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.
The former Asia Dream Cup graduate Sarath Kumar is all set to take on a new chapter in his racing career. He is going to make his SuperSports 600cc debut at Round 2 of the 2016 FIM Asia Road Racing Championship. The race event is scheduled to be held at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram, Thailand on May 7-8, 2016.
The Kawasaki ZX-10R number 11 ridden by Grégory Leblanc, Fabien Foret and Mathieu Lagrive has won the first round of the prestigious 24 hours endurance Le Mans race. The team Kawasaki SRC has made 28 pit stops doing 819 laps in 24 hours. They have won the race with 9 laps ahead of the second classified team participated in the Le Mans Endurance World Championship 2016.
Triumph Motorcycle India has officially launched the all new Bonneville T 120, the new Bonnie is among the three models which company had showcased at various occasions earlier this year. Recently we had seen the new entrants from the house of British motorcycle makers at the IBW (India Bike Week) 2016.
Today Bajaj Auto Ltd (BAL) has organized a unique event based on concept of speed biking on Pulsar series of bikes, which they have called as the "Festival of Speed" in Pune. The festival has been hosted at Downtown Racing, Tulaja Bhawani Nagar, Kharadi, Pune, Maharashtra.
Mahindra GUSTO 125 scooter has been launched in India as the first product of 2016 at a price of 50,680 (ex-showroom, Karnataka) for DX variant. The product will also be sold at Kerala and Tamil Nadu. There are no noticeable changes from the present Gusto except mechanical updates made in the scooter.
The renowned German tyre maker Metzeler has launched one of its own kind of "Offroad Park" at Pietramurata, Italy. The Metzeler Offroad Park is built on nearly 6 kms of landscape. It is developed with technical sections, wooden logs and also a part of the park is inside the natural forest to make the entire track as natural as possible.
Royal Enfield has launched the much awaited affordable adventure tourer- Himalayan. The brand new product from the house of legendary Bullet maker has been unveiled just couple of days ahead of the Delhi Auto Expo’16. It is now they have officially launched the bike with the announcement of the pricing of the Himalayan along with its availability.
Today at an event organized in Capital city Suzuki has officially launched their 2016 “Access 125” which they had unveiled at the Auto Expo’16. The all new Access 125 is a brand new product from the house of Suzuki rather than a sheer cosmetic update.
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) has launched the deluxe variant of their entry level model- CD 110 Dream. The bike was unveiled at the Auto Expo’16 concluded last month, Honda has introduced a self starter to the bike along with exclusive color pellet and embossed red colored Honda emblem.