2014

KTM Orange Day comes to Mumbai

November 11, 2014 by Team Bike India Leave a Comment

The Austrian motorcycle company is geared up for the Orange Day – an event where KTM owners will get an opportunity to take part in head to head races and various other racing and adventure packed events.

The Orange Day event will showcase the new race inspired bikes by KTM – the RC 200 and RC 390. The event will also have stalls for KTM power-wear and Power parts. This event will bring biking enthusiasts and fans from across the city to come witness this biking event. The event will be held on the 15^th of November.

Story: Ryan Lee

Hero MotoCorp announces 2015 line-up for Europe

November 10, 2014 by Team Bike India Leave a Comment

The Indian motorcycle company Hero MotoCorp made headlines at EICMA, by announcing the company’s global expansion plans, and also by showcasing two new products – the Hastur 620, which was showcased at the Auto Expo as a concept bike, and, as we mentioned back in October, they will also launch the HX250R.

The first phase of its entry in Europe, will see products being launched in Italy, Spain and France and the second phase will include UK and Germany. The firm also announced an investment of Rs 4917 crore in building capacity across the globe in the next few years. Hero will first launch the the 125cc hybrid scooter called “Leap” in these markets, and subsequently bring in more models including scooters and motorcycles.

The Hastur 620 is an aggressive looking parallel twin street-fighter, which claims to produce 80 PS and the HX250R is a fully faired sports bike designed in partnership with Erik Buell Racing, with a single-cylinder engine producing 31 PS.

Commenting on this major feat, Hero CEO, Pawan Munjal said, “Today, one out of every 10 bikes sold globally is a Hero bike and every second two-wheeler sold in India is from Hero. This places us in a unique position to expand our business into new markets across continents. We are now looking at stepping into the European market by the end of 2015.”

Story: Ryan Lee

Moto Guzzi to launch the MGX-21 cruiser

November 7, 2014 by Team Bike India Leave a Comment

Moto Guzzi are in the limelight once again, this time around its at EICMA. The Italian marque showcased their cruiser prototype – The MGX-21 at the famous Milan show.

The MGX-21 prototype cruiser is a re-worked Moto Guzzi California 1400, which is clad in carbon fibre, matte black paint and red highlights. The other interesting change is the 21-inch carbon fibre front disc wheel.

Well, the MGX-21 prototype does stand out where cruisers are concerned, but we shall wait and see, what the finished production model will brings to the table.

Story: Ryan Lee

Triumph launch special edition motorcycles for 2015

November 6, 2014 by Team Bike India Leave a Comment

Triumph will be offering a range of special edition motorcycles for a select few of their customers. The special edition Street Triple RX and the three editions of Bonneville, viz. T214, NewChurch and Spirit were showcased at INTERMOT. At EICMA, the company also unveiled the Thunderbird Night Storm and the Triumph Rocket X. The special edition bikes will receive cosmetic changes and will be available in limited numbers.

Triumph to launch Tiger variants in 2015

November 6, 2014 by Team Bike India Leave a Comment

Triumph Motorcycles have introduced the revised product range of the Tiger series at EICMA. The previous version of the tiger XR and XC have been upped and the top end models XRx and XCx have been introduced with a first-in-class cruise control option. [Read more…] about Triumph to launch Tiger variants in 2015