Royal Enfield's new factory rolls out first bike.....

New plant at Oragadam near Chennai has an initial capacity of 1.50 lakh units and will build the Desert Storm and Thunderbird 350/500 models to start with..

 

Speaking on the occasion, Siddhartha Lal, Eicher Motors Managing Director and CEO, said, “At Royal Enfield we have recorded a major milestone today with this plant at Oragadam becoming operational.Royal Enfield has witnessed a huge surge in demand in the recent past, recording a growth of over 50 per cent for each of the last two years. However, even as we start commercial production today, we have already begun working on the second phase of expansion at Oragadam, which will further increase the production capacity to 250,000 motorcycles in 2014."

 

part from hiking production capacity, the new facility optimises production costs by merges relevant automation with human craftsmanship.  A new CED (Cathodic Electrocoat Deposition) paint shop with a capacity of 600 motorcycles per day has been set up. Further, a robotic painting system and powder coating system have also been employed to reduce wastage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honda's new models for India: In Pictures!.

Honda has several cars lined up for the Indian market. Slotted between the City and Civic will be the Crider while there will also be a full-size MPV, the M-01 concept, and a smaller MPV based on the Jade concept.

The Honda Crider may look dimensionally similar to a City, but actually slots between the City and the Civic.

The Crider aims to spawn a new upper middle class segment and is designed especially to take on emerging markets.

The Concept M was designed by the design studio at the Automobile R&D Center of Honda R&D Co., Ltd. in Japan.

With the M-01 based MPV, Honda aims to offer the attributes of a passenger car with a comfortable and spacious cabin that is also fun to drive.

The Honda Jade is pretty much a Civic based station wagon, expect something of a compact MPV based on the Jade’s underpinnings to make it to India.

NOTE: These are some of the upcoming HONDA'S concept car models .

Honda's latest 150cc bikes ..!!

Honda's latest 150cc offering, the CB Trigger, comes with Combi Brake System (CBS) as an option and commands a starting price tag of Rs 67,384 (ex-showroom Delhi)

The latest offering is powered by a 150cc, four-stroke mill capable of pushing out 14.14PS @ 8,500rpm and boasts a torque figure of 12.5Nm @ 6,500rpm. Visually the new bike looks like a beefed-up version of CB Twister with some design elements influenced from the Dazzler.

The CB trigger is the first bike in the country to have Combi Brake System (CBS) as an option. The CBS applies both the brakes simultaneously which aids stability under hard braking and reduces braking by as much as 32 per cent. Honda has loaded the new offering with features like mono-shock suspension, digital instrument panel, tubeless tyres, maintenance-free battery and viscous air filter.  The company claims that the CB Trigger will return a mileage of 60kmpl. 

The bike will be offered in three variants namely Standard (disc brake in front and drum in rear), Deluxe (disc brakes front and rear) and CBS (disc brakes front and rear with CBS). Bookings for the bike had started in April itself while deliveries will start this month onwards. The 150-180cc segment currently contributed upto 10 per cent of the total two-wheeler sales in the country and with the CB Trigger Honda  plans to increase its sales and penetrate this 

segment deeper.

Variant and Pricing:

Model	Variant	Price (ex-showroom Mumbai)
Honda CB Trigger	Standard	Rs 72,431
Honda CB Trigger	Deluxe	Rs 75,575
Honda CB Trigger	CBS	Rs 82,386

For more info log on to : www.honda2wheelersindia.com

Kawasaki Ninja 300 : Road Test

the new Kawasaki Ninja 300 for a spin to find out how much better it hcompareas really gotten d to its predecessor.!!!!

Kawasaki  has been at the helm of motorcycle madness ever since the bike-maker came into being.  Kawasaki  is back at the game again this time with the all-new Kawasaki Ninja 300. As the world moves towards all-out street motorcycles like the Honda  CBR250R, the Suzuki Inazuma, the KTM Duke to name a few and their styling too is more for the street than anything that has to do with race machines.

Already an icon by itself, the Ninja 250R has long been holding the crown in the quarter litre class with its big-bike appeal matched with a strong motor, ease of riding and low ownership costs. With such strong credentials, it was indeed a dangerous task for Kawasaki to rebuild an all-new machine without losing the ethos of the Ninja 250R which have successfully stood the test of time. 

the aerodynamic bodywork not only helps in better top-speed gains but underneath the fairing there is a reworked radiator cowl which prevents the hot air away from reaching the rider’s legs. 

 liquid-cooled, parallel twin cyOHC motor of the Ninja and takes to the roads to understand how the riding position actually helps. Unlike the Ninja 250R, the 300 offers sportier seating posture but the raised two-piece handlebars make for a comfortable 

 this little green mean monster has all the go to match the show. The Ninja 300 gets capacity hike from 249cc of the Ninja 250R to 296cc thanks to a longer stroke (62.0 x 49.0 mm as against the Ninja 250R’s 62.0 x 41.2 mm). The hike has helped in presenting the Ninja 300 with increased torque and stronger mid-range grunt and the new engine now makes 39PS of power at 11,000rpm and 27Nm of torque at 10,000rpm. 

 the Ninja 300 posting a time of 6.57 seconds in fifth gear – almost a whole three seconds quicker than the Ninja 250R’s time of 9.55 seconds in the same test.