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Absolutely mouth watering.These guys r going to spoil us big time.......gr8 option for some one who wants to updagrade from 150s.......

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Ride Hard

re: Kawasaki Motorcycles to be assembled in India: xBhp News

Guys.. hold your horses. These guys are talking about assembly and not manufacturing, which means more or less CKDs with some plastics parts like side indicators, side mirrors etc. acquired locally. It will bring down the cost but not substantially. Also, the pricing of the N300 nor the N250 will come close to the Duke390 simply because of the absolute localization of the D390.

re: Kawasaki Motorcycles to be assembled in India: xBhp News

Such news always gets my head shaking in exasperation at the sheer blindness/arrogance/stupidity/ignorance of these companies. And makes me give a mental thumbs up to an entity like KTM which was virtually unknown to the average biker till the oranges came in. A small Austrian maker of off-road bikes, bicycles and mopeds has the vision and ambition to recognise India's potential AND ability for local manufacture and thereby steals the market of the 4 Jap biggies! This is strategy, this is vision, this is faith and most important, this is a mark of understanding a potential market completely.

Sadly, all 4 Japs are failing at this miserably. Sad...

re: Kawasaki Motorcycles to be assembled in India: xBhp News


They said
"Localized products like N250".

Waiting desperately for the good news for production of kawasaki bikes here.

re: Kawasaki Motorcycles to be assembled in India: xBhp News

where are the 250 and 300 made ? thailand ? decision to set up production in India would depend on their estimate of global demand, Indian demand and production capacity at the thailand plant.

re: Kawasaki Motorcycles to be assembled in India: xBhp News

I think it worked the other way, Bajaj approached KTM, as part of their hunt for a buy - able partner. Another thing helped is economic slow down, which created a demand for smaller bikes in west. 390 was first launched in Austria, not India. Europeans and Americans are very interested in these small KTMs. They have many winners in hand now.
Singles in Smaller dukes may not be for targeting India, since the 690 is still a single, and probably costlier than an ER6N.

Let Kawasaki bringing their biggies one by one, so that there will be one for everybody

Bajaj was not very interested in selling green bikes after Orange bikes started to gain traction, obvious.

re: Kawasaki Motorcycles to be assembled in India: xBhp News

If Ninja 250 is priced anywhere near 2.5L, many might dust Duke 390 off their plans... myself included! By the way, would I be wrong if I sensed a Bajaj-Kawasaki break-up in near future?

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It's real good to see, but again it clearly states *assembling* not manufacturing 100% of it. I mean, we have everything it takes to manufacture each and every part of it here, but then again I don't see it feasible for the Japs, especially until they are really confident. Forget KTM, don't bring KTM into the equation. It's Japs. I second every single point made by icemang.

Moreover, the parts that the current Ninja 250 or the 300 has do share lots of Indian nitty-gritty components, add to that even more, PLUS the assembly cost, it will reduce the price by quite a sum, but not something way significant to induce nightmare to people. But still, yes it got you didn't it.

Cheers!
VJ

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Don't forget that RC390 and RC200 are around the corner. In fact they would be out in the market by the time Kawasaki or the other Japs are done thinking about Indian market for higher capacity bikes.

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This news which I 1st saw on Bike Advice got my ears all perked up. It's one bike I adore and it has a charm and big bike feel that the N300 doesn't....in fact a while back I was so obsessed with owning one that I was actively searching for good deals on pre-owned ones!
But as expected all that glitters is not chrome...

1. Which 250?
This is a little vague as Bike Advice and other blogs proclaim RELAUNCH and then go onto say it will be the new 2013 250! Er...self-coontradictory!
The Jap guy's comment didn't say Relaunch so it may be the latest version. Also, a big reputed manufacturer relaunching an old, outdated model from their portfolio is unheard of. This usually happens when companies reposition the product, give a minor facelift and slash prices aggressively- take the example of Ford India calling the old Fiesta "Ford Classic" and selling it alongside the new one.

2. "Local Assembly"
As few guys pointed out, Kawi won't be manufacturing the bike in India as they don't have a plant of their own. The assembly line at Chakan is just that- to assemble the CKD kits imported from Thailand. They may probably localize more parts from the body work and mechanicals etc.

One site said an OTR price of ~2.5L which I think is what we can expect for the OLD Ninja. The 2013 one will be definitely pricier. These Jap firms have plenty of snobbish pigs in their Product teams who think that pricing their bikes cheaper and making them affordable will dilute their brand image, hence no point in expecting much

Personally if the old N250 were to come at ~2.2L OTR, I would seriously consider buying it in 2013...

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The news seems solid enough. But any idea of an expected launch date? From the look of things, nowhere in this year I suppose.

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True that...!! But still it was a pleasure to the ears to hear something like this. A much awaited news too. But alas nothing strong to hold on to.

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this news is hardly a month old, what did people expect ? kawa would roll-out ninjas from the very next week ?
give them some time people before you discount this news.

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Come on guys, 2l is too less for N250, wud kill its exclusivity. Every wannabe whose dads bank balance is good would get one. That should not happen.

You cannot compare it it to Duke yaar. Remember, Duke is a naked single and Ninja is a faired twin. Some price difference would be there for sure.

Include me in the list.

After riding my CBR 250 for a year, I would happily pay 2.5 l for N250...and might pay 2.7 lacs for an ABS version.


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