Two Wheelers News

The Royal Enfield Interceptor was one of the stars of the 2017 Milan Motorcycle Show. It was the first time Royal Enfield introduced a 650 cc parallel-twin engine in recent history. The most obvious rival that the Interceptor will have, once it is launched in India, is the Harley-Davidson Street Rod. And here is our on-paper specifications comparison of how the two middleweights fare.

Kinetic Motoroyale of India and Norton Motorcycles have announced a joint venture wherein Norton bikes will be sold and assembled in India and exported to ASEAN markets. Here are the details.

The Ducati Panigale V4 was voted as the most beautiful bike at the 2017 EICMA Motorcycle Show. It got 61.17 per cent of the total votes. It is the first ever road-going Ducati bike with a V4 engine.

Suzuki Motorcycle India will soon launch a fuel injected version of the newly launched Intruder cruiser. The bike is expected to be launched in India during the upcoming 2018 Auto Expo.

Kawasaki has introduced a special, track-focussed variant of the ZX-10R, which is called the ZX-10R SE. The bike gets a semi-active electronic suspension along with a bi-directional quickshifter over the regular bike. There are a few other changes as well.

Honda Cliq, the utility scooter from the Japanese manufacturer has recently crossed 10,000 sales mark in India. Honda Two Wheelers has sold over 10,000 units of the Honda Cliq in India in less than 4 months. The scooter is based on the Activa and is aimed at the rural market.

Husqvarna showcased the Vitpilen 701 and the Svartpilen 701 Concept at the 2017 EICMA Motorcycle Show. These bikes will make their way to India in the later half of 2018.

Kawasaki has launched the Ninja 650 in KRT colour schemes in India, at a price of Rs. 5.49 lakh (ex-showroom). There are no mechanical changes and the only update is the new Kawasaki Racing Team colours.