1 Harley Davidson to price the Street 750 below 5 Lakhs in India, launch in Feb 2014

Harley Davidson to launch the "Made in India" Street 750 at a shocking price in India

Its nothing less than a historic moment when Harley Davidson has decided to manufacture in India. The recently displayed Street 750 and 500 will be manufactured in India and sold in India and also exported to other countries.

The Harley Davidson Street 750 is bad news especially for DSK-Hyosung..

Harley Davidson has today officially stated that the Street 750 will be priced at below Rs. 5 Lakhs..!! It means that Harley wasn't to make things tougher with brands like Kawasaki (Ninja 650 is priced at around 5 lakhs). But the real hit would be for Hyosung Aquila Pro (at Rs. 5 Lakh) and ST7.

DSK-Hyosung will now have a real hard time convincing the Indian customer as to why he should not go for a Harley Davidson instead.

4 Full Faired Pulsar Photos

Another photo of the full faired Pulsar..

International website Visordown has has posted a computer generated image of what looks like the Full Faired Pulsar. The image looks quite similar to the Spy photos of the full faired Pulsar that were spied recently.

Visor down states that a 200 cc and a 375 cc variants will be launched sporting the 200 cc engine of the Pulsar 200NS and the 375 cc engine of the KTM 390 Duke and the recently shown KTM RC 390.

So do you like what you see?

1 Triumph's India Product Lineup. From the Official India Site

Triumph all set to officially launch its India models on Nov 28 2013..

Its taken sometime but Triumph Motorcycles is definitely here in India. On Nov 28, 2013 Triumph will officially launch it India models. The model lineup originally planned for India has undergone some change though. The official Triumph India website is up and the model line for India is interesting.

Triumph will have to target Harley Davidson's Market share in India:

Exploiting Harley's Weakness in its Strength..

But

..by the time the "average desi biker" is ready with Rs. 7-9 lakhs for a bike.. he will have reading glasses

Of all the international motorcycle brands in India, Harley Davidson has been the most successful so far. According to reports Harley Davidson currently sell about 2,000 units per year in India. Thanks to Yamaha, Suzuki and Honda which are more interested in selling 100-150 cc commuters and automatic scooters, Harley's only competitor so far in India has been Kawasaki and Hyosung Motorcycles.

If Triumph has to make its mark in India, then it will have to make its maximum presence in the 6.0-9.0 lakh Rupees sweet spot which is currently dominated in India by Harley Davidson with its entry level model like the Iron 883 which is available at a price of around 6.7 Lakhs (ex-showroom).

Exploiting the Weakness in Harley Davidson's Strength..!!:

1 Pulsar 200NS new colors (?)

New Colors for the Pulsar 200NS..

A few years back one could be sure that Bajaj used to make substantial change/upgrade to its models 2 years (on an average) after its launch. Of late Bajaj has been actually been slow in doing so. In case of the Pulsar 200NS, after about a year and half of its launch, Bajaj has finally given the Pulsar 200NS new colors and what looks like, small changes as well.

Pulsar 200NS in Red and Black

Bajaj has posted a few photos of what looks like new colors for the Pulsar 200NS. The bike now has more decals on it now. Whether its a good thing or not and if it goes with what Pulsar stands for? Well, debatable. Will have to check it out in the flesh.

What new on these new Pulsar 200NS?

• Dual tone color scheme


• Darker color engine casings/covers


• A cute looking tank pad

2 Military Green Yamaha Fazer & FZ-S. History/Photos of Limited Editions

History and photos of the Limited Editions of the Yamaha Fazer & FZ launched by Yamaha in India so far..

My personal favorite in the "LE" is the "Military Green" color. Which is your favourite?

Yamaha launched the 150 cc FZ series in India in 2008 and since then there has been a predictable trend in Yamaha launching new color combinations of the models (Fazer, FZ-S and FZ-16) at the beginning of the calender year and following it up by launching a "Limited Edition" of the same models towards the end of the calender year and near the festive season.

2013: Military Green Limited Edition Fazer & FZ-S

Even this year (in Aug 2013) Yamaha launched a "Limited Edition" color scheme called the Military Green for the Fazer and FZ-S. There is a premium of around Rs. 2,000 on the on-+road prices for the respective models. I checked out them in the showroom and I have to say that this is the best color for the Fazer/FZ series of bikes to have come out so far. Apart from the Glossy Green color of the exhaust, the rest of the bike looks quite cool in this military shade.

Posted below are photos of the Limited Edition Yamaha Fazer/FZ-S and FZ-16, in a reverse chronological order.