Two Wheelers News

Norton Motorcycles, which is right now working on its all-new 650 cc Atlas Scrambler, will be launching the bike in India in 2020. This information was shared with us by Norton's Indian partner Kinetic Motoroyale's managing director Ajinkya Firodia, on the sideline of a recent event, where the company launched 7 new motorcycles.

Kinetic Group's Motoroyale will be launching locally-made Norton Commando and Dominator in India by mid of next year. Launch will take place by mid-2019 and the bikes will come with 50 per cent localised content.

Resurrecting the brand name in India, the Mahindra Group owned Classic Legends Jawa Motorcycles announced its new 293 cc engine earlier this week and the company has now announced that its first motorcycle will be revealed on November 15, 2018. The new motorcycle has been developed from ground up by the Indian auto giant and is likely to be inspired from the yesteryear Jawas. Details though are scarce at the moment on the new bike from the manufacturer.

Delhi vehicle owners will now have to upgrade to high security number plates as early as tomorrow, October 13, 2018. Should the owners fail to upgrade their vehicle number plate to high security ones, they could be imposed a fine if Rs. 500 or even wore go to jail for three months. While new vehicles are already equipped with these high security registration plates, the move will largely affect old vehicle owners that have been running with regular plates. The Delhi transport department estimates this number to around 40 lakh vehicles including both four-wheelers and two-wheelers.

In his former role as EVP, Suzuki Motorcycle, Sajeev Rajasekharan looked after sales and the after-sales across India. His stint in Suzuki Motorcycles lasted a little more than 2 years. Prior to that, Rajasekharan was the deputy divisional managing director manager with Panasonic India, looking after channel and retail. He also had a decade long stint with Samsung India as combined head of home appliances division. He has over 2 decades worth of experience in sales, marketing and operations.

In a bid to offer better service to customers beyond its products, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) has introduced its new Honda Joy Club. The Joy Club is a digital customer loyalty programme and the first-of-its-kind for the two-wheeler industry in India. The programme is directed for both new and existing Honda two-wheeler customers, which can be availed for a price of Rs. 299 (excluding GST) that remains valid for a period of three years. The Honda Joy Club programme is intended to provide beyond just two-wheelers via Honda's partners across different categories and needs to be accessed via an app, available on both iOS and Android devices. The Joy Club programme will also be offered free of cost to new customers till November 30, 2018.

Classic Legends, which is set to launch Jawa Motorcycles in India, has finally revealed the new engine that will power the company upcoming bikes in India. The new powertrain is an all-new 293 cc single cylinder liquid cooled DOHC engine that is built on a BS6 ready platform.

The 2018 TVS Wego gets new graphics, new colour schemes and added features.