Two Wheelers News

India's largest two-wheeler manufacturer Hero MotoCorp reported a decline of 20.6 per cent in sales for August 2019. The company sold 543,406 units last month, as against 685,047 units sold in August last year. While the company registered a 1.5 per cent increase in volumes over July this year (535,810 units), the lower year-on-year sales are a result of the economic slowdown that is giving the auto industry a hard time. While sales have been restricted, Hero has commenced a number of after-sales and service initiatives to keep customers happy.

Starting from September 1, 2019, the penalties for traffic violations will see a massive hike across a number of offences. The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill was passed in the Parliament last month, approving the new penalties that increase by up to 1000 times, depending on the violation. As a result, offences including breaking the traffic signal or using your mobile phone while driving can attract a fine by up to Rs. 5000, while not wearing a helmet or a seatbelt will now be penalised at Rs. 1000, up from the current Rs. 100 fine. Certain offences can also send you to jail along with the fine.

Ather Energy has announced the launch of a new home charging point - Ather Dot, for its Ather 450 customers in Chennai & Bengaluru. The new charger has been designed specifically for the Ather 450 electric scooter and company says that it took a lot of feedback from its existing customers to make this charging point smaller, lighter and easy to install.

A latest patent application from the American motorcycle manufacturer shows that Harley-Davidson may be working on sophisticated adaptive cruise control system for future models.

After launching the RV 300 and the RV 400, Revolt Intellicorp is now gearing up towards the launch of its next model, which will be an electric cafe racer!

A spy shot of the upcoming 2020 KTM 1290 Super Adventure reveals that the new model could be the first production motorcycle to feature radar-assisted technology offering safety systems.

Norton Motorcycles has revealed a new limited edition Dominator Street. Only 50 motorcycles will be offered on sale.

MV Agusta Tourismo Veloce 800 is the newest model to be launched in India by the Italian marque, and it's also the company first sports tourer. With this, MV Agusta finally has a complete line-up in the Indian market, which also includes the Brutale 800 and the F3 800 range.