Bike Reviews

We were invited to Coimbatore by Piaggio to test ride Aprilia's first ever scooter to be launched for Indian markets and the good news is that you can own one soon for Rs. 65,000 only. But why shell out that kind of money on a scooter? Here's why one should.

We had the opportunity to take the Hero Splendor iSmart 110 for a quick spin in Gurugram. This is the first time that Hero has developed a motorcycle from its Centre for Innovation and Technology in Jaipur and kudos to Hero for doing a good job.

Perhaps the best-looking and performing neo-retro motorcycle on the market, the Triumph Thruxton is a great overall package. The Retro cafe racer looks along with a wonderful 1,200cc parallel twin engine is really tough to say no to.

The Suzuki GSX-S1000 offers a very capable roadster that has a lot going for it. It's a reasonably comfortable sport naked with extremely high performance that can be used as an everyday street bike, and even an occasional track tool.

We ride Ducati's smallest supersport - the 959 Panigale at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand as the bike replaces the 899 Panigale globally.

We take the Indian Roadmaster for a leisurely spin and come away mightily impressed. This is the biggest motorcycle in the Indian Motorcycles portfolio and needless to say, the most expensive one too. It is loaded to the gills with some really cool features as well.

The Royal Enfield Himalayan also promises to be a versatile motorcycle - one that will happily do the daily commute and when the call for adventure comes, it promises to deliver. But is it all the motorcycle you need? We take the Himalayan on a test ride...

We took the new TVS Apache RTR 200 4V for a special road test and were as impressed as we were during our time at the Company's test track in Hosur.