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India / Royal Enfield / Skill / USA — No Comments
06
Mar 13

Musket 998 on the road / Breaking it in

We think it wouldn’t be right to interpret Aniket Vardhan’s idea. So here’s the deal in his own words:

I was born in and lived in Delhi, India till 1999 when I came to the USA – ostensibly for a Masters in Industrial Design. But here’s the dirty truth- I came because of the sound of a Harley Davidson. Saw one once in Delhi, long ago. It belonged to some filthy rich type, heard it start up and rumble away, wet myself publicly and resolved that one day, I would visit their homeland. Continue reading →

India / Royal Enfield / Video — No Comments
04
Feb 13

Video / Chennai to Pondicherry / Royal Enfield

Awesome short film produced by Ian Rigby and directed by Skylar Nielsen while on a motorcycle tour of Southern India last month. From Chennai to Pondicherry on Royal Enfield motorcycles, the trip encapsulates the sights and sounds of Indian streets. Beautiful!

India / News / Products / Victory — No Comments
20
Feb 11

Victory motorcycles coming to Indian Market


According to reports, Victory Motorcycles is planing to enter the market in India. This is the similar path to Harley-Davidson, and Victory will be formally announcing their entry by the second half of 2012. Initially the whole assembled bikes would be sent to India, and sold at a loss practically, because of the massive tariffs India levies on fully – assembled motorcycle imports. This way Victory would test the local market and see the interest and sale numbers.  Continue reading →

Cool / India / KTM / Naked / News / Products — No Comments
10
Feb 11

KTM 200 Duke Spy Photo


This is what appears to be a new KTM 200, which folks from OverDrive.in had a fortune to encounter and snap this photo. This is a preproduction model, bound for Indian market. As they weren’t sure to what they saw was indeed a new bike, IndianCarsBikes.in helped out by contacting son of the Bajaj empire, who confirmed that this is a bigger model or recently launched Duke 125. Continue reading →

Crazy / India / People / Video — 2 Comments
01
Feb 11

WTF of the Day: 4 Year Old Girl Riding Motorcycle!?


This is just insane. A 4-year-old girl, riding a motorcycle through dense Indian traffic, with her dad (we would like to think he is) sitting on the back seat. She is barely reaching the foot pedals, but she is riding like hell! And on top of this – “dad” is teaching her that a proper motorcycle gear should be a shorts, slippers and sunglasses…Crazy people… Continue reading →

India / KTM / News — No Comments
03
Dec 10

Bajaj and KTM Shares

Pune-based automotive group – Bajaj, acquired some more shares of Austrian KTM company stock. Thus strengthening it’s position as a strategic partner, Bajaj has increased it’s 35.67% interest in KTM to a full 38.08% shareholder. More news from the orange company, as Stefan Pierer will continue on as CEO of the company through 2015, and Friedrich Roithner, formerly of DGF Cross Industries, will take on the role of Financial Director in the new year.
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