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Bajaj has already showcased production ready Pulsar 200SS and Pulsar 150NS in Turkey, now a video of Bajaj Pulsar 150NS has been leaked out where the bike is shown being road tested in a closed campus. Though the video is in Turkish language but we have extracted few clear shots of Pulsar 150NS from the same location, proving its indeed Pulsar 150NS.
There were scoops regarding a Kawasaki ZX-3R, with a 250-300cc Inline four being in the works. Recently, a Japanese magazine named “Young Machine”, Known for their accurate scoops (They were the first to report the CBR 250R,400R and the Yamaha R25) came up with a news that took everyone by surprise- a 250cc inline four from the guys at Motegi- Honda.
The test mule of Bajaj Platina 100 ES has been spotted for quite some time and couple of days back the bike was seen at a dealership in South ready to be sold. Now Bajaj has put the new Platina 100 ES on their official website and silently launched the bike.
Interesting snaps pop on the internet, showing a 100 cc Platina ES, spotted at a dealer in Mangalore. The designers gave it an update, replaced the front black visor with a body-coloured one, which resembles the Honda shine and the Hero HF deluxe when seen from a distance.
So just when we think we have had so many shocks by Bajaj, here's another one for us again. A mysterious Pulsar has been caught showcasing in Indonesia. At first, we thought this might be just another of those awesome modifications that those guys do but hey there seems to be more than one of such bikes and it looks more like a real one than an altered one, though we are still speculating whether it could be really another version of pulsar 200 NS or just another mod.
Honda Motorcycles & Scooters India (HMSI) joins hands with Shriram Automall India Ltd. (SAMIL) to cater the pre-owned 2-wheeler market of India. Uptil now Honda was the pioneer in addressing pre-owned two wheelers through their "Best Deal" outlets. But at the widely spread 60 Best Deal outlets across 11 states have only facility to exchange pre-owned Honda two wheelers.
CS Santosh now becomes first Indian to complete the prestigious Dakar Rally, he does this by riding KTM 450. Santosh stands at 36th position in the rally, he was first ever Indian who participated in the Dakar rally. Winning the 36th position in the World famous Dakar is itself an achievement.
We have heard, seen a lot of pictures of Mahindra Mojo being clicked while testing, that this and so on. The latest News is that Mahindra has exported their range of products including the yet to be released, Mahindra Mojo to United Arab Emirates.
The upcoming flagship product of Hero and the first ever bike produced under the tie-up of Hero MotoCorp and American motorcycle company Erik Buell the HX250R is going to receive majority of engineering from the master of motorcycle engineering the Erik Buell Racing.
The Yamaha YZF-R3s have been imported to India, instead of the R25 which was expected before. The R25 is powered by the 249cc parallel twin engine which produces 35.5Ps of power at 11000 Rpm, where as the R3 has a 321cc parallel twin engine producing 41.4Bhp. The R3 comes with ABS as standard.