jawad_emt

dudes,
One simple question always back of my mind.

What is the Quality certification of bikes in India?

is there some thing like ISI mark?
We see, different brand bikes differ in thier quality and durability

but Which authority validates these products?

sunilg

General biking discussion approved.

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romeomike

Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) is your answer.....for more details go their website.

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jawad_emt

Dude,
ARAI.......
I saw their website, they are doing something
But I never saw their logo, attestation, endorsement on any bike or bike salient features?

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Originally Posted by romeomike Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) is your answer.....for more details go their website.

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Devilpulsarian

ARAI is the authority which governs Indian 2 wheeler market.
It has some preframed guidelines which needs to be followed/incorporated on each and every vehicle that is sold in India.


A company has to produce the exact model to be launched to the ARAI and get it approved. Moreover, they have to sell the exact model and for even the minutest changes, they need to take approval from ARAI again....!!!

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jawad_emt

Thanks bro

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ARAI = Typical babudom.

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jawad_emt

i wonder how to get a modified bike registered,

i have a plan for a bullet based chopper

is registering it simple as an ordinary bike,

what about ARAI protocol?

please through some light.............

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manu dreamriders

Have been trying to get modified choppers that i make for past 5 years registered. What i have hit is worse that the proverbial brick wall. Apart from ARAI which sets the rules, u have to go thru ISI for chasis and iCAT for certification- cost of one unit certiification exceeds over 6 lakhs and has to done each time a modification is done- so a death knell on costs that NO CUSTOMER wants to pay.

Not only that they take upwards of 6 months to give u a certification if u can get it. That still leaves the chasis work, all the filing and procedures that need to be undertaken....not a single one of my customers has been willing to wait that long.

This was the main reason i deceided to try to open shop in UK- at least here dont have such issues to face- just working on cracking the import registration problem here.

inflammable

I understand your point... But let me give you an example.. From my experiece.. In aerospace product manufacturing.. it has to get compliance certificates.. Qualification Testing certificates (FAA & EASA).. done before any products get into any aircraft.. even a small part..

But say when we make a valve.. it clears Qual testing,.. gets FAA certificate.. But next time we make a valve.. for say any other different aircraft... then the valve is given a clearance.. on the basis of Qualification by similarity. So we dont have to certify the valve again and again.

So you can take an inference that.. getting the certification for bike is one time cost which you can bear. from next time you can clear the Qual testing by similarity. so might not need massive money.

Keep the basic chassis design same.. get it qualified.. and then play around with panels.. and other aspects of design. say fenders.. tank shape.. etc. but keep the skeleton same.

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