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5Feb/110

Suzuki India to Launch GW250 in April 2011

Suzuki bikes manufacturers are going to unveil the Suzuki GW250 in indian market in upcoming days. The bike with muscular line and an imposing stance will have street presence to dominate the Kawasaki Ninja and Honda CBR250R. On the front performance, the Suzuki GW250 will come furnished with a 250cc four stroke liquid cooled engine which generates maximum power of 26 bhp 8500 rpm and 24Nm of utmost torque at 7000 rpm while the power of Suzuki GW250 is in the league of  CBR250R, the maximum torque is less.

The weight of the Suzuki GW250 is more than the Honda CBR250 with those chunky side panels. No official announcement has been made by the company but we anticipate competitive pricing from Suzuki Bikes, and expect that the GW250 should retail with a worth tag of 1.6 to 1.8 lakh rupees. The Suzuki GW250 would be a worthy challenger to the Honda bikes 250 at that cost point.

20Jan/110

Bajaj fails to sell 4 million bikes in 2010-11

The country’s most important 2 and 3-wheeler maker Bajaj Auto said on Wednesday that it will miss its before set goal of selling a total of 4 million units in the present financial, blaming the underperformance in domestic sales. However, the company has maintained that its success will still keep on unaffected in the period. As par the newest statement given by Bajaj Auto President Finance Kevin D’sa, to PTI," When we decide the target of selling 4 million vechicles this financial, we knew it was a very challenging one. Now, we feel we will end this economic with about 3.85 million units." Further adding together that missing target will not influence company’s profitability, Mr. D’sa said, "In terms of profitability, with 3.85 million vechicles we will exceed the internal success aim that we set, while projecting a sales of 4 million units." So far in the first 3 quarters of current economic year, the corporation has sold 9,28,000 units, 1 million units and 9,46,850 units, respectively. In quarter ended in Dec 2010, Bajaj Auto registered a 40.4 per cent jump in its net income to Rs 667.11 crore as compared to the net gain of Rs 475.14 crore in the same period last year.
10Jan/110

All New Kawasaki Z750R To Enter Market

Kawasaki Z750. It has been one of the most successful entry-level super bikes with middle weight chassis and ¾ liter inline-4 engine (750cc). It is a beast with exotic sharp looks and powerful, wild character. In this year – 2011, new model is coming to the market, it’s Z750R. One of the reasons it rolled out into market is that last year sales of Z750 model dropped significantly, so Japanese engineers decided to generate something more unusual and exciting. Judging by new features it seems that upgrade of the Kawasaki Z750 will be very well worth the money.

New redesigned looks are quite dramatic and really catchy. This model looks really violent as well, and has enormous feature of attraction. These changes also allowed for greater aerodynamics, which resulted in better performance. While it’s a major change it’s not all. Engine remained the same, but it proved itself as very consistent and efficient. Liquid cooled, DOHC, 16 valve 748cc power unit produces very impressive 106bhp @ 10,500 rpm and maximum torque is claimed to be 78.5Nm @ 8300 rpm. While numbers are the same it’s still very impressive motor. One of important changes was brakes – now Z750R is equipped with beefy and intense four-piston radial-mount brakes and huge 300mm rotors. There is also ABS option. Rear brake is 250mm with very sophisticated setup – caliper is floating single-piston unit. In addition all rotors are much thicker (from 4.5 to 6mm).

Even older model had great stopping power, but brakes on this upgraded version will be out of control. Also the Z750R features new forks, which were taken from 2009 Z1000 model. And lighter swingarm fabricated from cast and stamped aluminum elements with new rear shock. All this should offer minor improvement in handling and comfortl of the bike. Other slight changes are: R-model sporty instrumentation, sharper twist signals, both side adjustability on front suspension and sporty looking 2-tone coloring. The new Kawasaki Z750R weights 224kg (wet), which still seems a bit bulky, but in reality it handles and accelerates really well, despite it’s heavier than Z1000 on 6kg. The rate will be higher by $700-$800 (~Rs. 35,000-39,000), which is quite fair for these solid improvements.

 

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