in a few months time.

The Ninja 250R is no doubt one of the best 250cc bikes in the world and its a great thing that we have this bike being sold in our country. But the bike is still out of reach of many of the bike enthusiasts in India like myself.

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Entry posted on April 19th, 2010 and filed under Bajaj, Kawasaki
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