R125 going to be launched in india

February 25th, 2011 by Rider | 1 Comment | Filed in Bikes

Yamaha India is on the path to come back. After the two stroke era the company was having some serious set backs. Though they where the best two stroke bike producers in India, with the introduction of fuel efficient 4 stroke bikes by other companies their share in the market began to drop. Enticer was a good try from them but the model did not succeed. Other bikes of Yamaha in the entry level and the level above only have a small portion of the market.
Every thing changed with the introduction of the FZ and R series. Yamaha is returning to the cult status it had in the 80′s and 90′s. Sales is picking up and youngsters now prefer Yamaha to any other brand. To follow the big brother R15 R125 is going to be launched in India. The description of the bike is as follows.

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Yamaha spark in India

February 23rd, 2011 by Rider | 1 Comment | Filed in Bikes

Two wheeler giant Yamaha is entering into to Indian gear-less scooter market. This market is currently dominated by the Bajaj, Honda and TVS. Their entry into this segment is very late and as other companies has flooded the market with lots of cheap model Yamaha will face tight competition.
Spark looks like Hero Honda street reloaded. In Indian market looks dosent matter much to the success of a vehicle only durability and mileage matter.In the case of durability Yamaha has proven itself but the efficiency of the vehicle will be the key point in success.
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New Royal Enfield Fury

February 17th, 2011 by Rider | 1 Comment | Filed in Bikes, General
No matter what the the new age bike companies give RE will have a special place in the heart of the Indian customers. The company has been seeing a steep rise in the sale even though the price of petrol is towering. Last two years Royal Enfield introduced many model in India. The next in line could be Royal Enfield Fury. There was a older bike of the same name which was used in the track 1959-1963.
RE will not be using the old crappy engine but a brand new engine will be the heart of the new bike, Fury is based on the fuel-injected Electra.It has features like twin silencers, western-style handlebars, digital console, flat-track style glass fibre seat, a chromed headlight and chromed indicators.

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Suzuki Gladius 650

February 15th, 2011 by Rider | No Comments | Filed in Bikes, General

Even though mileage is the selling factor in India lots of super bikes and cruisers are coming here. Suzuki launches its Gladius Motorcycle, priced around 7 -lkhs it would be one of the cheapest superbike in India. The look of the bike is very much similar to the yamaha FZ even the engine look like the engine of FZ.

Engine

The 645cc 2-cylinder V-twin engine produce a power of 66.6 hp @ 9000 rpm and 63nm torque @ 7600rpm. Bore length and stroke length each cylinder is  80 mm and 62 mm respectively. Fuel compression ratio is approximately 11:1. The highly advanced FI system in this bike takes care of each and every drop of fuel, the bike gives an average of 24kmpl.


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Diesel bike by Hero

January 19th, 2011 by Rider | 12 Comments | Filed in Bikes

Every one knows hero and Honda has split. The joint venture which gave India the slogan “fill it shut it forget it” is no more. Hero the Indian partner will have the right to sell Hero Honda bikes till 2013. After the split the two companies are in a race to prove who is the better. Honda as we all know with its products like Unicorn and Activa is a head of Hero. Hero on the other hand does not a product to boast on.


Now hero is trying a new strategy, seeing the demand for diesel cars(costlier than the petrol counterparts) hero is planning to launch a diesel bike. A Chennai based indo us company is expected to produce the engine for them.Its not clear now whether an mechanical injector based engine or CRDI Diesel Engine be used.The chances of a CRDI is higher because of the emission and performance needs.The engine will be 4 stroke which produce a power of 30 BHP(assuming). A CRDI disel car give us a mileage of about 18 to km. Now imagine what would be the efficiency of this engine. We know the crude diesel engine RE produced using the technology of the 70s give us a mileage of abt 70 to 80.km. No doubt is this bike is launched it will be a great success(of course if the engine does not have any flaws).

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