Random News Thread From India!

[tanay]

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Meanwhile Bajaj begins regular production and export of the Duke 250:

[tanay]

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Some rich chap (or it could be Bajaj, seeing that Nhava Sheva seaport is their preferred port) has imported this:

[Shaurya7]

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Some rich chap (or it could be Bajaj, seeing that Nhava Sheva seaport is their preferred port) has imported this:
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Hi Tanay,
Where do you get these cool snapshots from?

[tanay]

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Hi Tanay,
Where do you get these cool snapshots from?

From Zauba : https://www.zauba.com/ - registration is free and is required if you want to view results beyond the first page

In the Product Description box you put in the query words (e.g. KTM 1290, R25 etc) or leave it blank for all results.
In the HS Code box, there are 2 options relevant for bikes:
1) 8711 for motorcycles
2) 8714 for motorcycle parts - useful if you want to look at CKD or SKD or even R&D parts being brought in

For both HS Codes you will have further refinements e.g. 87115000 means motorcycles of >800 cc displacement

[Shaurya7]

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Thanks Tanay!

Nice find.

[HyperRetard]

Yamaha imports MT07 to India for R&D

Was searching Zauba for Yamaha imports. Saw this.

[tanay]

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Yamaha has imported parts of the NMAX 150 (or 125?) scooter for testing purposes.

Now this is a 125/150cc LC Fi scooter which is going to be expensive. Also I highly doubt many people here would be interested in scooters.
But I am posting it anyway because timepass.



If interested, hit http://www.yamaha-motor.co.id/download.html and compare part codes.

[tanay]

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Okay so a lot of new stuff!

1) KTM has imported 2 units of the 500EXC for R&D -


2) Yamaha has imported 2 units of the XTZ250Z (Tenere 250) - the entries don't specify R&D but parts for this bike were coming in earlier


3) A Honda XR250 and a Suzuki DR200 - so these don't say R&D but this is the first time that bikes like these have been imported here, so I've included them-


Could be some kind of competitive benchmarking going on.
All of the above bikes are small adventure - the kind we really need here.


EDIT - A glance in the parts section tells us that Honda has imported a giant-sized batch of CBR 650 parts for assembly. Must be getting closer to launch.

[HyperRetard]

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Also from Zauba, a shipment of 17 Kawasaki Z800 green colour has reached Mumbai port on 5th June.
So you can expect your delivery soon.

[The Monk]

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12 Bullets caught by the Transport Department in Bangalore for making too much 'noise'! The maximum allowed is 84 decibels, while some of the bikes were in the range of 120 decibels. More about the noisy bullets here -

No room for vrooming Bullets - Bangalore Mirror

[NewsReaper]

Eight motorcycles were stolen by two Surat teenagers with a bicycle key: xBhp News

Eight motorcycles were stolen by two teenagers from Surat to fulfil their wish to own a vehicle since most of their friends had motorcycles.

Two 17-year-old teenagers were arrested by police from Adajan area of the city on Wednesday for allegedly stealing eight motorcycles from different areas of the city. They were sent to children home after being produced in court.

A M Captain, police inspector, Adajan police station said:

"Few weeks ago they were sitting on a motorcycle outside a garden when one of them applied his bicycle key to a motorcycle parked there. They unlocked the vehicle and start it. They took a round on the motorcycle and parked it back at the spot. They stated stealing other motorcycles since then. Once fuel emptied they parked it at their residence or some nearby location."

Both of these kids belongs to a good family, father of one the teenagers work with a retail mall as senior officer while father of another work in a leading industry near the city as officer. Both of them were good at studies too, One of them scored 79% marks while another scored 81% marks in class X result. Both students are of class XI science.

The Police has recovered all the stolen motorcycles.

News Source: Two Surat teenagers steal eight motorcycles with bicycle key - The Times of India

[harishkumarko]

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From the brief conversation I had with the service guys at Hero, Karizma R and ZMR will be revised with major changes. Overbored to 250cc, tail section changed and some other minor changes. Both R and ZMR will be oil cooled.

http://www.motorbeam.com/2015/06/bikes/hero-karizma/hero-to-launch-2016-karizma-r-due-to-sales-fall/

[Phil_Ivor]

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From the brief conversation I had with the service guys at Hero, Karizma R and ZMR will be revised with major changes. Overbored to 250cc, tail section changed and some other minor changes. Both R and ZMR will be oil cooled.

http://www.motorbeam.com/2015/06/bikes/hero-karizma/hero-to-launch-2016-karizma-r-due-to-sales-fall/

I hope they put this engine on the Impulse! They would sell like hotcakes!

"..To ride is to live a little bit more, to experience life a little more differently, to meet new friends,
see places, find our inner peace and strength; to grow, to absorb nature, to reflect back. To ride is to have lived. Ride on.."

[Nithesh]

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12 Bullets caught by the Transport Department in Bangalore for making too much 'noise'! The maximum allowed is 84 decibels, while some of the bikes were in the range of 120 decibels. More about the noisy bullets here -

No room for vrooming Bullets - Bangalore Mirror

Transport commissioner Rame Gowda, said, "Altering a vehicle can cause environmental pollution and is an offence. It invites a penalty of up to Rs 1,000. Some people have the habit of altering vehicles to an extent where they are unrecognizable. This can invite cancellation of vehicle registration. We ask people not to go for alterations as this is against rules."

Wait is this guy really serious or is this just a blanket statement? Or is this only referring to exhaust alterations?

[Divya Sharan]

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Wait is this guy really serious or is this just a blanket statement? Or is this only referring to exhaust alterations?

Cosmetic mods aren't fined for, yet!
Exhaust mods can easily be identified and hence most fines are for the same.