Posted by Sachet Parkash on July 9, 2010 ·
Superbike manufacturers such as Ducati, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha have been taken aback by the response their high-end machines have received way up in the mountains. The manufacturers are reporting decent sales figures of their high-end bikes from Northern and North-Eastern parts of the country.
Atul Gupta, Vice-President, Marketing and Sales, Suzuki Motorcycle India Private Limited [...]
Posted by Sachet Parkash on July 8, 2010 ·
Here are some more images of the 2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R. The image which we revealed yesterday was the only official image of the bike released by Kawasaki until now. These new images are of the bike being tested at Japan’s Suzuka race circuit, in order for the Kawasaki engineers to prep up the bike for the assault on next season’s World Superbike Championship title.
The 2011 Kawasaki [...]
Posted by Sachet Parkash on June 29, 2010 ·
Yamaha has plans to make India the global hub for its premium motorcycles. The company which currently has two manufacturing facilities located in Noida and Surajpur, plans to use the facilities to the maximum possible level in order to produce bikes for export markets.
Yamaha’s Indian arm, India Yamaha Motor (IYM) contributed 66,904 bikes to Yamaha’s global operations in the 2009-2010 [...]
Posted by Sachet Parkash on June 18, 2010 ·
India Yamaha Motor (IYM) plans to double its dealer network over the next five years in India. This move comes on the back of Yamaha’s plans to delve deeper into the Indian rural market.
IMB had earlier reported about Yamaha’s strategy to drive deeper into rural markets, in order to boost sales and drive growth. This move to double the dealer network is a part of Yamaha’s aggressive [...]
Posted by Sachet Parkash on June 16, 2010 ·
India Yamaha Motor Limited is drawing up aggressive plans to penetrate into the country’s rural two-wheeler market in order to increase sales and drive growth. The company plans to use its newly launched 110 cc bike YBR 110 along with its other 100 cc offering the Cruz to dig deeper into rural markets.
Pankaj Dubey, National Business Head, India Yamaha Motor (IYM) -
Rural markets are the growth [...]
Posted by Nazish Siddiqui on February 16, 2010 ·
The Wheel Rider is an amazing concept
We all know how reliable and performance oriented Yamaha motorcycles are. Trusting upon the Yamaha’s quality, Yuji Fujimura has designed a concept motorcycle which will be one of a kind.
Concept bikes like gives us an idea of the future of bikes
Known as the Wheel Rider, the speciality of the bike would be that it will only have a single wheel! Equipped [...]
Posted by Nazish Siddiqui on January 19, 2010 ·
The legend will return, this time with a 4-stroke engine
The legendary RX 100 might make a come back soon. The company is deciding to re-launch the model and is currently working on the initial specs of the bike.
Yamaha RX 100 doesn’t need an introduction to the Indian motorcyclists. Yamaha’s most successful and loved bike was launched in 1985 in collaboration with Escorts Ltd but due [...]
Posted by Shrawan Raja on January 11, 2010 ·
The special edition Yamaha R15 had no changes in spec, which was a disappointment
Finally all the speculations have come to an end regarding the new launches from Yamaha at the auto-expo 2010. It was great anticipation among the Indian bikers who are Yamaha fans that a 250cc bike is definitely up on the cards but it was not there. May be a 250cc is still in the pipeline but not soon enough.
Yamaha [...]