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1) Yamaha has kicked off an interactive program to boost its brand image and serve existing customers. The three-day affair even has Japanese safety personnel to teach kids something we often forget to excercise – motorcycle safety.
Head over to Indian Motos Blog for full details.

2) Honda CBR250R will come to India in the first half of 2011 for an affordable price. If you can’t enough of the bike, head over to Indian Motos Blog to see the official video.

Is Honda planning a minivan on the Jazz platform in the US to lock horns with the Prius minivan? – Click here to read more on that.

The commonly held opinion of China’s automotive products being unsafe was safely guarded by the Geely CK1 as it brought more shame to the Chinese motoring industry by scoring “zero stars” in the Latin NCAP safety test. Can the newly acquired Volvo help change things around for the parent company? Click here to read more.

KTM releases new video of its 125cc bike (KTM 125 Duke) revealing never before seen angles of the fully complete bike. Click here to see it

Is the VTR250 Honda’s Diwali gift to Indians? Click here to learn everything about the VTR250

HMSI talks about sub-Twister economy motorcycle for Indian market. Is this their rural market workhorse that’s short on style and tall on fuel economy? – Read about the 100cc Honda bike.

KTM’s 125cc streetfighter concept is finally named! Someone comes up with “Avatar” which everyone seems to like. The 125cc bike gets an identity and one lucky Russian gets a motorcycle to ride home! – Read about the 125cc KTM bike.

The Tata Nano isn’t along after all. Now a Yamaha R15 makes red hot headlines after it encounters unexpected fire while negotiating a climb – Read about the Yamaha R15 fire

The Honda CBF Stunner is most sought after entry level bike in Britain

Honda’s CBF Stunner 125 has proven it ability by winning the ‘Best Machine For New Riders’ award at the 14th Motor Cycle News (MCN) Awards.

This bike has been targeted towards beginners in UK and became this year’s best selling bike in the country. The bike is a blend of stylish looks, performance and reliability and this overall riding experience which this bike provides to its customers made it the choice of the panel of judges as the best choice for newcomers to two wheels.

As we have already mentioned in one of our articles earlier, Honda launched a new white-black paint scheme for CBF 125 in UK.

Apart from this the bike is also available with a couple of swish new top boxes, to hold 26 or 35 litres of stuff. The boxes cost £109.99 and £129.99 and are very useful for storing things like helmet, pizzas or any other material.

Honda CB Twister takes commuter bikes to new level laden with features and styled like CB1000R

With 9 bhp of power and a claimed mileage of 70kmpl, Honda’s new CB Twister promises to shake up the 100-125cc segment. The lion’s share of the 100cc market belongs to Hero Honda, and their bikes also boast of such credentials. The path Honda took with this motorcycle is entirely different to one adopted by its Indian partner.

The CB Twister looks everything but a Hero Honda Splendor or Passion. Many of us yesterday expected to see a plain and boring commuter with puny tires and no personality.

By making the move of introducing a lower capacity motorcycle, Honda expects to see a change in customer perception and expand this section of the market.

As the name denotes, the 110cc CB Twister is inspired by bigger the CB1000R. The core USP of this motorcycle is its style, but there are plenty of other reasons why customers would buy this product.

You get features which aren’t seen on this side of town. Tubeless tyres, maintenance free battery and viscous air filter improve performance and reduce maintenance cost. Other features like short muffler and half chain are attributes that define how stylish this motorcycle is.

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Honda’s 110cc commuter will be unveiled today; We’ll cover the show, so check back for updates

We have already seen the spy pics of Honda’s new 110cc motorcycle called ‘CB100 Twister’. Although the Twister series comprises of powerful engines of 250cc or 300cc but the one introduced in our country tomorrow would only be 110cc capacity. The high capacity Twister series bikes are operating very well in the Brazilian market.

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The CB Twister debuts in Delhi day after tomorrow

Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India will launch a stylish 110cc motorcycle in India day after tomorrow in Delhi. The company has been working on this motorcycle for more than a year now and could christen it CB Twister.

What Honda isn’t planning to do with its latest motorcycle is compete directly with India’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer – Hero Honda.

Honda is going to pitch its entry-level bike to youngsters. The Hero Honda counterpart Splendor is targeted at the middle class family man. Honda will also price the motorcycle roughly 10% higher than the Splendor which should draw a clear line between the two commuters.

Shinji Aoyama, president and CEO, HMSI -

We don’t expect competition with Hero Honda as a joint venture brand. I am not in a position to compete. Our position of new model introduction is to expand the market itself. I believe we can activate demand from youngsters with this 110cc motorcycle.

Honda entry point in India is the 125cc Shine, which looks plain jane. It shares its space with the stylish CBF Stunner which is aimed at the youngster looking for an element of style in that segment. Would Honda follow the same strategy with the 110cc motorcycle, only this time the stylish variant comes first?