Triumph India General Manager, Shoeb Farooq reveals more details about the upcoming models from the Bajaj-Triumph alliance. They plan on targeting the market of the famous thumper in the 350-cc to 600-cc category. [Read more…]
Archives for February 2019
Invasion Of The Middleweights
The middleweight segment in India is booming, to say the least. There have been a number of new launches last year and confirmed releases for this year. We at Bike India have compiled a list to give you an update about the beloved 600-cc to 1,000-cc segment. [Read more…]
Harley-Davidson Forty-Eight Special and Street Glide Special Coming Soon
Interview – TT Varadarajan – The Tiger on the Track
We spoke to the maverick businessman, TT Varadarajan, who is the man responsible for bringing the California Superbike School (CSS) to India in 2010. [Read more…]
California Superbike School – The Learning Curve
To better understand and get comfortable on our two-wheeled machines, we enrolled in the coveted California Superbike School. [Read more…]
Gulf Partners With Aprilia Racing In MotoGP
Aprilia Racing, the technical flagship for the Piaggio Group have struck a multi-year partnership deal with lubricant giant Gulf for their MotoGP campaign. [Read more…]
2019 Yamaha MT-09 Launched in India
The new 2019 Yamaha MT-09 has been launched in India at Rs 10.55 lakh (ex-showroom), available in three colour schemes, as before, albeit with the new Ice Fluo replacing the Night Fluo colour. [Read more…]
Avan Motors Xero+ Is India’s ‘Most Efficient Range’ EV Scooter
Delhi-based electric scooter company, Avan Motors India, launched the most efficient range EV scooter, the Xero+ in September last year. [Read more…]
March 2019
Room for Improvement
AT THE VERY OUTSET I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ARAVIND KP FOR FINISHING THE Dakar Rally. The issue of Indian riders not being able to compete with their international counterparts and fighting for podium positions in any form of motorcycle racing, be it motocross or racing on the tarmac, still remains. In this issue we have done an interview with Aravind KP in which he mentioned that this time he was riding between 65 and 75 per cent of his riding capability and that this helped him in not crashing during the raid. Because our boys lack the out and out speed of the international riders, they have to ride at 100 per cent, or even beyond that, just to keep up with a top-class rider.
The solution to this is to start racing at the age of four or five years and racing with better
riders. It should not matter to you that you are not winning races; your aim should be to
become a faster and better rider and then success will automatically follow. For me, finishing
the IOM TT race was more satisfying than winning all the races I have won put together.
Last month we gave away the Bike India Awards. We had 34 two-wheelers vying for those. As many as 13 sub-200-cc motorcycles were launched during 2018 and there were 19 premium motorcycles contending for the Two-wheeler of the Year Award. After facing competition from the best in the world, the Royal Enfield 650 Interceptor was crowned the Two-wheeler of the Year. The Royal Enfield team, led by Siddhartha Lal, deserves all the accolades, for they have created a fantastic motorcycle. It is not that they made an excellent motorcycle and priced it out of the reach of the enthusiasts; their pricing is the real icing on the cake.
Aspi Bhathena
Editor
Harley-Davidson Talks New Models On Tenth Anniversary In India
Harley-Davidson Motor Company are celebrating their tenth year on Indian soil. The American icon, which has been producing motorcycles for the past 116 years, entered the Indian market in 2009 and has continued the brands iconic status with a vast range of 31 models in India. [Read more…]