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2021 Jawa 42 Review, Specs, Price by Bike India

February 12, 2021 by Sarmad Kadiri Leave a Comment

The 2021 Jawa 42 receives some cosmetic changes and a few tweaks to the engine as well. Read on to find out what’s new on this retro-styled motorcycle.
Jawa 42 Review with changes

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Filed Under: First Ride, Latest News, Review Tagged With: 2021 Jawa 42, 2021 motorcycle launch, best bike under rs 2 lakh, Bike India magazine, Jawa 42, jawa motorcycle, latest review, retro motorcycle

Aprilia SXR 160 scooter First Ride Review by Bike India

December 21, 2020 by Sarmad Kadiri Leave a Comment

Designed and developed in Italy, the Aprilia SXR 160 is an all-new model made specifically for India and will be the marque’s most premium scooter offering in our country. [Read more…]

Filed Under: First Ride, Latest News, Review Tagged With: Aprilia SXR 160, Bike India review, Fastest scooter, moto-scooter, new scooter price, SXR, SXR 160 Review, Vespa Scooter India

BMW G 310 R BS6 2020 – Reader’s Questions

December 10, 2020 by Zal Cursetji Leave a Comment

The Bavarian motorcycle giant has just launched the BS6-compliant BMW G 310 R with a new and very attractive price-tag. [Read more…]

Filed Under: BMW, First Ride, News Tagged With: 2020, bike india, BMW, BS6, g 310 r, naked bike, new, review

BMW G 310 GS 2020: Reader’s Questions

December 9, 2020 by Joshua Varghese Leave a Comment

While we were testing the BMW G 310 GS, we told you to ask us anything you wanted to about the motorcycle. We received so many queries that day and some of them were extremely interesting. Here is a compilation of some of the best questions and our responses to them.

We road test the BMW G 310 GS [Read more…]

Filed Under: BMW, First Ride, News, Review Tagged With: 2020, adventure, bike, BMW G 310 GS, City, highway, India, latest, new, news, questions, tourer

Ready to Rally: Hero Xpulse 200 with Rally Kit

November 26, 2020 by Anosh Khumbatta Leave a Comment

The Hero Xpulse is extremely capable straight out of the box, but this rally kit can take you even further off the beaten track.

Story: Anosh Khumbatta
Photography: Sanjay Raikar

Since its launch last year, the Hero Xpulse has quickly established itself as the go-to bike for beginner off-roading enthusiasts due to its attractive price tag. While it may be underpowered, the excellent pairing of that diamond frame and well-damped, long-legged suspension has proved to be extremely capable off road or over the worst roads India has to offer. The stock Xpulse strikes a fine balance between on-road manners and off-road ability, but now you have the option to turn your Xpulse into an ultra-capable off-road machine with the beans to take on a proper, cross-country rally raid.


While the standard Xpulse is pretty capable as it is, Hero MotoCorp have gone the extra mile for serious off-roaders with the introduction of a bolt-on rally kit that transforms the bike from a competent dual-purpose machine to a full-on, off-road beast. They recently sent us a rally kit for our long-term Hero Xpulse, and I wasted no time in heading out of the city to some nearby hills to put it to the test.


The rally kit for the Hero Xpulse swaps out the stock suspension for taller units with more travel, boosting ground clearance by 50 millimetres to 275 mm. The fork is adjustable for compression and rebound damping and boasts of 250 mm of travel, while the monoshock gets preload and rebound damping adjustability, with 220 mm of available travel. The stock Ceat dual-purpose tyres are pretty good in most conditions, but the aggressive Maxxis knobbies that are included with the rally kit take things to a whole new level. The kit also includes bar-risers for a more natural arm position when riding standing up on the pegs, a flat bench seat to allow the rider to easily slide fore and aft, and a longer side-stand.


The taller suspension and higher, flat seat raise the seat height by 110 mm, pushing the saddle up to a lofty 933 mm. At 5’ 5”, I found this quite worrisome, and even clambering aboard was a bit of a struggle. But I soon got used to sliding off to one side at stops and by the third day with the bike had gotten rather comfortable. While the knobbies felt quite odd on the road, they amazed me with the amount of available grip as I rode up a soggy trail, and the suspension seemed ready to take on anything, with no sign of bottoming out, no matter how hard I landed.

While I cursed the flat seat for making it so hard to reach the ground, I soon got to appreciate how easy it made moving my weight around, sliding forward to dig the front tyre into the dirt to make corners, and back over the rear wheel when accelerating.


After spending a considerable amount of time with the Hero Xpulse equipped with the rally kit, I came to the conclusion that there’s just one word to describe this machine: unstoppable.

Filed Under: First Ride, Hero Moto Corp, Latest News, News, Review Tagged With: bike, Hero, India, latest, launched, new, off-road, Rally Kit, XPulse

Royal Enfield Meteor 350 – Bike India Review

November 6, 2020 by Sarmad Kadiri Leave a Comment

The Royal Enfield Meteor 350 — the replacement for the much-loved Thunderbird 350 is finally here and it is a completely new motorcycle [Read more…]

Filed Under: First Ride, Latest News, Review, Royal Enfield Tagged With: 350 motorcycle, bike india, Bike India review, latest cruiser, meteor 350, review, Royal Enfield, royal enfield meteor

2020 BS6 Royal Enfield Classic 350 – Need to Know

October 23, 2020 by Joshua Varghese Leave a Comment

We spent a few days with the 2020 BS6 Royal Enfield Classic 350 for a road test and here are a few things you need to know about it.

2020 BS6 Royal Enfield Classic 350 need to know [Read more…]

Filed Under: First Ride, Review, Royal Enfield Tagged With: 2020, bike, BS6, classic 350, details, features, India, latest, new, news, review, Royal Enfield, specs

Triumph Tiger 900 Rally First Ride Review: Top Cat

October 18, 2020 by Anosh Khumbatta Leave a Comment

After experiencing the new Triumph Tiger 900 in Morocco earlier this year, we now attack India’s mean streets and trails with Triumph’s latest big cat.

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Filed Under: First Ride, News, Review, Triumph Tagged With: 900, ADV, adventure, bike, India, latest, launched, new, Rally, tiger, top cat, touring, triumph

New Aprilia SR 160 and SR 160 Race BS6 First Ride Review

October 7, 2020 by Sarmad Kadiri Leave a Comment

The 2020 Aprilia SR 160 and Aprilia SR 160 Race BS6 bring motorcycle-like road manners with the convenience of a scooter.

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Filed Under: Aprilia, First Ride, Latest News, Review Tagged With: 160 scooter, Aprilia Race, Aprilia SR, best scooter, latest scooters, maxi-scooter, price, Race 160, review, specs, sporty scooter, SR 160

Vespa VXL 150 & Racing Sixties SXL 150 First Ride Review

September 29, 2020 by Sarmad Kadiri Leave a Comment

The Vespa VXL 150 and Racing Sixties SXL 150 have been updated with a cleaner BS6 engine, a few new features, and plenty of the ’60s attitude.
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Filed Under: First Ride, Review Tagged With: 150 cc scooter, best scooter, bike india, latest bike launch, scooter, scooter review, Vespa, vespa racing sixties, Vespa sxl 150

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