Category: New Bike Review
We, the Bikeadvice.in team is proud to expand our territories through the first Weekly Newsletter from Bikeadvice.in. As we all know that this week had some of the good and bad turn-overs in Biking Industry, lets see a sneak peak of what happened this week.
BikeAdvice Buyer’s Guide: One of the best guide published by us collecting some of the best and accurate data giving the end user’s choices of various bikes within the budget limit. Read more…
Royal Enfield Bikes to Get Costlier from April: Worries start again for hard core Thump lovers as the Chennai based Royal Enfield is about to hike the prices of their line-up from April 2010. According to the resources, Royal Enfield is in the process of adhering their bikes to Bharat Stage 4. Read more…
Bajaj Becomes Bharat Stage III Compliant: Here’s the news about our very own Hamara Bajaj where from April 2010 Bajaj bikes will adhere the strict Bharat Stage 3 norms. According to the new regulations for 2 wheelers (BS III) emission of Carbon monoxide (CO) & hydrocarbons plus oxides of nitrogen have to be kept at 1.0 g/km from the earlier 1.5 g/km. Read more…
Bajaj Pulsar 220 DTSi Ownership Review by Aditya Gupta: Here’s NewDelhi based Mr.Aditya Gupta scripting down his ownership review of the Fastest Indian where he had test driven some of the finest rivals that includ TVS Apache RTR 180 , Yamaha R15 and Bajaj Pulsar 180 and finally narrowed down to his favourite. The Fastest Indian. Read more…
Stunt God Chris Pfeiffer’s Indian Debut: This piece of news is about the God himself, yes! Chris Pfeiffer, know as BMW stunting God is all set to show his skills in our land with his finest stunts. The first picture of his stunt itself shows how skillful he is. Read more…
Harley Davidson FLSTC Heritage Softail Classic – Preview: This was one of the twelve bikes that was launched by Harley Davidson in the New Delhi’s Auto Expo this year. Belonging to the Softail family, the bike is perfect for touring and has a stunning looks. Although affordable only to the blessed children of God, others can rejoice by kaving a look at the video. Read more…
Bajaj Sells 5 lakh Discover DTS-Si’s!: It’s again our Hamara Bajaj that has topped the sales charts by selling the Hottest de-tuned Discover’s. The Discover sales has recorded a whopping 5 lakh unit’s in just 225 days of it’s life in the market. This has generated quite an amount of rivalry heat. Read more…
Honda Unicorn Renamed as CB Unicorn: The last disappointing story from HMSI is that the aged yet refined Unicorn has been renamed with the initials taken from it’s new family member the CB Twister. Named as CB Unicorn, the bike poses in an all new viscous filter, a new pearl siena red color and the new CB Unicorn badge on the rear tail. Read more…
That’s all the news for this week and strongly hoping to see the best this week. Happy Biking!
- Ram
This is an article from from: BikeAdvice.in - The Indian Bike Blog
BikeAdvice Weekly Newsletter No.1
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Category: New Bike Review
Hi, I’m Nasir from Bangalore and this is to put forward my case of psychological stress and mental trauma faced by booking a Royal Enfield Classic 500.
Background: I am a die-hard fan of Royal Enfiled motorcycles and proud owner of a Machismo 350. I have been associated with “Spirited stallions” from formative days, the riding club initiated by Royal Enfield Brand Store, Bangalore. I designed the club logo myself, at zero cost. I love to tour on my Machismo 350 and even the Royal Enfield official website has acknowledged the fact by publishing my photographs in the “Picture of the week” section, several times.
Case: I had been eagerly waiting for the launch of Classic 500 in India, since its introduction in the International market. After the launch, as soon as i could manage to arrange for the funds, i went ahead and booked a Classic 500 and put my machismo on sale. Thinking that I’ll be a proud owner of the Classic 500.
Facts:
- Booking Date: 8th of December 2009.
- Booking amount: Rs. 10,000.
- Booking for: Royal Enfield CLASSIC 500.
- Booked at: Royal Enfield Brand Store, Bangalore.
- On-Road Price(at the time of booking): Rs. 1,43,000. (+ – Rs.500)
- Promised delivery date: 8th of February, 2010.
Since the day of booking, i have been eagerly waiting for the bike and have been regularly following it up with the Brand Store. I got a letter from the Royal Enfiled Brand store (dated: 9th March 2010) stating that i would positively receive the bike by the 4th week of March. Today (23rd March, 2010) i went to the Brand store to enquire about the status of my booking and i was told that by March end / April beginning, i should be getting my Classic 500.
The Issue: Today, at Brand Store, i was also told that the Price of the Bike has increased as a result of the union budget, and i would have to pay the increased price for the bike, when it is delivered. Now, why should i pay the extra amount for no fault of mine? Or is it the price one has to pay for being passionate? I booked the bike with initial booking amount, and was given delivery date of 8th February, 2010. ( before the union budget) I was clear on my terms and it’s not my fault that Royal Enfield company did not deliver the bike on the promised delivery date, ( and still there is no concrete word of a delivery date), and in the mean while the new budget has increased the price of the bike, and finally i, the customer has to bear the extra cost.
Is this my fault? If this was only intimated during the time of booking I would have prepared myself for this. The last 3.5 months of waiting for the bike, without any realistic delivery date, has given me enough mental tension and trauma, and on top of that, now i am also expected to pay a much higher price of for the bike that i loved the most. I would request someone to look in to this matter, help me and take some appropriate action, before people like me get disappointed and loose the Passion towards the Royal Enfiled Motorcycles.
Still Waiting…
– Nasir
This is an article from from: BikeAdvice.in - The Indian Bike Blog
Royal Enfield Classic 500 – A Bitter Pill to Swallow?
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Category: New Bike Review
Spring is here, let’s go riding! You know, I’m not a huge fan of the cold, bitter weather of Canadian winter, but it definitely makes me appreciate these warm, sunny days that much more. All I can think about is calling in sick, loading up the pickup with a YZ and heading out to Gopher Dunes…
On the topic of riding, OFTR’s Ken Hoeverman was in the office yesterday discussing the going-ons of trail riding in Ontario. Ken is a passionate, intelligent guy who has some really good ideas, many of which are already in action, to promote off-road riding throughout the province.
His main objective is answering the most simplest of questions for new (and even current) riders. Things like, Where can I ride? Do I need a license plate? Do I need insurance? Where can I learn how to ride? Furthering his proactive approach, Ken wrote these questions down on hang-tags, and has sent them to supporting dealerships to place onto bikes.
Makes sense … I’m buying a bike, now tell me where I can ride it. It’s not like it used to be; you can’t just fire up your bike and head out into the great unknown. Well, you can, but it’s not going to help the cause.
Insurance has been a longstanding battle for those wishing to hit the trails without spending a fortune. Fortunately, the wall is starting to crumble. Ken and his group have worked out a deal with Open Skies Insurance. Beginning May 1, 2010, Open Skies is offering a flat rate liability only insurance for trail plated bikes in Ontario. The rate is $160/year for non-members, and OFTR members receive a 25 percent discount on the premium. Not too bad, eh!
Stay tuned to their website, oftr.ca, for more details.
Noise (more sound = less ground), who to ride with, training facilities, current stats, and general trail riding responsibility was discussed as well. Probably the biggest hurdle that keeps us dirty dirt bike riders from gaining more ground, is the fact that we’re still looked upon as “bad.” We’re no good. Our bikes our loud, we kick up dust and promote chaos everywhere we go. I don’t mind being considered a badass (chicks dig it!) but this “dirt bikers are bad guys” has got to stop.
Most of those on the trail are reasonable, approachable people, and it’s usually families and kids looking to enjoy our land. Our tainted image won’t be removed overnight, but if we work together, and support clubs and organizations who are taking on “the man,” we’ll get there.
I’m more of a track than trail rider, so my knowledge of trail riding is limited. But I am working on making contact with other regions in Canada, and will do my best to bring the pertinent info to you guys and girls here. Darryl Copithorne of Alberta Society of Off-road Motorcyclists (ASORM) touched base with me today, and appears to be trying to create some structure in his region. I’ve also shared some conversations with Scott Josey, who works with the Nova Scotia Off-Road Riders Association (NSORRA). Those guys should be able to answer any questions in their respective regions.
If you have any suggestions of places to ride, that won’t cause a fuss, feel free to share them with us. Or if you have ideas that could help bring new light to off-road riding, share them also.
Keep the rubber side down!
DanBro
