Two Wheelers News

The investment will be used to prepare Honda's two-wheelers to meet BS-VI norms which will come into effect from April 1, 2020, as well as upgrade existing motorcycles with ABS which will become mandatory from April 1, 2019.

The reduction in prices is due to the reduction in the custom duty rate by 25 per cent on completely built units (CBUs) in India.

The Yamaha YZF R15 will get new colour options for 2018 in Indonesia. The Indonesian-spec R15 gets better equipment than the India-spec R15.

The Honda PCX150 gets a new chassis, revised engine and optional single-channel ABS.

A few weeks ago we brought to you an exclusive review of the Mahindra Genze electric scooter all the way from San Francisco. The Genze scooter is purpose built to be a workhorse with just one seat and a loading bay at the rear which gives it an immediate distinction as compared to the other two wheelers available in the segment. We knew Mahindra was testing the Genze scooters in India for reliability trials and now, one such prototype has been spied doing the test rounds. Although India is being used as a test bed for the electric scooter, it is however unlikely that it will get launched here anytime soon primarily due to price and segmentation reasons.

Yamaha today introduced a range of new and revised colour options for its premium 113 cc scooter, Yamaha Fascino. In addition to updating the entire colour palette, Yamaha has also introduced a brand new Glamorous Gold colour option.

The Honda Grazia 125 cc scooter has sold more than 1 lakh units in the first five months since it was launched in November 2017.

The Bajaj Avenger Street 150 has been upgraded to the Avenger Street 180, and the Bajaj Pulsar 135LS has been discontinued for the domestic market.