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.
Bajaj Auto India has launched new Husqvarna Svartpilen 250 and Vitpilen 250 for Indian market. Both bikes are introduced at an introductory price tag of Rs. 1.8 Lac (Ex, Showroom). The bookings of both Huskies are opened and one can book their bike via 100 KTM dealerships across 45 cities in the country. The company has growth plans to expand its footprint to reach almost 400 KTM dealerships across 275 towns over the next five months.
Recently Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt Ltd. has delivered the 279cc Honda Forza in India. The scooter is made available in the country for R&D purpose, there are only 4 such scooters available in the country. The powerful scootrette Honda Forza 300 is likely to be made its debut in India by 2021. Honda has announced that it is likely to launch Forza 300 in India by 2021.
Yamaha Motorcycles has unveiled its 2020 YZF-R25 for International market. The bike comes in two new color options as 2020 update- Matt Silver and Matt Blue. The silver color option gets inspired by the 2019 Yamaha M1 Fiat Estoril Edition whereas the Blue color palette option comes with silver front fender, side fairing and tail section.
Ather Energy has launched the advanced performance model of Ather 450 Electric Scooter- Ather 450X. The new Ather 450X is touted to be the 'Super Scooter' comes with new features, advanced 4G connectivity and a company claimed brand new ownership model.
Triumph Motorcycles and Bajaj Auto Ltd. have officially commenced their global partnership. The announcement of the formal commencement of the partnership was made at the Akurdi plant of Bajaj Auto, Pune. The partnership is said to be the long term Non-Equity based partnership and the focus of the two world class motorcycle manufacturers is to develop a brand new range of mid-size motorcycles.
The latest range of Mavox FX-30 Max Helmet comes featured with Activated Carbon Air Filter to filter out the polluted air around. The idea of bringing out such helmet comes from the adverse environmental condition rampant in and around country's capital city New Delhi.
Bajaj Auto Ltd. (BAL) has unveiled much awaited Urbanite Chetak scooter but in electric Avatar. The Indian two wheeler manufacturer used to have this brand- Chetak as one of its most successful products in scooter segment back in its heydays. After remaining distant from Scooter segment for years Bajaj auto has finally decided to make a re-entry with its flagship brand- Chetak.
Revolt RV 400 becomes first Electric Motorcycle to be available for pre-booking on Amazon.in. The bike has received great response from the online platform as the number of bookings has already exceeded 2500 in just 5 days. Revolt RV-400 is country's first AI enabled motorcycle and it has stirred quite a lot of buzz in the industry since it has been unveiled last month.
The Milwaukee, USA based iconic motorcycle company Harley-Davidson had shown their interest in developing an affordable low capacity motorbike with the help of a South Asian motor company a few month ago. It is now that the company has announced its alliance with the Chinese motor company- Qianjang Motorcycle. Harley-Davidson has also announced that in collaboration with its new Chinese partner they are going to co-develop a brand new product. The new motorcycle will be the least capacity and most affordable Harley Davidson motorcycle.
Ktm has finally launched their least capacity faired motorcycle in India- RC 125. The Ktm RC 125 will come in two different color tones and the Austrian motorbike company has introduced the bike at introductory price tag of Rs 1.47 Lacs (EX-Showroom). The new RC 125 is priced Rs 17000/- over its naked counterpart; Duke 125.