Speed Run 2007 was held in Navi Mumbai on a closed off public road in Kharghar. The event was spread out over 2 days and open to 2 wheelers and 4. Though arrangements at the event had a lot of people unhappy, the sun baked participants and spectators had their share of fun at the event. Most of the big bikes and the big cars of Mumbai and other places were around. Continue reading Autocar Speed Run 2007, Mumbai
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Honda India studying second bike plant
Japan’s Honda Motor Co.’s wholly owned Indian unit is looking to build a second plant to raise capacity of motorcycles and scooters to two million units a year by 2010, the Mint newspaper said on Tuesday. So what will Honda India bring out next? Continue reading Honda India studying second bike plant
2007 Raid de Himalaya – Early entry list
The two wheeler entry list of of early entrants is out for this year’s Raid de Himalaya. Not surprisingly, contains a few standard entrants names.
Entries to the Raid opened on May 1 this year with early entries lasting till May end.
This list has filled up so quick, there is only one entry left with over 3 months to go (we’ll update this page once that spot also gets filled). So, if you’re interested, hurry! Take a look at this page for details, information and useful links on the Raid.
An interesting fact is that this year, there are 8 contestants on Royal Enfields compared to the 2 entries last year (thanks for that info Rohan!).
The names in bold are the ones that we’ll be watching closely and hopefully following up during the raid. If you are a two wheeler entrant and think you can give regular updates with your bike preparation, photos and other such things related to the raid get in touch with us.
All motorcycles run in the Extreme category unlinke the cars that have the Aventure trail and the Extreme categories. For the entry list of the cars, check out the Raid de Himlaya’s official site.
S.No | ENTRY | NAME | CITY | MOTORCYCLE |
1 | EARLY | SUKI TATINENI | MUMBAI | |
2 | EARLY | KAMALJIT SINGH | MELBOURNE | |
3 | EARLY | JAGAT MOHAN PREET | MELBOURNE | |
4 | EARLY | PRASHANTH KUMAR PK | BANGALORE | Royal Enfield AVL 500 |
5 | EARLY | AMARPREET S KALKAT | BANGALORE | Royal Enfield AVL 500 |
6 | EARLY | ANAND DHARMARAJ | BANGALORE | Royal Enfield AVL 500 |
7 | EARLY | EASHA R SWAMY | BANGALORE | Royal Enfield AVL 350 |
8 | EARLY | VIKRAM V RAO | BANGALORE | Royal Enfield AVL 350 |
9 | EARLY | BITTOO SONDHI | DELHI | HONDA DOMINATOR |
10 | EARLY | SANDEEP S MATHARU | CHANDIGARH | |
11 | EARLY | SACHIN CHAVAN | BANGALORE | Royal Enfield AVL 500 |
12 | EARLY | NITIN JADHAV | BARODA | Royal Enfield AVL 500 |
13 | EARLY | DILIP MANJREKAR | MUMBAI | BMW |
14 | EARLY | GURPINDER SARAO | HOUSTON | |
15 | EARLY | VIVEK SHARMA | DELHI | |
16 | EARLY | AMARDEV SINGH | DELHI | |
17 | EARLY | SANTHOSH | BANGALORE | |
18 | EARLY | SANKET SHANBHAG | SATARA | Royal Enfield 500 ES |
19 | EARLY | ASHOK KUMAR | DELHI | |
20 | EARLY | SUSHANT SHETTY | BANGALORE | |
21 | EARLY | PANKAJ KATARIA | BAHADURGARH | |
22 | EARLY | RAJEEV WADHWA | DELHI | |
23 | EARLY | RAHUL CHAUHAN | DEHRADUN | |
24 | EARLY | KURIEN PHILIP | DELHI | |
25 | EARLY | ABHISHEK GUPTA | AGRA | |
26 | EARLY | ASHISH SAURABH MOUDGIL | KALKA | |
27 | EARLY | DILIP RAMESH | BANGALORE | |
28 | EARLY | CHETAN GANPATI | MYSORE | |
29 | EARLY | RAINDRA KUMAR BV | BANGALORE | |
30 | EARLY | MOHD. SAEED | JAIPUR | |
31 | EARLY | JASMIT SINGH JUNEJA | CHANDIGARH | |
32 | STANDARD | ANKIT KUMAR | LUDHIANA | |
33 | STANDARD | VIGNESH DEVARAJAN | COIMBATORE | |
34 | STANDARD | AELLOIS CHRISTIAN | AHMEDABAD | |
35 | THIS IS THE ONLY SPOT AVAILABLE! |
Photos from the March 2007 Time Attack Track day
Some images from the Time Attack track day at Chennai; a few more after the jump.
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Honda Unicorn Grand Prix Edition
Got to check out the latest version of the Honda Unicorn to hit the roads it the Honda Unicorn Grand Prix Edition, recently at the Sriperumbudur race track near Chennai. This is a replica of 2006 MotoGP championship winning Repsol Honda of Nicky Hayden. Some people think its a complete relaunch of the unicorn, but it is only a variant. Continue reading Honda Unicorn Grand Prix Edition