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TVS Motor Company registered sales of 309,865 units in May 2018, growing by 10 per cent ovr 282,007 units sold in May last year. The Hosur-based manufacturer saw a strong rise in sales for both motorcycles and scooters last month, with the two-wheeler segment registering a growth of 8.2 per cent with 298,135 units sold, as opposed to 275,426 units. Domestic two-wheeler sales grew by 2.4 per cent from 240,527 units in May 2017, to 246,231 units in May 2018.

Retaining its double-digit growth in overall volumes, Royal Enfield sold a total of 74,697 units in May 2018, growing by 23 per cent over 60,696 motorcycles sold during the same period last year. The Chennai-based bike maker's domestic sales stood at 72,510 units last month, which grew by 24 per cent, as opposed to 58,647 bikes sold during May 2017.

In November 2017, Moto Guzzi had presented the V85 concept, an adventure-touring model with a new air-cooled 850 cc, v-twin engine.

Hero MotoCorp despatched a total of over 7 lakh two-wheelers in May 2018, posting a growth of 11 per cent over the same month a year ago.

For those who may not get a chance to bring the Pegasus edition home, the market today has quite a few offerings in the same price bracket, and while these might not necessarily be history-laden cruisers like the Classic 500 Pegasus, the motorcycles can still munch a few miles. Here's are our top choices that you can buy instead of the Royal Enfield Classic 500 Pegasus Edition.

The 2018 Royal Enfield Classic 500 with standard ABS will be available on sale across Royal Enfield dealers in North America.

The multiple time champion and former racer will take the Energica Ego Corsa for a demo lap of Mugello to promote the MotoE series set to debut in 2019.

Bajaj Auto sold 1,92,543 motorcycles in May 2018, compared to 1,56,523 motorcycles in the same month a year ago.