Archive for the ‘Indian News’ Category
Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Bajaj Auto announced that it has received patents over Exhaustec technology in China from the Chinese State Intellectual Property Office. Exhaustec enables Bajaj to extract more power from single cylinder 4 stroke motorcycles over conventional design. Bajaj now holds patents for Exhaustec in India, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, ...
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
MTV will be producing a motorcycle stunting based reality show 'Pulsar MTV Stunt Mania' to cash in on all the excitement and thrills of bike stunting raging across the country. The program is scheduled to go on air in July 2009. Auditions will start in early May as per the ...
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Saturday, April 18th, 2009
Here's the new launch video of the new RTR 180. Based on the RTR 160 platform, the new RTR180 pumps out 17.3Ps (17.06hp) of power putting it above the current Hero Honda Karizma & Bajaj Pulsar 180 in power output.
Do check the TVS Apache RTR 180 launch video underneath while ...
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Sunday, March 15th, 2009
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TVS Motors organized Apache Racing Experience(ARE) at Palace Grounds, Bangalore exclusively for owners of Apache RTR on 7th March. 60 RTR owners turned up for the event where they were providing riding tips and racing techniques by TVS Racing riders including ...
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Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Bajaj Auto has increased it's share holding in KTM to 31.72 from 25.86 held previously. Bajaj has earlier too projected it's intentions of obtaining majority holding in KTM which is one of the largest European motorcycle manufacturers.
A partnership between Bajaj & KTM is beneficial for both firms giving technical knowhow ...
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Yamaha launched a variant of FZ-16 in the market today. FZ-S is an face-lift upgrade of the current FZ-16 with cosmetic changes and will retail at Rs 67,000 ex-showroom across the country.
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The new FZ-S sports new sporty graphics, carbon fibre look to the meter console, ...
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Ducati after it's entry in India 7 months ago will finally open it's showrooms in India. It's first showroom is expected to open in Mumbai in the third quarter with a possibility of more showrooms by next year.
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“We want to have one showroom in every ...
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Monday, January 12th, 2009
Bajaj today announced the upgrade on XCD 125 with launch of the new XCD Sprint DTS-Si. Boasting of a 135cc engine pumping out 10.5bhp, the new XCD Sprint will have a host of new features including:
Auto choke
Gas filled Nitrox shock absorbers
Revamped digital console
LED tail lamp
Optional electric start
Optional disc brake
The new ...
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Thursday, January 1st, 2009
As per data released today by Bajaj Auto, motorcycle sales for India's second largest company are down by a whopping 33% year on year. Sales last month declined to 118,510 as against 176,441 units in December 2007.
Bajaj Auto MD Rajiv Bajaj said the decline in sales is in effort to ...
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Monday, December 29th, 2008
Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India today reported a 32 per cent increase in two-wheeler sales in December at 94,082 units against 71,010 units in the same month last year.
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HMSCI said motorcycle sales during the month grew by 62 per cent at 37,118 units against ...
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