YAMAHA R15 FIRST update

First Update:

YAMAHA in 80's gave us RX100 (We will not talk about Legendary RD350) which has ruled the Indian bikers heart for around 15 years and later they came up with RX135 and RXZ which were not able to create a strong impact as RX100. After that Yamaha fans like me have been waiting for a performance bike from Yamaha, and here comes the best performance bike YAMAHA YZ-R150. Its a scoop, If this news is true then I think Once again Yamaha is gonna wooo… the Indian biker with its YZ-R150. This bike may be revealed in 9th Auto Expo Show which is gonna start from 10th Jan in New Delhi. list of Yamaha YZ-R150 features.

The list goes here….
- India's first fully faired motorcycle
- Front Disc, Rear Disc
- Monoshock rear, normal telescopic front forks
- MRF is making tubless tyres for the bike
- Twin lights up front (resembling like old version Fazer 1000)
- All black treatment to chassis / exhaust (the exhaust will look great)
- Split rear grab rails
- The bike has a 150cc engine
- Its Fuel Injected
- Its Liquid cooled
- It has 4 valves per cylinder
- It will pump out more power than the Pulsar 220
- It will be faster than the Pulsar 220
- It will be the best looking bike in the country by a big margain
- 150cc, 20-22bhp
- 120kgs
- 0-60km/h in 3.0 sec
- 0-100km/h in 9 sec (The Pulsar 220 manages in around 13)
- Top speed : 145km/h true, 155km/h on speedometer (The Pulsar 220 does around 133km/h true)
- Fuel Economy : around 35-40kmpl in city riding conditions

This is the teaser Pic he has posted today….:)

We will wait and see how far this is gonna true…..???

Suzuki is planning to assemble 400-600CC bikes in India

Here is a good news for all those hardcore bikers who would love to own a superbike but cant afford to pay mammoth amounts like 12lakhs, don't worry guys suzuki is bringing their 400-600CC bikes to india through CKD(completely knocked down) kit route which would nearly have the duties, against the 100% import duty on fully built units. This could make prices of power bikes come down to Rs. 4-5 lakhs.

The company would shortly be sending some of the bikes to Indian Vehicle certification agency ARAI(Automotive Research Association of India),Pune, for homologation, and this homologation process would take between 3-6 months. We could expect some of these bikes possibly by Diwali.

Suzuki could get the models like GS500, GSR600 AND RMZ-450 from its international models. It has already brought us a few models of its legendary 1300CC hayabusa for display which couls hit the roads along with its 1600CC B-King, which is priced around Rs 10+ lakhs.

Suzuki GSR 600

Suzuki GS 500

Suzuki GS 500

Suzuki RMZ 450

Via: Times Business

Harley Davidson may finally hit the Indian roads

American cult bike brand Harley Davidson may finally hit the Indian roads. In an effort to ease import of all bikes with over 800cc engine capacity, the government has relaxed their testing norms. The director general of foreign trade (DGFT) has now allowed import of all such bikes which have been tested and approved (read homologated) by any certified agency from the European Union.

The earlier policy stated that all these tests needed to be carried only in the ‘country of origin’ of the product. As a result, Harley Davidson’s 800cc and above bikes were required to be homologated in the US. Similarly, Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha bikes had to be homologated in Japan, where they are actually manufactured, in order to be road-worthy in India.

Many bike makers, including Harley Davidson, had been lobbying with the government to relax these homologation norms. Harley had been facing problems meeting Indian homologation norms, which had been the biggest impediment for imports to India. Now its US-made bikes can tag an EU homologation certificate to be sold in India.

The government’s decision will also encourage other two-wheeler majors such as Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki to introduce their full range of high-powered products in India. Yamaha Motor India has already launched its two super bikes — 1,000 cc YZF R1 and 1,680 cc MT01 — in India. These homologated and certified in India before the relaxed import policy was announced in April this year.

However, for other super bike makers such as Suzuki Motorcycle India (SMIL), which plans to launch its legendary 1300 cc Hayabusa and the 1600 cc B King sometime next year, the new policy will now expedite the launch.

SMIL vice-president (sales & marketing) Atul Gupta said, “It will help us immensely to introduce our bikes faster in India. As our current homologation certificates from Netherlands will be allowed here, we will get a big boost in this niche market.”

The super bike manufacturers have also asked the government to reduce the current 110% duty on the import of such bikes to make the price competitive. “We cannot compete with high-duty structures which make our price very uncompetitive.

We will come only if the government moderates its duties to the international level,” Harley’s vice-president, government affairs, Timothy Hoelter, had said during his visit to India a few months ago. However, all such bikes will have to conform to the Euro III emission standards as announced in the original notification released in April.

Via: The Economic Times

TVS Motors to introduce ABS on yet to be launched 200cc bikes

ABS(Anti-Lock Braking Systems)

-equipped bikes with an average skill rider can reliably bring a motorcycle to a dramatic, anti skid stop every time, largely because a greater percentage of technical braking force can be applied without concern for lock-up. The ABS ensures that neither the front nor rear wheel will skid - ever - and neither do they release more than necessary to just barely prevent a skid. So even in most dry consditions, braking distance can be significantly shortened for most riders due to their being consistently able to freely apply available technical braking force. When one encounters sand, railroad tracks, and grass as occasional road surfaces, the effects become particularly dramatic. On wet roads, for example, ABS still maintains optimal threshold braking, producing an abrupt, controlled stop on conditions that almost surely cause a skid if a similarly hard stop were attempted with conventional brakes. And as a result, under wet conditions the ABS bike sees braking distances consistantly reduced by atleast one third over conventional brakes.

BMW was first to bring ABS brakes to the market and today offers the widest range of motorcycles equipped with ABS. But today Honda, Yamaha, and Ducati all offer riders ABS-equipped motorcycles. Here are some models of motorcycles available with ABS brakes—either standard or as an option: Yamaha FJR1300 (no longer produced: FJ 1200A, GTS 1000)
Honda Gold Wing GL1800, ST1300 ABS, Silver Wing 600 and 400 (scooters)
Ducati ST4 ABS
BMW K1200LT, K1200S, K1200RS, K1200GT (and numerous others no longer in production)
BMW R1200RT, R1200GS, R1150RT, R1150RT-P, R1150RS, R1150R, R1100S, R1150GS, R1200C, R1200CL
BMW F650 (various)

In 2007, three manufacturers have introduced new ABS models. Moto Guzzi offer the 1200cc Norge with ABS standard. ABS is optional on the 2007 Kawasaki Concours 14 and the Triumph Sprint ST.

No Indian motorcyle is equipped with ABS till date. Now its TVS Motors of india to introduce ABS initially on yet to be launched high powered bikes of TVS in the premium 200 cc segment. By introducing ABS to its premium bikes the cost may increase by 7% to 8%. And bad part is that TVS Motors has applied for patent on this technology. I dont understand why these companies like Bajaj and TVS are so obbessed with patenting the technologies which are already there in international market.

Bajaj Auto is all set to bring the two-stroke engine bikes back to the Indian market

The Economic Times says:

"Bike and scooter major Bajaj Auto is all set to bring the two-stroke engine bikes back to the Indian market. The legendary two-strokes engine technology, which was launched in the early 1990s (Bajaj Chetak, Kawasaki Bajaj 100), have already been launched in three-wheelers as gasoline direct injection (GDi), which is superior with increased mileage and substantially less emission. The company is likely to customise the GDi technology for its two-wheeler products in the next few months.

Bajaj Auto has introduced direct injection technology, as the GDi name suggest, replacing the carburettor which delivers better fuel efficiency and higher power (torque) than the conventional two-stroke engines. It also meets the stringent emission norms with 50% lower carbon monoxide ((CO) and 25% lower hydrocarbons and nitrous oxides (HC+NOx) than the earlier two-stroke engines, which were phased out by two-wheeler companies because they failed to meet the required emission norms.

A senior Bajaj Auto executive confirmed that the same engine is likely to be strapped on a two-wheeler. “It is a big leap in the two-stroke technology and we are working to get it on our bikes and other two-wheelers. The gasoline direct injection (GDi) engine has substantially lower emissions than even alternate clean fuels like CNG and LPG. Additionally, it has lower operating costs than four-stroke technology that currently dominates the bike market.”

According to sources in the automobile industry, Bajaj is working to combine its proven DTSi technology with the GDi technology on bikes with smaller engines. The company wants to put the same technology in the volume-generating 125-150cc segments as an alternative to the existing four-stroke engines. Bajaj Auto is in the process of developing two-wheelers that will run on CNG fuel.

The two-stroke engine had been a success in the past due to its higher torque (power), faster pickup and better vehicle stability due to the smaller engine. Company officials said that in the GDi technology, the fuel is injected through a common rail fuel line directly into the engine’s combustion chamber where it is completely burnt unlike the conventional carburettor-run two-stroke engine which leaves out unburnt fuel and results in higher emission.

After successfully launching the GDi-run three-wheeler, the company is working on different variations of the technology which can fit into smaller vehicles like bikes and scooters. Some prototypes of the new technology is expected to be unveiled at the upcoming Auto Expo in January."

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