Just like the Honda refuses to update the CBR 250R for the current market, Yamaha too has played safe for all the past 3 years, but no more. Because the updated Yamaha R3 is coming with a lot of new upgrades.
World’s first Flat Track inspired motorcycle has been launched in America. The bike is one of a kind and looks like a cross between a Harley Sportster and a Scrambler. The bike will become available in the spring of 2019 and it will come in two different variants, “S” and “Base”. With the exception of very unoriginal variant names, the FTR 1200 is a purely modern machine.
I love the TVS Apache RTR 200, especially its race spec, 2.0 model. The bike is smooth, grunty and lightweight for all intents and purposes. The highway stability of the bike is also really good, thanks to the 37 mm forks. The top speed of this bike is around 130 km/h on a good day but a guy has managed to take it beyond 150 km/h in his top speed test. You can see the video-
I rode the Royal Enfield Himalayan recently, the model which I rode was a Carb unit with no ABS. It was the only Himalayan available at the showroom and besides I wanted to test the bike on dirt and the ABS would have just gotten in the way. For me, fuel injection isn’t a necessity, as I don’t mind a jumpy throttle. Now, I rode the Himalayan mostly on off-road terrain and learned the following things about it.
With the coming of Social Media, almost everything we knew became linked to marketing or digital marketing. No one can escape the necessary checkpoint of raising HYPE when launching any of their product. All of us are, in a way or the other, affected by this phenomenon, so it makes sense that we talk about it. Now, we are not entirely a philosophical channel so I am going to talk about the effect of Hype building and invasive marketing in terms of Motorcycles only.
Leaks have come one after other on Social Media, which are showcasing the 2019 range of Bajaj Motorcycles. First, a Dominar 400 with USD forks and dual port exhaust was leaked over the internet. Then the pic of a Pulsar 150 surfaced online, showing ABS rings in its rear wheel. Finally, the Pulsar 220 was leaked with an all-new belly pan and ABS rings. But what about the alleged Pulsar 250 or the new generation of Pulsar? They are not coming, because there isn’t much time or space for it. I’ll explain.
The annual motorcycle fest Intermot always brings loads of new motorcycles for everyone around the world. Think of the festival as the Auto Expo, racing and custom contest combined on a much bigger international scale. So we decided to make a list of some of the motorcycles which we are excited about. Let’s take a look-
The mandatory ABS effect will take place in full swing after April 2019. According to it, all motorcycles above 125 cc will have to have an ABS system on board. In the light of this new discovery, we have come up with a list of bikes which you should wait until April 2019 to buy.
The impact of the new 4-Valve counterbalanced engine is easily visible. According to many reviewers, the bike vibrates. I, however, find this statement to be untrue. There is a clear distinction between a slight buzz and the so-called “Vibrations”, a term which people use to describe almost every single cylinder bike.
The flagship Bajaj motorcycle is getting a big update in 2019. The Dominar 400 had secured quite a decent sales but it seems like Bajaj is going to update it heavily for the upcoming year. There are a total of 5 new changes, let's take a look at them one by one.
