Bajaj now holds patents for Exhaustec in India, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Iran, Malaysia, China and Europe. Exhaustec is slowly premeating in Bajaj’s entire range of motorcycles including the Pulsar, Avenger, Discover and Platina.

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1. Chennai : 6th May
2. Chandigarh : 10th May
3. Mumbai : 16th May
4. Bangalore : 23rd May
5. Delhi : 27th May
6. Pune : 30th May

If you stay on top of all details, log on to StuntMania website and register online for the selections. Online registrants will get preference at the auditions venue. So if you have the courage, the attitude, the passion & the skills to tame your mean machine, register now!

Participants will be judged by Alan Amin, the famed stunt director of DHOOM & DHOOM:2.

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Do check the TVS Apache RTR 180 launch video underneath while we await more details on the bike.

Click here to view the embedded video.

The RTR 180 is expected to be launched shortly.

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TVS Racing team at the event

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 Preetham Dev Moses and C.S. Santosh. The participants were then allowed to ride Team TVS Racing’s machines for testing out their skills. Sudershan Karnany clocked the fastest lap time of 42 seconds on the 600meter track and will now get to train with TVS Racing Factory Team

Top ten riders will now have an opportunity of competing at the “RTR Riders Cup” to be held at Sriperumbudur Race Track, Chennai in April. The event provides TVS Racing an opportunity to find talent for expanding their road racing program and TVS plans to hold such ARE events across country pretty soon.

Apache Racing Experience Grid

Images courtesy: TVS Apache

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A partnership between Bajaj & KTM is beneficial for both firms giving technical knowhow to Bajaj whoose largest capacity motorcycle is a 220cc engine based Pulsar 220 while giving KTM the benefit of large cash holdings and manufacturing facilities of Bajaj.

For future expansion, KTM is looking out towards south east asia and India while Bajaj is looking at increasing it’s presence in Europe and developing larger capacity motorcycles. The two are said to be developing a new family of 125, 250 and 500cc engines to use in road, enduro and supermoto applications. The 500cc engine is rumored to be a v-twin.

Bajaj is also rumored to be a key partner in the development of the KTM SUV and city cars.

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Yamaha FZ-S

The new FZ-S sports new sporty graphics, carbon fibre look to the meter console, aerodynamic short windshield and a revamped headlight unit.

Speaking at the launch about Yamaha’s focus, Y. Tsuji, CEO and Managing Director, India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd. said, “Yamaha has set forward on a journey where each and every product of ours will set a benchmark in the market with its technological superiority, quality and manufacturing excellence and style quotient. The arrival of this new variant FZ-S is a clear illustration of how the market has responded to FZ 16. Our strategic intent is to provide customers with stylish variant to suite his fashion statement and personality.”

FZ-S will be available in two new color variants: Yellow Streak and Silver Tech.

Yamaha FZ-S Yellow Streak

Yamaha FZ-S Silver Tech

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Ducati 1098R

“We want to have one showroom in every metro,” Precision Motor CEO Ashish Chordia told reporters. Precision Motor is the distributor of Ducati in India.  In 2008, Ducati sold 45,000 bikes globally and it has been a good year for it, Ducati’s CEO and President Gabriele Del Torchio said.  “India will not be a major market for Ducati now. But it will be five years from now,” he said.

Multiple showrooms currently seem a distant possibility in India where total Ducati sales for 2008 were in low single digits with most bikes picked as displays units especially on account of a extremely high pricing for the Indian market which was totally disconnected from the Indian market. The scenario will hopefully change in 2009 especially if the pricing is brought down to more saner levels especially when a R1 or a Hayabusa is available at half  the price of a comparative Ducati 1098/1198.

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• Auto choke
• Gas filled Nitrox shock absorbers
• Revamped digital console
• LED tail lamp
• Optional electric start
• Optional disc brake

The new XCD Sprint will sport a very competitive price tag of Rs 45,000 ex-showroom in Pune. The official launch and sales of the motorcycle are expected to commence later this month.

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Bajaj Auto MD Rajiv Bajaj said the decline in sales is in effort to reduce dealer inventories across their stores. Bajaj Auto is a major player in the premium & sports commuter segment of the market which comprises of motorcycles with displacement over 125cc. With no new major launches in this segment by Bajaj and increasing competition in the segment from Yamaha, TVS & Hero Honda, sales have dipped considerably for Bajaj this year.

Bajaj Auto is expected to launch a new premium product in this segment later this month. Speculations are rife that the product will be Kawasaki 250R Ninja. However the company is currently keeping it’s cards close to the chest.

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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.

Honda CBF Stunner

HMSCI said motorcycle sales during the month grew by 62 per cent at 37,118 units against 22,952 units in the year-ago period. This increase was on account of the launch of the sucessful CBF Stunner from Honda earlier this year.

Scooter sales rose by 19 per cent growth at 56,964 units in December against 48,058 units in the same month last year, it added.

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