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The Indonesian arm of Bajaj Auto Limited, PT Bajaj Auto Indonesia (BAI), is targeting sales of 1,200 bikes during the ongoing Jakarta fair in Indonesia. The company has set this target after gauging the response of the public towards its products at the fair. The company has already managed to sell 30 % of its total target of 1,200 units. The theme of the company’s stall at this year’s [...]

After revealing the design sketches and a teaser video, Kawasaki has now revealed the first official picture of its 2011 Ninja ZX-10R litre-class superbike. The image revealed is of the track version of the bike and not of the production version, which will be available in Kawasaki showrooms, once the bike has been launched sometime in 2011. The image has been released as a pre-cursor to a test of [...]

Bajaj’s Discover 100cc has started to clip market leader Hero Honda’s wings in the Indian two-wheeler space. The bike has helped Bajaj increase its market share from 25 to 34 %, while on the other hand Hero Honda’s market share has gone down to 47 % from 56 %. The Discover 100 cc, which was launched only in July last year has managed to become the second largest selling bike in India [...]

Honda Motorcycle and Scooters India (HMSI) has reported a 41.5 % jump in its overall sales figures for the month of June 2010. The company managed to sell 1,46,073 units in June 2010 as opposed to 1,03,209 units sold during the same month last year. The company also reported a 50 % growth in sales of its motorcycles with 66,334 units sold during the month. On the other hand, scooter sales of the company [...]

Two-Wheeler giant Honda has plans to take the pricing of its motorcycles back to the levels at which they were in the year 2000, but only in its home country of Japan. This move comes on the back of the growing disinterest in motorcycles amongst youngsters in Japan. The manufacturer plans to cut prices of around 50 of its models over the next three years. The price cuts for these models could be in [...]

A survey conducted by the Road Safety Foundation in Britain has revealed that 1 out of every 4 fatal or serious crashes which occur on the A-roads or motorways of Britain involves a motorcyclist. The report of the survey titled Saving Lives for Less also found that 1/3 rd of all the fatal or serious crashes occur at road junctions. The report also reveals that road users are six times more likely [...]

In an interview with Financial Chronicle, Sulajja Firodia Motwani, Managing Director of Kinetic Motor Company, has said that Taiwanese company SYM, still has a 11% stake in Kinetic Motor Company. She added SYM entered into a technical collaboration with the Mahindra Kinetic Alliance Company, Mahindra Kinetic Limited, of which Mahindra owns 80 % and Kinetic the remaining 20%. SYM will also continue [...]

Piaggio has revealed a 278 cc version of its hybrid MP3 three-wheeled scooter. The company had only last year revealed the world’s first hybrid scooter, the MP3 hybrid. The new scooter has been christened the Piaggio MP3 hybrid 300ie. The new scooter is a 278 cc version of the original. The MP3 hybrid 300ie has a 278 cc petrol engine instead of the MP3 hybrid’s 124 cc powerplant. The engine [...]

The growth rate of the scooter segment of the Indian two-wheeler market has doubled over the first two months of the current fiscal, when compared with that of motorcycles. Traditionally, the growth rate of scooters and motorcycles has been the same. The growth of scooter sales last fiscal was 26 % compared to 27 % for motorcycles, but the current growth rate for scooters at 49 %, is more than double [...]

The Kawasaki Ninja 400R could be launched into the Indian two-wheeler market, once it has been debuted internationally later this year. The bike will be sold internationally as a 2011 model and so could reach Indian shores sometime next year or early 2012. The Ninja 400R possesses a 399 cc, DOHC, liquid-cooled, parallel twin, 4-stroke motor which has claimed power and torque figures of 43 bhp and [...]