Re: CB300R confirmed for India?

Just a example, on the track i was never comparing the spec, the apache is much better with a oil cooler , just the timings of the one make of the 200 n gixxer were very close.

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Hmm... looks classy. Let's hope they focus on weight saving too.

Re: Honda CB 300 TT to launch in india next year.

It will make a good competition for the KTM owned Husqvarna svartpilen/vitpilen 401 bikes.

Duke 390 vs CB300R
Husqy 401 vs CB300 TT
RC 390 vs ????

So when is the CBR300R coming?

Re: CB300R confirmed for India?

Today I got a call from Honda showroom in Hyderabad and they said bookings are open but bikes will be delivered starting from July..

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Woah! July is a bit too much.

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Bikes will be imported in very small quantities per month. So the longer you wait the longer waiting period you'll get. I'm guessing HMSI will import 20-30 units per month so if they have nearly 100 bookings across the 22 dealerships by now, July seems feasible for a delivery date.

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Then it is wise to wait because it is a give and take relationship.
Honda has to give the bikes and take the money.
The more they restrict, the more people will be disinterested in the product and negative marketing will happen. Look at R3 sales, it is the restricted and Not-To-Be-Manufactured in India policy is killing their product.

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People have to pay in advance to buy any product from another country. I bought a phone cover from a UK website by paying about 5k and the product arrived at my doorstep 3 weeks later. That's what the booking amount is for any vehicle you buy. Have you ever driven a brand new vehicle with registration pending outside of the dealership and told them you'll pay them after you get home? AFAIK, showrooms take money first, get the vehicle registered to your name and only after full payment do they let you take the vehicle home.

Besides, this philosophy worked well for 150R(imported 200 engines per month), 650F(20 units per month as CKD) for HMSI and the Africa Twin(50 units per year). They're not chasing numbers here which is why its sold through selected Wing World affiliated dealerships. The way I see it this is merely them trying to keep the CKD assembly unit more efficient by assembling products continuously. The first gen 650F assembly line had 4 workers assembling 1 bike a day and they would resume assembling locally made commuter bikes on the adjacent assembly line or so I've read.

As for Yamaha, Mr.Kurien already ditched plans to localize when their measly 2000 units per year target failed in the first year itself. I bet TVS is regretting their decision to sell the RR310 for the low price atm. Neither is their stock moving, nor are they making profits over the last few months! I want to see how many months the updated Dominar can maintain 4 digit sales per month and if it will ever attain the 10k per month target Mr.Bajaj had hoped to rival the RE 350s.

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You pay 5K and get the product in 3 weeks is acceptable.

But here we are talking about 4-5 months in July, book the bike now for 5K and wait for lets count Feb, Mar, April, May, June all these months?
They should have opened the booking just 3 weeks before the delivery month somewhere in June and not now so soon based on your theory.

Or atleast present some real object tin the showroom where who can feel, see and touch something to get an idea and then ask people to pay 5K is also acceptable, instead not like now they expect to book the bike based off of few internet pics, a brochure, specs list and few Youtube videos in languages which we don't understand and yet ask to wait for 5 months from now?

Re: CB300R confirmed for India?

This is HMSI. Expecting reasonable things from them is NOT the norm. The bike will most likely make it to the showroom floors after the AutoExpo.

The bike seems to have already arrived for TVCs: https://www.rushlane.com/honda-cb300...-12295075.html

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But you're not buying a phone cover from UK that has to be assembled in India. You're buying the product directly and paying up the import duties there which is why you'll get it in 3 weeks. Buying a CKD bike is a different process. No dealers would like to keep a 3 lakh motorcycle at their warehouse expecting high sales. If it flops they'll lose a lot of money when they sell it for bare minimum(Inazuma-esque).
Bikes will only be ordered when manufacturer has received order confirmation from your dealership and since the assembly line is only capable of assembling verylimited motorcycles in a day, it will mean that the ones who book later will end up getting their bikes whenever its scheduled for import/assembly. Extended delivery period isn't something new to our market, Maruti who sell 20k cars also experience a 6-8 month delay on their cars despite their uber high production rate and dealership/warehouse networks!

Re: CB300R confirmed for India?

So it's confirmed we get the Michelin Pilot Street tyres, we will not be getting the Dunlop Sportmax GPR available on the international model.

Yes true to some extent dealers don't want to over stock if the bike tanks later on with no takers, now all this will depend on the launch price announcement on Feb 8th, that will decide if it's going to tank or a run away success.

They should price it inbetween the D390 and RR310, anything over it will be a hard sell.

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Availability would also be a concern for sales. Too long waiting periods and people look for alternatives.

Considering price, I'm sure they are gonna mess up. If they price it more than Duke 390, still it might end up a hard sell. If they price it in the "almost 3 lakh rupee" domain, there are 650 twins, rr310 and n300. Even Duke 390 might feel like a better option.

I'm not aware of it's international price, but if Honda could price it for below Duke 390, that's where things will shake up.

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In UK,the Duke 390 is price at £4599 (around ₹4.3L) which is imported from India, it costs ₹2L less here since it's built here.
The CB300R costs £4429 (around ₹4.13L) which is imported from Thailand.

Since India and Thailand have some kind of free trade agreement (FTA), there is "0" zero import duty and taxes if imported from Thailand, this is the reason the Kawasaki bikes Z900, ZX10R, N650 cost so less now compared to earlier prices and got massive price cuts upto ₹1.5-2L last year

So the CB300R does not attract any tax on import of CKD parts and should cost around 10-15K less than the D390 ex-showroom going by the same UK pricing. But then it's "Honda", so we have wait and watch.