All the latest happenings in the Indian bike industry, latest information on new bikes launches and what the grapevine has about the bikes to hit the Indian market, BikesMedia's news section covers it all.
Some time ago we reported that the Honda CBR 250R was outselling TVS Apache RR 310. The downward spiral of TVS Apache RR 310 seems to be continuing because only 350 of its units were sold in September 2018.
The joint upgrade of BS6 and mandatory ABS is set to increase the price of motorcycles by a decent amount. According to a report in the Economic Times, the price can rise from anywhere between 10-15%.
The Indian Helmet manufacturing company launched a new range of Helmets this week. The new Steelbird SB6 helmets have been made in collaboration with Xtech Designs from Italy. The Indian company claims that their helmet is the “Peak of Innovation”.
In order to gain an upper hand in the rising scooter competition, Hero MotoCorp launched its range of premium scooters named Hero Destini 125. In case you were wondering, that is Destiny spelt with an “i”.
The smallest “Master of Torque” motorcycle or as it’s famously called, the Yamaha MT 15 is coming to India next year. According to a report published on the Internet. It is very likely that Yamaha will bring the MT 15 to home in 2019.
From October 30th to November 1st, A High-Level meeting will take place to draw and discuss the quality of Air pollution in Several Countries. Mostly developing countries like India and China are set to face some serious actions by the WHO, as a result of the Poor Air Quality that persists in their Major cities.
Yamaha FZ lovers, rejoice. Not only is the FZ-25 getting an ABS upgrade in 2019, but the current FZ 2.0 is also soon to be updated. The FZ 3.0 or the third generation of 150cc FZ motorcycle have been spotted testing.
The Dakar winning Adventure bike from Honda got an update for 2019. The bike received no mechanical updates but it was pretty good enough, to begin with. The 2019 update sees new colour paint scheme for both the Africa Twin and for the Africa Twin Adventure sport.
Honda Motorcycles unveiled the updated version of the popular CBR 150R motorcycle in Indonesia. The bike gets some mechanical changes and some cosmetic updates. The bike was discontinued in India a while back and currently its big brother the CBR 250R is available in India.
Jawa Motorcycles are coming on 15th November 2018 and the Instagram page of the company is celebrating the upcoming release by rewarding amazing fan art. Jawa Motorcycles recently announced the results of a fan-art competition organised by the company. The event was named “Jawa Art” which allowed artists across the world to showcase their love for the historic brand.