General biking discussion approved.

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

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?

Originally posted by romeomike View Post

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

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....!!!

Thanks bro

ARAI = Typical babudom.

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.............

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.

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.

OK dude it seems to going in a good direction,

so along with the chassis what else should not be altered?

and what all can be altered?

I think the consumers should wake up the ARAI people and make them work to ensure consumers get niggle free bikes, they can start this way,
> Check geometry of the bike , check weight distribtuion and see if the bike qualify for safety ride by testing it to some prescribed standards.
> Bikes should pass handling tests (if standards are not there, they should frame them by research keeing in mind safety of the rider)
> Classify critical components of the bike (front fork, Chassis, Engine components etc etc) check vendor suppliers' quality standards, design standards.
> Check for emmision using latest equipmemts, ZERO TOLERANCE SHOULD BE FOLLOWED.
> Every bike passing out of factory should be affixed with ARAI stickers before selling it, the seal should also be on the owners' manual.
> ARAI should also have access to complaints filed by consumers, consumers should also be able to complain directly to ARAI
> All new bikes/variants should pass minimum test drive cycle test passing all prescribed standards.

This is imperative as a 2W is becoming part of every home and ARAI should ensure that each and every customer is entitled to quality bike from manufacturers. Any proactive move will help millions and save environment as well.