Bajaj Avenger 220 Launched at a price tag of 69,000 rupees
Bajaj has finally launched new Avenger with a bigger 220cc engine. The bike now produces a peak power of 19.03 Ps and a peak torque of 17.5 Nm. The bike has been given a DC ignition system with low trigger start rpm to ensure easy button start. It also comes with a DC circuit that gives it a constant light beam at all riding speeds. Further improvements like dual density seating, battery charge level indicator on the tank, maintenance free battery etc. have been made to provide greater comfort and ease for cruising along the winding highways. Priced at Rs 69000/- ex-Delhi showroom, the 220cc Avenger DTS-i has been launched with a stepped up warranty of 18 months. Read more
125cc Yamaha SS125 launched
Yamaha SS125
Yamaha India has launched its latest offering for the volume segment of the market. The SS125 marks Yamaha’s re-entry into the mainstream bike market flooded with 125cc bikes.
Yamaha SZ 150, almost here!
Yamaha SZ150 Commuter Motorcycle
The 150cc class gets another commuter that will build on the success of Yamaha’s FZ16, but this time will appeal to office goers who want to shoot past that diesel fume belching bus faster than they could do with their Splendors and Boxers. The Yamaha SZ150 was definitely on the cards for sometime now with Yamaha Motor India themselves confirming that they would be launching the SZ150 in the later half of 2010 at the 2010 Indian Auto Expo. Read more
Official: Avenger 200′s production stopped; Bajaj Avenger 220 on!
Bajaj Avenger 200 DTS-i
Bajaj Auto gave India and Indian bikers, the very first true blue cruiser in the form of the then pricey, Kawasaki Eliminator 175. Soon after, Bajaj dumped the bomb proof Kawasaki 175cc engine to instead use the Bajaj Pulsar’s 180cc mill. While this resulted in power delivery that was much more peakier than the torquey Kawasaki four stroke 175cc engine, it also resulted in the price going radically southwards due to Bajaj Auto localizing most parts. Read more
The iconic MAX-R brand gets reincarnated as the TVS MAX-4R
TVS MAX-4R
With the last of the Indian two stroke motorcycle brigade dying when the legendary TVS Max 100R bit the dust sometime ago, we shed a couple of tears in memory of the robust 100cc commuter. Fast forward a couple of months and here we have it, the resurrection of the TVS MAX 100R in four stroke guise, the TVS MAX-4R. Predictably, TVS has foraged it’s parts bin and has used the Star City’s bomb proof 110cc engine that puts out a very respectable 8 Bhp of power and 8.3 Nm of torque. Read more
Refresh time: Bajaj Pulsar 135 DTS-i refreshed in just 8 months of it’s launch
Bajaj Pulsar 135 DTS-i Image
Bajaj Auto is into the act again and this time, it injects some botox into the still very fresh looking Bajaj Pulsar 135 DTS-i. The baby pulsar, whose launch was under eight months ago gets a few cosmetic as well as mechanical upgrades that are intended to be more of functional bits rather than ones that are purely cosmetic. The full rear tire shroud gets discarded for a two piece item that in my opinion looks hideous to say the least. Read more
Italian Wheel Wars: Lamborghini LP570-4 Superleggera vs Aprilia RSV-4 SBK
Lamborghini LP570 4 Superleggera vs Aprilia RSV4 SBK
The Italians love both their supercars and superbikes alike. But when they’re asked to choose between two and four wheels, here’s how they like to settle things and we love what we see. Don’t miss the HD Video of the Lambo going head to head with the Aprilia coming straight at you after the jump. Read more
BMW K1600GT: World’s First motorcycle with headlights that look around the corners
BMW K1600GT Adaptive Lights
With BMW motorcycles being epitome of motorcycle technology with features like quickshifters, traction control and integrated ABS, its no stranger of them being the first in the world to put an adaptive headlight feature on their bike.
Adaptive headlight or the headlights that turn according to the lean angle or the road curve is not new in the automotive world, with many car makers already featuring similar technology in their cars. Read more
Hero Honda watch out; Bajaj is on Splendor’s heels with the Discover 100
Bajaj Discover 100
Bajaj Auto finally seems to have got it just right with it’s 100cc price warrior, the Bajaj Discover 100. The model’s growing sales in the economuter market has ensured that Bajaj Auto’s market share has grown by 9 percent while Hero Honda’s has declined by 9% in the 100cc economuter space. As things stand today, Bajaj Auto commands 34% to Hero Honda’s 47% in the economuter market. Read more
Glory Motorrad: Stockish BMW S1000RR does sub 9 second quarter mile
Brock performance's 8 second BMW S1000RR
Taking on the mighty Jap four requires some special family jewels and BMW Motorrad seems to have just them in plenty. After wowing motorcycle enthusiasts with the blazingly quick and ultra powerful BMW S1000RR, here is another feather in the S1000RR’s already colorful hat. Brock Performance’s stock wheelbase BMW S1000RR managed to enter the highly coveted 8 second quarter mile time at the Kil Kare Raceway in Ohio. Read more
BMW Motorrad Recalls North America made F650, F800 and G650 Motorcycles
2008 BMW F650GS
After cars, it is motorcycle recall time for BMW. The German car and motorcycle maker, which just recalled the BMW 1 Series Coupe sometime ago is saddled with a new recall. Read more
Actor John Abraham buys himself a Royal Enfield based board track racer, but why?
John Abraham on a Royal Enfield based Custom Board Track Racer
Board track racers are meant for flats where they can be unleashed to have a go at the land speed record, or are they used for something else? Please let us know if you know of board track racers doing something else apart from trying to cover a piece of terra firma in the fastest possibly time. Bollywood actor John Abraham claims to love motorcycles and hence he even has a couple of SBKs in his garage as proof. The actor now has gotten a custom motorcycle builder from Rajasthan to build him a board track racer. Read more
What goes around comes around: Mahindra Two Wheelers’ first motorcycle to be the revamped “Kinetic” Boss 115?
Kinetic Boss 115
The Kinetic Challenger had it all. When I mean all, how about a replica of the tried and tested horizontal OHC engine that Soichiro Honda designed and put Honda on the world map? How about a similar double cradle chassis that made the Hero Honda Splendor the world’s largest selling motorcycle? Or how about more muscular styling and a better feature set which even included a digital gear indicator? All this and then some more at a price that was significantly lesser than the competition of the time. But still, the Kinetic challenger bombed and bombed miserably as it simply couldn’t match the quality levels of the competition, read the Hero Honda Splendor and the Bajaj Boxer. Read more
Three new destroked Kwackers for 2011: The Kawasaki Ninja 400R, ER4N and ER4F?
2011 Kawasaki Ninja 400R
The sharp folks at Visordown have managed to lay their hands on a few pictures of the brand new 400cc range of the ever popular Kawasaki Ninja. These motorcycles seem primed a Japanese launch in the near future as Japan is one market that highly encourages the 250cc and 400cc smaller capacity motorcycles with big tax breaks. Read more
TVS Apache 200/250 Motorcycle: Forget about it in 2010
TVS Apache RTR180
As a motorcycle enthusiast, I’m more than a little disappointed at the latest bit of news emerging from the Hosur based auto maker, TVS Motors Limited. Our friends at IndianMotosBlog quizzed Mr H.S Goindi, Head of Sales, Service and Marketing at TVS Motor Company and here’s what he had to say about TVS Motor’s 200+cc motorcycle plans. Read more
