Two Wheelers News

An all-new adventure motorcycle from Suzuki, called the Suzuki DR Big is rumoured to be in the making, to be launched as a 2020 model.

India Yamaha Motor will launch the MT-15 in India on March 15, 2019. The Yamaha MT-15 is essentially the naked version of the R15 V3.0.

A total of 43,908 units of the Street range (Street 500, Street 750 and Street Rod) have been recalled globally for a brake issue. This is applicable to motorcycles manufactured between May 2015 and December 2018.

In a bid to promote electric mobility in the country, Hero Electric has announced a unique initiative for customers to switch from old petrol-powered two-wheelers to electric bikes. The manufacturer is offering flat Rs. 6000 over and above the market value of these old petrol two-wheelers that are either unsaleable or are at the end of their lifecycle and moving to the scrap yard. Hero says that these vehicles manage to consume twice as much as petrol for the same distance than a BS4 compliant vehicle, which makes them heavy contributors to the pollution crisis across our cities. The company states that at least five crore very old and polluting petrol two-wheelers are currently plying on Indian roads.

The Suzuki Access 125 has received a new entry-level variant equipped with Combined Braking System (CBS) and drum brakes. The new Suzuki Access 125 CBS drum brake version is priced at Rs. 56,667 (ex-showroom, Delhi), which makes it about Rs. 690 more expensive than the non-CBS version. The safety feature, which aids in more effective braking will soon be a standard feature on all two-wheelers below 125 cc, and that's why this will be the new entry-level version on the Access starting from April 2019. Meanwhile, the non-CBS drum brake version is still available for sale priced at Rs. 55,977 (ex-showroom) and is likely to remain that way till stocks last.

The bike is powered by a 799 cc liquid-cooled, parallel-twin motor capable of churning out 103 bhp and 86 Nm of peak torque.

India Yamaha Motor is now offering unified barking system and a maintenance-free battery on its entire range of scooters.

Bajaj Auto sold 203,358 two-wheeler units in January 2019 in comparison to 163,111 units sold domestically in January 2018.