2009 Speculation thread: What bikes could be launched?

[amulu10]

I guess the worldwide production base for the Ninja 250 is Thighland (sic ) !! And thats where Bajaj plans to get the Ninja, from. India has a free trade agreement with Thailand and hence it can get the bike (CBU) at a lesser rate of 30% I believe.

But personally I'd like it to be a CBU (unless CKD knocks of a lots of money from the price), coz that way there will be less touching and fiddling by Baja mechs.

i dont mind it being a CBU as long as its under 2 lakhs

[pranay]

i dont mind it being a CBU as long as its under 2 lakhs

If its CBU, then it cannot be under 2 lacs. It costs more than 2 lacs on road in Thailand itself. And they are importing it.

[sukant08]

If its CBU, then it cannot be under 2 lacs. It costs more than 2 lacs on road in Thailand itself. And they are importing it.

But when the bike comes to India, a lot of things (like tax, dealers margin and registeration etc.) will differ from Thighland () But yeah, sub-2 lakhs wills be highly unlikely !!

Unless rupee suddenly becomes much stronger vis-a-vis the thai currency (whatever that is !!! )

[mithun]

Is Honda Unicorn going to be replaced ?

[46 the Greatest ever]

Unicorn won't be replaced most probably. However, Honda is soon coming out with CBF150. It will be Honda's first motorcycle in India to feature its awesome PGM-FI.

Source, Bike India.

[DASCO]

more speculation

Guys.
Dont know if this was discussed here before...
But in Bike India web site, 3 designs by a Bike Design firm are available.
These are said to be for India market..and this firm is reportedly having links with Bajaj.
One of the designs looks like a P220 and another like th FZ...

Bajaj's new concept bikes?
Xenophya Motorcycle Design

[payeng]

Guys.
Dont know if this was discussed here before...
But in Bike India web site, 3 designs by a Bike Design firm are available.
These are said to be for India market..and this firm is reportedly having links with Bajaj.
One of the designs looks like a P220 and another like th FZ...

Bajaj's new concept bikes?
Xenophya Motorcycle Design

That story originally appeared in Sameer Kumar's Faster and Faster blog.. after that it spread across the net

[jasmeetsinghchawla]

There is a pic of the half faired bike in Bike Indianext to the cover page with someone astride it. All these if launched should give tough competition to the current leaders.

[payeng]

Honda CBF150 PGM-Fi..??

Original Source: Bike India

The other two-wheeler on the cards is a sporty variant based on the Unicorn platform. In short, the new 150cc bike will be to the Unicorn what the Stunner is to the Shine. Likely to be named the CBF150, (which was also the development code for the Unicorn) the bike will take on the Yamaha FZ16, TVS RTR and other premium offerings in the segment. It will be the first two-wheeler from Honda to incorporate the PGM-FI technology which was seen earlier on the Hero Honda Glamour FI.

Our sources have also confirmed that Honda has been extensively testing a new 120-section rear tyre with MRF. This tyre is likely to make it onto the CBF150.

Expect the bike to be launched a couple of weeks before monsoons.

Hmmm... interesting.

[Sunny]

Topic Approved

[chicane1879]

I sincerely hope Honda has the R15 in their mind for the salvo!!

[payeng]

I sincerely hope Honda has the R15 in their mind for the salvo!!

Honda uses CBR for its Sports bikes like Yamaha has the "YZF" (like in the YZF R15) for its sports bikes..

On the other hand, CBF means street bikes for Honda.

[BANDHAV]

As the news itself suggests that it will be something on the same line as that of stunner, so what all we can except is a sporty looking 150 with a little more power on tap, but the main differentior here could be PGM-Fi.

And one thing for sure it wont be amining at R15 squarely, but FZ 16 could surely be in sight, when launched this may lock horn with FZ in premium 150 segment (R15 is super premium 150).

[Mindgrinder]

I sincerely hope Honda has the R15 in their mind for the salvo!!

the CBF looks punty i have googled many pics and reviewers on bike india say so, its a punty performer.

[praveenz]

Suzuki's answer

This may be an OT; still...

why hasnt the suzuki's GS-150R making any waves ??

Going by the Specs..i guess it should give a decent run for the money for RTRs, CBFs, and FZs..

Suzuki Motorcycles Review - GS150R Motorcycles