The competition will be closely watching the market reaction towards this new technology
If sources are to be believed TVS is planning to launch a bike with automatic clutch system within a few months. This means the rider would be free from applying the clutch while shifting the gears. The gears would be shifted without the use of a clutch and the company also claims that there would not be any impact on the bike’ performance such as its pickup and top speed.
Although TVS isn’t willing to disclose much info about this product at this point of time, insiders say this project has been in the pipeline for the last 18 months or so.
This bike would be placed in the executive segment which is ruled by Hero Honda at present. It would be interesting to see how TVS positions this bike as far as its cost is concerned and what mileage it would be capable of.
As in case of gearless scooters, this bike could lure women riders as well who have keen interest in motorcycles but couldn’t find an appropriate product for their commute till now.
This bike will bring with itself a new technology in the biking world in India and it would be interesting to assess its performance.
Looks like Yamaha could pip Honda in making the world’s first hybrid motorcycle.
Introducing the Yamaha-Toyota “Prius” powered by a 20bhp petrol engine coupled to an electric motor.
The hybrid motorcycle dubbed Prius, will use a water-cooled engine – the 250cc horizontal single-cylinder through a smart ECU, sends power to the wheels and the generator, which will give the battery juice.
The vehicle is still in the testing phase with improvements incorporated based on the continuous feedback.
Mixed sales figures for Indian two-wheeler makers in January 2009. While Yamaha and Honda are enjoying profits, Bajaj is seeing more unsold bikes!
Late last year, we informed you about Honda’s Hybrid Motorcycle plans for 2010. Apart from this announcement, Honda had also announced plans of an electric motorcycle and more information is now available.
Eying a big potential for luxury bikes in India, where tastes are changing from mass-market machines to high-end bikes, Honda and Bajaj are looking at launching new sportsbikes in the country in the next couple of months.
There had been a sudden surge in the number of International Sportsbikes brands entering the Indian market, over the past two years. Initially the trend was set by Kinetic with the launch of the 250cc, v-twin-powered Hyosung Comet in India back in 2005. Then it was Yamaha, which launched the Yamaha R1 in India and the MT-01 cruiser in 2007. Soon later followed by the Italian motorcycle giant Ducati, who launched an array of superbikes costing up to almost 50 lakhs, and finally Suzuki joined the troop in late-2008, with its Hayabusa superbike and the Intruder cruiser.
Yes, here we have it. Indian Autos Blog’s first ever Audio cast. From today onwards, all 3 of us harry, dave and me, will rant and rave about the day’s hottest news featured on IAB. We are wet behind our ears to audio casting, so you need to bear with our iterating mistakes and time and again non-sense. But one thing is for sure- We will be coming up with what ever best we can.
Honda has yesterday debuted a revolutionary new ‘Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication’ system, which – it is anticipated – could reduce road casualties of both motorcyclists and car drivers. Let me just give you the gist of the technology and you can read further the press release, after the jump The bikes have systems similar to Wireless Lan and bikes within a definite range communicate among themselves. This system monitors all the parameters [ Read More ]
The Suzuki GS150R is powered with a 149cc engine which develops 13.8bhp of peak power at 8500rpm and 13.4Nm of peak torque 6000rpm. It is mated to a six speed transmission. Fuel will be fed to the engine via a carburetor.
