i hope they r launching it in sports red color like the one in zma-r..dont like the maroon color

CBR150 who??

love the VFRish looks.

C-ABS on the bike is a brilliant feature...
which Honda will prolly use as a USP.

hope Thai Honda keep the production quality up...
that'll something to watch out for.

but it's prolly safe to say that i won't consider buying this since the GT650R is here.

xionite I think you have already made up your mind about getting the GT650R!
Yoohoo...go for it.

Well said buddy...and D'oh to you too :P

Finally the product is out. Though I am pleasantly surprised at the body work! Was not expecting this. But it certainly looks good.

Thanks.. \m/\m/

Btw, in that ad, the part where he rides into the clouds is brilliant! Gives the bike an auro of awesomeness. I half expected it to morph into an F-22 Raptor and take off

Honda i am sure you will price it not less then 2 Lakhs

Finally a good set of machine is out by honda under a affordable price tag...keeping my fingers cross now.......

Just a thought -

1.cbr 250 is competing with Ninja 250r in thailand . Since the specs are not the same and its a single cyl , the price should be atleast somewhat lower than Ninja

2.Ninja price 150,000 Baht <-> 2,20,000 INR (duties ~ 30% , makes ex showroom 2.7 L)

3. Honda will have 20 % lower price = 120,000 Baht <-> 1,80,000 INR (assumption of 20% , can't be more than that)

4.No import duties , locally produced

5.On road price less than 1,99,000

6.Gives them price premium over Mojo , For being a honda product

7.Stays below the psychological barrier of 2 L for us.

Finally a breath of fresh air! If the 1.5 lac price tag is true, this could be one practical, desirable yet affordable machine we could use!

the bike looks awesome.... from just the looks of it 1.5L sounds very doubtful...mojo came for 1.75L but then honda is no mahindra....they probably will ask a premium just to make it stand out and for the exclusivity...that, if they are not looking for the volume of sales and in case they do then they will price it competitively..and how much we wish they do that

Finally the market is opening Up
Bike looks amazing No words to say...
If the pricing would be the same as mentioned the bike would be a steal.

Position is totally commuter so now we can tour in style

Looking forward for the performance specs and release for India

Honda has gone the Yamaha way(R15) and bettered it. R15 was a half hearted attempt from Yamaha, now they will definitely think that they could have also launched a higher capacity version of the 15.

This bike won't be in the same league as Ninja so I don't think it will affect the Ninja sales, it will surely affect the sales of R15(whatever left ).

Price ..
I am going for this babe eyes closed.
I think she will cost more than Ninja, considering C-ABS & 25 patents.
Keeping fingers crossed.

I will start saving money now on.
Anybody interested in my 5 month (~4000 Kms) old/young yellow Karizma ??

There is something we are forgetting here. Honda has historically always been a volume player. The situation being different only in India where HMSI was niche / exclusivity / premium player due to the existence of one 'Hero Honda'. The reason for these aggressive launches (I foresee the 150i too at 1.1 lacs for sharing parts with the 250 to keep costs down.) is that Honda will be losing out on a very very large chunk of revenue coming through Hero Honda post de-merger. If Honda wishes to come back in the numbers game, all it needs is a superior product in each and every segment that Hero Honda is selling in.

Honda, that is why, upgraded the Unicorn to Dazzler, have a 110cc commuter Twister which is leaps and bounds better than any Hero Honda 100/125cc, the news of a 27k Honda commuter bike (for the CD100/ CD Dawns). And now 2 products CBR 150i and CBR 250R which both will perform better than a Karizma R & Karizma ZMR respectively.

In all this, Honda wants to do to Hero, what it did to Kinetic (By launching a superior product, namely Activa). Even though Hero is much bigger than Kinetic could even dream of, Honda's technology trump-card is hard to ignore for the Indian consumer. And adding to that, the name Honda going out of Hero Honda will also adversely impact customer perception and brand recall and also work in favour of Honda.

I know people may feel this is OT but this actually is very relevant to the discussion of CBR250R Pricing speculation and my revised opinion says that they could, in fact, price is 1.5 lacs ex-factory (like Nano). All taxes extra, taking the OTR price to around 2.1lac.