Bikes News

Italian motorcycle manufacturer MV Agusta and Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton recently teamed up to release a new special edition bike - the MV Agusta F4 LH44. Based on the manufacturer's most potent motorcycle, the F4 RC, MV Agusta will be making only 44 examples of this limited edition bike and it's expected to be priced somewhere around $72,000, which is roughly about a little over Rs. 47 lakh.

Bajaj Auto has begun dispatches of the Pulsar NS200 ABS across the country ahead of launch next month. An official announcement from the company is expected sometime next week. The new Bajaj Pulsar NS200 is priced at Rs. 1.08 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi) and bookings for the model have also commenced at select dealerships. Deliveries will start in early October.

Initially, the company will offer Ecstar to its customers at the Nexa Service workshops, while progressively, it will be offered at Maruti's service network of over 3,000 workshops across India.

The upcoming Royal Enfield 750 cc motorcycle has been teased in a tweet by Royal Enfield President Rudratej (Rudy) Singh in a tweet. The tweet includes a picture of Singh in riding gear along with Eicher Motors and Royal Enfield CEO Siddhartha Lal at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome and Proving Ground, a privately owned airport near Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire in the UK.

The Triumph Tiger 800 was first launched in 2010, and the model got a comprehensive update in 2014 with ride-by-wire, traction control and riding modes. The Tiger 800 is due for a complete refresh and could very well be the second new model to be launched on October 3.

A month after its launch in the country, Yamaha Motor India has begun deliveries of the new Fazer 25 in select cities. The deliveries commenced earlier this month in Kolkata and Chennai with more cities to follow suit. The Yamaha Fazer 25 is the newest quarter-litre motorcycle to go on sale in the country and is being marketed as a sports tourer.

The Triumph Tiger Tramontana is a rally-build on the Triumph Tiger 800 XC, and is being ridden at this year's PanAfrica Rally.

Bajaj Auto will begin exporting the Bajaj Dominar to Australia very soon, CarandBike has learnt. According to sources in the know, Australia is the next export market for Bajaj Auto, and the company is hopeful its flagship motorcycle, the Bajaj Dominar will find a niche market in Australia.