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
Category Archives: Moto News
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
Yamaha India riding the wave
About 3 months after Yamaha India’s MD threatened to shut shop, there seems to be renewed efforts towards reviving the company. Economic Times reports that the company plans to position itself as a “fun bike maker” and is looking at pumping Rs 600 crore in the next two years.
There are some more points about an R1 and other models, but then the Indian public has been taken for a ride plenty of times in the recent past with random reports like this. I would take it with a pinch of salt and recommend you the same! Continue reading Yamaha India riding the wave
Royal Enfield Machismo AVL 500 Specifications
The AVL 500 specifications on this pages are from the Royal Enfield site as of 21 May, 2007. Continue reading Royal Enfield Machismo AVL 500 Specifications
Importing motorcycles above 800cc
From the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry comes this report that now they have legalised the importing of motorcycles above 800cc into the country. Continue reading Importing motorcycles above 800cc