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two news's tht have nothing to with each other
anyway now bet, 100 and 135cc,how many models does Bajaj have?isnt Discover 125 too?

I think they have discontinued the Discover 125.

But i seriously wonder how BAJAJ manages to launch different iterations of an engine/model so soon.

Moderators, kindly separate the 2 topics... How can we discuss 2 unrelated topics in one?
Separate my post, into another topic, and edit titles please.

Source: FAREWELL AMERICAN CHOPPER

Guys, they were always arguing anyways... I didn't see one episode without their arguing and disagreements. Almost every episode was a father vs son event.

I hope the series is restarted, by whosoever wins this lawsuit.

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Now the second topic: If Platina becomes torquier, it certainly means better.
So, no complaints about the power loss.

I just dont get this companies strategy scratching head.

bajaj did it again but this time reverse root they had taken crown from hh "The Most underpowered 125cc " in its portfolio

Thanks to Sunnybhai for his approval. May peace be upon you!

About American chopper: Glad to see it ending, and hate to see it go, but it's been gone for quite awhile. Once the show got away from the bike building and spending so much time on extracurricular activities, then later on family feuding, it was never the same show. I mean come on did you see the show lately? With mikey in rehab, Sr not talking to Jr as the pass each other in hall and whole family spending money recklessly and showing prefab bikes as construction bikes! Damn, if I had to put up this stuff I might better watch MTV's reality shows at least they have decency to show some awesome girl-on-girl-Koshti(Wrestling) on their shows or better yet watch "Horny Doctors"!(a.k.a. Grey's Anatomy) If they are not showing how they build jaw dropping choppers being build from scratch what is the point in watching the show???

Also about featuring 2 news in 1 thread is a calculated move just as to prevent pointless and long threads as we try to make sense of corporate psyche and do some brand bashing. Mods are free to separate them if they please.

Yeah..But that's actually a tie for the crown.It is also held by Suzuki Duos, the Zeus and Heat!!

Actually theres a new channel by the name Discovery Turbo.. taylor made for us..
All the awesome automotive genre shows to be aired on it...

Yeahhhhhh hooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

OK, the Platina 125 news got diluted.

Did you notice a single spark engine? No DTSi or DTS Si here. Is Bajaj trying regular engines again?

I read it in Overdrive and was surprised there's hardly any discussion about it on xBhp.

See here: Bajaj Launches Platina 125 - Bajaj Auto - News : Overdrive

This article doesn't speak about single spark but the April 2010 Overdrive does. Anyways, see the bike's photo. There's no spark plug on the right side.

Thats probably to reduce costs.

The new bike is almost 4k cheaper than its earlier sibling.

@ cicatrix......its no upgrade for the Platina 125,its plain degrade.I simply wonder where the 125cc for Bajaj has gone to...........I refuse to believe now that they had Wind125 from these same stables,even though it was a Kawasaki bike but still.
Even their latest Pulsar 135LS wont be able to match the Wind 125.Pulsar LS may be faster but it is not as strong as Wind.
When I first saw Platina125,I thought Wind 125 would revive but this makes it fall away.

@ Mach50: I have just cut-copy-pasted the text on platina. Those are not my opinion that its an upgrade, I am just a messenger! So please dont kill the messenger!

I would like to add to it that unfortunatley the American Chopper just refuses to die! Yes its coming back and yes its going to be horrible again!
'American Chopper' getting a second life at TLC | EW.com
I must mention that this news has also been around for a while now, but nobody posted it, which should only mean that nobody cares!

Bajaj is playing a really intelligent game.
They have been just using the same type of engines changing things slightly each time they build a new bike.
The different shapes give a variety to the customers and the slightly different engines each with qualities such as one with better mileage,one with slightly better acceleration just adds spice to these tiny variations.
Thus though the customers are getting choices,Bajaj is still getting economies of scale which is achieved even when a firm produces slightly differentiated goods.
And by launching these new bikes(albeit almost similar)Bajaj can boast of giving a lot of importance to R&D facilities and the smooth talking done by its dealers easily sways the general public to think that it's 100% right.
even in the Pulsar LS almost everthing is taken from the XCD,It has just been changed here and there and even its 135cc engine is just a bit tuned up.