Two Wheelers Articles

Royal Enfield CEO, Siddhartha Lal said that its upcoming motorcycle will have the performance for high-speed highway cruising. RE's next launch will be a global product and is part of the company's ambitious plan to gain leadership in the middleweight motorcycle segment across the world.

Suzuki has filed patents for a turbocharged motorcycle engine and we believe that the day isn't far when we will see turbocharged motorcycles from Suzuki, in production.

Kinetic Engineering will bring the SWM SuperDual to India, and market it under the MotoRoyale initiative, which currently sells MV Agusta bikes in India. The SuperDual is a 600 cc adventure bike and is likely to be assembled in India

The Honda Activa 4G is the latest Activa model on sale. It was launched in February 2017 and is BS IV compliant. The scooter also gets auto-headlamp on (AHO) feature as well. The Honda Activa 4G gets only one variant and is priced at Rs. 50,730 (ex-showroom, Delhi).

has silently launched the Hero HF Deluxe with i3S tech at a price of Rs. 46,630 (ex-showroom, Delhi). The HF Deluxe is a commuter-focussed model from Hero and has quite a few variants ranging from kick-start and spoke wheels model to the self-start alloy wheel model. The i3S technology basically shuts the engine off when the engine is idling and the gear is in neutral. The engine comes back on once the clutch is pulled in.

Kibo, Swahili for 'Hippo' is a bike designed in the Netherlands and manufactured for Africa. Powered by a single-cylinder 150 cc engine, the Kibo K150 has decent off-road capability and load carrying capacity - important features which are required from a motorcycle in Kenya with rough terrain

Recently, a two-seater version of the Triumph Bonneville Bobber was spotted testing in Spain. The Triumph Bonneville Bobber Cruiser gets quite a few changes and looked as if it is almost ready for production.

Royal Enfield has identified Thailand, Brazil, Columbia and Indonesia as its core markets and will be expanding in these countries over the next couple of years and have the potential to become a mainstream market in the next couple of years.