Bike Reviews

Benelli comes to India

Noteworthy Italian bicycle producer, Benelli, will be in India soon. The organization has entered a joint wander with DSK Motowheels, who will offer and administration their bicycles here. DSK is at present in a comparative JV with Korean bicycle producer Hyosung, however will run the Benelli piece of the business nearby. 

Secured in 1911, Benelli is one of the most seasoned auto titles to rise out of Italy. Run by six siblings, the most youthful of whom brought it into dashing as well, survived both World Wars. The organization went under, simply amid the begin of 2000 preceding being resuscitated by some private speculators. The primary bicycle from the new Benelli organization was the 1130cc Century Racer, three years prior. The organization has since stretched its range and figured out how to make its vicinity felt in excess of 30 nations, with India being the most recent. Benelli presently offers around 30,000 bicycles all inclusive, which is a little number, yet organization chief Frank Zhuang said the arrangement is to develop, which is the reason they have come to India. "We are here for the long run," he said. "We have the right items, right accomplice and we are here at the ideal time. 

Shirish Kulkarni, scion of Pune-based DSK Group and supervisor of DSK Motowheels, affirmed that the whole present Benelli extent, beginning from 300cc and setting off up to 1130cc, will be gathered at their current plant in Wai, Satara, Maharashtra. Another industrial facility only for DSK-Benelli is likewise in the pipeline. The current extent incorporates suburbanite, bare and visiting bicycles. 

Kulkarni said that generation has started. "We plan to get the showrooms up and running before this current year's over." DSK Benelli will get bicycle packs from Italy and China. No mainly sourced parts for these bicycles starting now. 

In the first place, DSK-Benelli will dispatch its Tornado Naked Tre (or TNT) superbikes that incorporate the in-line, 2cyl TNT 302, in-line/4cyl TNT 600 i and GT, in-line/3cyl TNT 899 and TNT 1130 R. Costs will be uncovered two months from now when these cruisers will be formally dispatched in India. Then again, anticipate that the TNT 302 will cost around Rs 4 lakh, the 600cc bicycle near Rs 9 lakh, set up to Rs 13 lakh for the TNT 899 and Rs 18 lakh for the TNT 1130 R (on-street).

Meet the Yamaha YZF-R3

On the off chance that you've been a bit cross with Yamaha for not being pleasant to us parents by not putting the YZF-R25 discounted here, here's something to brighten you up. This is the bike we'd said would seem soon. Furthermore, it has. Welcome everybody, to the YZF-R3. 

We'd seen this impending the minute Yamaha uncovered the R25. The diversion's proceeded onward, adversaries are occupied with producing items with 300cc engines, and to dispatch a 250 during a period when clients have mightier toys to look over would've been similar to offering a floppy circle in the time of pen drives. Sagaciously enough, they'd worked that out, along these lines, here's the bigger hearted R25 we were so avidly anticipating. 

As should be obvious, it doesn't look boundlessly not the same as the R25. Also that is on account of it isn't. Regarding measurements, its precisely the same as the 250, along these lines, even with a full tank of fuel, it weighs only 169kg. Indeed the gearbox is the same six-speeder that you'd find on the R25, yet the powerplant is a 321cc, fluid cooled twin-chamber unit that puts out 41.4bhp and 29.8nm of torque, a hop of around 6bhp and 8nm over the R25's 249cc factory. This, as you'd have speculated, now puts it on an equivalent balance with the Kawasaki Ninja 300 and the KTM Rc390. 

A jewel sort tubular steel edge is set up, as are telescopic forks in advance and a monoshock at the back. It's even got the same swinging arm-wheelbase proportion as the R1, which, says Yamaha, will favor it with "solid straight line taking care of execution and more proficient transmission of force to the street". 

To rein it in is a solitary 298mm circle brake in advance, with a 220mm plate at the back. ABS is accessible as standard, as are three paint shades, blue, red and dark. 

It will make its introduction at the EICMA show toward the begin of November, with its European business sector dispatch booked for April 2015. Knowing Yamaha, we don't anticipate that it will surge things and accumulate the R3 here a hustle. At the same time when it does in the end arrive at some point one year from now, it will be a top-class item, that will be valued intensely for a twin-barrel bike. To provide for you a thought, the R3's been pegged at $4,990 in the US of A, which means a touch over Rs 3 lakh. 

We've ridden the R25, and we cherished it. With included firepower, the R3's just going to turn up the wick. On like Donkey Kong? You wager.

Bajaj Pulsar 200 NS review

At last following 10 years we have an all new Bajaj Pulsar, and because of its extraordinary looks it has made very much an impression from the dispatch day. We got a few active time at Bajaj's test track close Pune to test out if the bicycle is as great to ride as it looks. Short reply - yes.

There's unmistakably probably this is a nice looking bicycle. Particularly with the yellow paint work, the bicycle looks like Bumble Bee (from the Transformers movies... not the creepy crawly) has exchanged its Chevy Camero outside for the new Pulsar 200 NS (Naked Street). The double tonality if the colors second that assessment. Talking about Transformers, the front lamp draws a face which resembles the Bumble Bee (once more, not the bug) in fight mode.

The squatted stance, expansive fuel tank and the high tail light add to the lively look of the bicycle. It conveys truly a couple of mark Pulsar styling components with a ton of new ones and by one means or another everything fits exceptionally well together. What gets us freeloaded is the troubling reality that this bicycle will get a 'saree watchman' and a number plate smacked right on top of that lovely fog light.

The motor is an all new 199cc engine which imparts some of its mechanics to the KTM Duke 200. It makes around 23bhp of force, 18nm of torque and is mated to a six-rate manual gearbox. While riding it feels exceptionally refined and has a straight power conveyance the whole way across the rev-range. It is particularly great in the low-end and mid-range where we kept the bicycle at 35-40kmh on sixth apparatus regardless the it pulled smoothly. In spite of the fact that we didn't push the bicycle excessively hard we did figure out how to get to a 134kph on the straight segment of the track. Ceasing all that power is carried out by front and back plate brakes made by Bybre (Indian arm of Brembo brakes, makes brakes for bicycles underneath 600cc).

Riding the 200 NS is a basic issue, yet despite the fact that the bicycle may have an energetic stance it doesn't expect same from the rider, it is more suburbanite agreeable than it looks. The general seating position is genuinely upright, which ought to respect move the bicycle in city movement. The seat stature is likewise higher and coupled with the short wheelbase, it gives better nimbleness to the bicycle.

It doesn't timid far from corners, the NS 200 not just handles path better than the more established Pulsar, it is in that spot with any semblance of the Hondas and Yamahas. The main thing that we felt that could have been exceptional on this bicycle is the situated of tires. Mind you, the tires are useful for day by day drive however for devotee riding we would propose a redesign.

The Bajaj Pulsar 200 NS awes all around. It's not just miles ahead than the bicycle it replaces yet it additionally has the execution to match the best bicycles in the 200cc fragment discounted today in India