Two Wheelers News

With BS-IV upgrades and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) norms changing market dynamics in the past months, the Indian two wheeler industry is showing positive signs of growth once again and July 2017 was a testament to the same.

The Yamaha Fazer 250 has been spotted undisguised for the first time ever and the red and gold colour scheme is quite eye-catching too.

The Platina now gets an 'ES Spoke' variant, which will be the most affordable bike in the Platina range. The CT 100 gets a CT 100 ES Alloy, which as the name suggests, gets alloy wheels. It is the most expensive CT 100 model in the line-up.

Having introduced the 302R full faired bike recently, the Italian bike maker plans to launch three new motorcycles including the Leoncino, TRK 502 and an all-new quarter-litre street offering. Shirish Kulkarni said that a new 300-400 cc street motorcycle is in the offing and will be introduced at the 2018 Auto Expo. The bike is being developed specifically for the Indian market.

Thanks to a new round of investment, MV Agusta has bought the 25 per cent stakes that Mercedes-AMG had in the company since 2014. ComSar, a Russian investment firm has invested an undisclosed amount of money in MV Agusta Motor Holding.

Hero MotCorp has filed First Information Reports (FIRs) against several establishments and traders who were indulging in fake spare parts of Hero two-wheelers

Hero MotoCorp has recorded the highest ever sales for a single quarter during the first quarter of the current financial year between April and June 2017. In all, Hero MotoCorp sold 18,53,647 two-wheelers in the period, posting a growth of 6.2 per cent over the same period a year ago, when the company had sold 17,45,389 two-wheelers.

The new Triumph Tiger Explorer gets a retuned engine and a host of hi-tech electronics, including semi-active suspension and an inertial measurement unit with cornering ABS