What happened this week? Anything important? Who will tell us? Don’t worry my folks, your friendly neighbourhood rider Yetnesh Dubey is here, with the hand-picked news that you guys need to know.
During the launch event of Aprilia scooters, Company’s officials revealed to Autocar that they are still studying the Indian market and the launch of the bike has been delayed till 2020. The publication said that the company is interested in the 150-300 cc segment in India. It is a good news at first glance but when looked at closely, it sounds trouble for buyers of affordable motorcycles. Let's see how-
The Indian two wheeler company, TVS Motors is looking to expand its operations in the continent of North America, more specifically Mexico. The company is going to tie up with Torino motors and use their production facility to manufacture TVS motorcycles.
Harley-Davidson as a company has suffered many blows but the most recent trade wars have incentivized the company to take some better financial decisions. They moved one of their production facilities which made European bikes to Thailand and now they are opening a new R&D in California, USA. to focus on making world-class electric products.
Since 2005, the TVS motor company has sold 5 million Apache’s in India, that’s 50 lakh for those following the Indian system. The company began it’s motorcycle production while keeping it closely knit to its racing heritage. As a result, Apache motorcycles were always remained lightweight agile bikes, which compared to their counterpart, the Pulsars, focused more on acceleration and handling instead of outright power and Top-speed.
