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Yamaha Starts R15 Racing Championship

April 21st, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Yamaha

Yamaha YZF-R15 owners recently flocked to Chennai’s Irungattukottai circuit to participate in the inaugural round of this year’s R15 Championship.

Rider Sri Kandaraj clinched victory in the expert class race, while A Murlidharan and R Kartik won the semi-skilled and beginner class races, respectively. The next rounds of the championship is scheduled to be held on July 5, 2009, 13th September, 2009 and 13th December, 2009.

India Yamaha Motor will also be organising local race events at Noida, Mumbai, Coimbatore and Bangalore through the year. These ‘Ride Tech Challenges’ will allow Yamaha customers to prove their mettle on purpose-built tracks. Drag races for Yamaha YZF-R15 owners are planned as well.

Also on the cards is a series of touring events. Through these events, Yamaha hopes to usher in a culture of weekend getaways among riders.

[Via: Motorbeam]

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Honda may launch VFR1000 in India

January 31st, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Honda

Honda plans to bring a new super bike in India, VFR1000 by the year 2010. It has already announced to launch two new international models as CBU in 2009. According to the industry sources, Honda may introduce CBR1000 and VR800 in India soon. The company has set its eyes on the super bikes market in the country and is assessing the market potential as well. It has admitted that it also plans to bring a higher capacity VFR bike to India next year.

“When we launch bikes in India, we started with smaller engine sizes to cater to the masses. Now we are planning to launch a new bike and by the end of this year when Honda launches the new 800cc bike for the Indian market,” HMSI Sales and Marketing head N.K Rattani. The new VFR1000 will be powered by 5-cylinder unit with 3 cylinder facing the front and 2 cylinders at the rear end. The new VFR1000 will also sport Honda’s new combined ABS system making its one of the safest bikes on the road.