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The inaugural edition of JK Super Bike Cup Championship finished in grand style at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC). At the final day of ongoing 18th JK Tyre Racing Championship, the first ever JK Super Bike Cup concluded in a spectacular manner. Participants from various training schools across the country and the pro riders had taken part in the phenomenal racing event at BIC.
It has been a pretty long long time since Suzuki has given any major update to their current flagship model in the sports segment, the GSX-R1000. While it's competitors have already upgraded their products, Suzuki just stuck to the same old product. Until now, the Sleeping Giant has finally be awoken.
In a launch event organized by Honda Motorcycles & Scooter India (HMSI) today in the capital city, the all new 125cc new Honda CB Shine SP has been launched. The 125cc commuter bike from the house of Honda in India is the second last launch of the year.
Italian and one of the oldest bike manufacturer, Benelli unveiled the Tornado 302 and the BN251 motorcycles at the ongoing EICMA in Milan. Speaking about the Tornado 302, this is the second fully faired sports bike from Benelli stables after the Tornado 1130. The bike is powered by the same 300cc in-line two cylinder four stroke liquid cooled engine that has been tuned to suit the sports character.
KTM has officially unveiled the latest and the fifth generation of the KTM 690 Duke for 2016 at the ongoing EICMA show in Milan. The 2016 KTM 690 Dukes gets a redesigned and more refined engine. Both the bikes are powered by a 690cc single-cylinder engine that makes 73 PS of power and 74.5 Nm of torque, the higher spec-R version though makes 75 PS of power, courtesy of the Akrapovic exhaust. The engine now revs an extra 1000 rpm which KTM says makes the power deliver uniformly.
The MT-10 is the naked sibling of the current YZF-R1. The MT-10 shares most of the mechanicals with the Yamaha R1. It lacks the fairing, but at the same time retains the projector headlamps of the previous generation YZF-R1.
Remember a few days back, Ducati discontinued some of it's most affordable superbikes in India which also included a Panigale 899? Well it sure makes sense now as Ducati unveiled it's updated 2016 Panigale 959, along with other bikes in Milan, a day ahead of the opening of the EICMA Motorcycle Show in Milan at a special event.
India’s biggest Biking festival- India Bike Week 2016 is scheduled for 19th & 20th February 2016. The tickets for the carnival is out for sale and you can buy your ticket online from bookmyshow.com
In an official invitation Honda Motorcycles & Scooter India (HMSI) invited us for the launch event of their second last product-launch of the year. It was earlier surfaced on the internet that Honda is going to bring another variant of CB Shine- CB Shine 125 SP. The invitation from Honda further confirms the same that they are going to launch a motorcycle.
Ducati unveils two new Scramblers today. Namely, the Flat Track Pro and Sixty2. The bikes were launched at a special event in Milan today, which was streamed live all over the world a day before the opening of EICMA Motorcycle Show in Milan. Three-time world champion Troy Bayliss joined the unveiling of the Ducati Scrambler Flat Track Pro and Sixty2 in Milan today.