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New Karizma ZMR Launched

rajiv — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:17:51 +0000

New Karizma ZMR has been making a lot of news in automotive market since some photos of Karizma in white shade leaked on net. Now Hero Honda has finally launched the much awaited tourer bike - New Karizma ZMR Fi in Indian Market.

The stance remains the same as the old Karizma which is still considered to be the best touring bike in India with smooth, refined and relaxed Honda engine at the helm. The major and much needed change is addition of programmed fuel injection (PGM-Fi) in the engine. Additionally it also gets disc brake at the rear, gas charged rear shock absorbers, little increase in power and torque.

List Of New Features in Karizma ZMR Fi:

- Full Fairing
- Split Clip On Handle Bars
- Split rear grab rails
- New Shades
- PGM-FI (Programmable Fuel Injection)
- Mirrors mounted on the fairing
- New rear mud guard
- New headlamp and tail lamp which is now LED
- Rear Disc Brakes
- Bank Angle Sensor
- Turn Indicators Mounted On Front Fairing
- Oil Cooler
- New Graphics
- Slightly reprofiled body work
- Gas Charged Shock Absorbers

New Hero Honda Karizma Fi has been priced at Rs. 91,000 (Ex-Showroom New Delhi) which is on the higher side in comparison to Bajaj Pulsar 220 which comes almost 20,000 cheaper and is more powerful in comparison to Karizma Fi.

New Shades & Graphics Introduced For Yamaha R15

rajiv — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:39:29 +0000

Yamaha have spruced up the looks of R15 with introduction of new colors and body graphics. This new makeover adds a punch to the sporty looks of the bike. R15 is now available in four new colors namely "Impact Yellow", "Midnight black", "Sunset Red" and "Racing Blue."

Apart from the new Yellow shade, the tone of the red color has also been changed and is different from the previous red color. Similarly there is a slight difference between the black and blue colors from their previous variants. The red colored bike now also has the side flaps of the same color. The previous version had the black side flaps. The Yellow color has white colored side flaps and the paint quality is very good on it.

There is a new design on the side flaps which extends to the tank of the bike. There is a new R15 sticker above the left headlamp. Yamaha has also provided the rim stripe tape in the Yellow, red and black bikes. The ex-showroom price New R15 is around Rs 2,000 higher than the previous version which comes to around 99500.00.

Yamaha to recall over 50,000 bikes

rajiv — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:38:52 +0000

Two-wheeler giant, Yamaha Motor Co. will recall a staggering 53,814 motorcycles due to one minor accident. The Japanese firm will rectify the defect in rear-wheel shock absorbers of all the recalled motorcycles. The motorcycle firm revealed in a statement that the affected model is Yamaha TW200 built between 1987 and 2001. This model was not officially launched in India.
Six reports were registered with Yamaha complaining about the joint part's lack of tenacity. The problem could result in a breakdown of the part and a loss of stability. As mentioned above one rider in the accident was slightly injured when a TW200E motorcycle with the defect scraped a guardrail.

[Via: Bikeindia]