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Honda Launches VFR1200F in India

Honda India has launched its new super bike, VFR1200F , at ex-showroom price of Rs 17.5 lakh in Delhi today. Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India President and CEO Shinji Aoyama has said that VFR1200F is a fun bike manufactured at the Honda’s most advanced facility and the mother plant of global motorcycles – the Kumamoto factory in Japan. VFR1200F is a concept driven by extensive customer needs.

Honda’s VFR1200F is powered by a Liquid-cooled 4-stroke UNICAM 76° V-4 engine 1237 cc that generates a peak power of 170 hp (127 kW) and a maximum torque of 129 Nm. The transmission is Six-speed automatic with two modes and manual mode (VFR1200F with Dual Clutch Automatic Transmission). This superbike sports front dual full-floating 320mm discs with CBS six-piston calipers with ABS and rear single 276mm disc with CBS two-piston caliper with ABS brakes.

[Via: Vicky]

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The Himalayas Beckon

The sixth Royal Enfield Himalayan Odyssey kicks off soon. The sixth Royal Enfield Himalayan Odyssey kicks off soon. Come summer and the mountain passes leading to the highest motorable roads in the world open up.

This also means its time for the annual Royal Enfield Himalayan Odyssey. Into its sixth edition, the Odyssey first took place in 1997 but since 2005, it has been happening on a yearly basis and has ever since has turned into an annual biking nirvana for some.

This year, the ride will kick off from Delhi on the 15th of June, and will cover the highs of Leh-Ladakh as well as the cold deserts of Spiti Valley before ending back at New Delhi on the 28th.

The participating fee has gone up by a small margin but we don’t think it will hinder the participating from Royal Enfield fans and owners. We will as usual be there and needless to say it will be a good platform to know our readers better too.

[Via: BIKE]

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Hybrid Motorcycle gets supercharged

Australian motorcycle designer, Tim Cameron has unveiled his new one-of-a-kind supercharged Petrol-electric hybrid motorcycle! Tim Cameron has a simple question – Motorcycles are already an economical transport ‘alternative’ but what if you could buy something that could not only out-perform everything else on the road, but at the same time got double or even triple the mpg of existing machines while putting out less emissions?

This question probably powered him to design the CAF-E hybrid motorcycle concept. The CAF-E is a petrol-electric hybrid, powered by a parallel-twin engine with twin superchargers and an electric motor that’s fed by a lithium-ion battery pack! According to the designer the bike is a ‘parallel hybrid’ as the petrol engine and the electric motor work together to produce power.

Cameron reveals that the secret to this arrangement is the transmission which is based around Toyota’s Synergy Drive. The Synergy Drive is a computer-controlled gear arrangement that combines the output of both power plants seamlessly according to load and conditions. He further adds that it is very compact and ideal for motorcycle application as it is a stepless CVT type of transmission.

Cameron doesn’t think the CAF-E would be very expensive to produce as the hybrid technology showcased in the CAF-E has already been proven in the car world. He expects the bike to retail for the same amount as ‘upper-range Harley money’ if it gets produced.

As Toyota, Honda and General Motors have already shelled out huge amounts of money to develop the technology while he just adapted it over to two wheels. Tim Cameron is an Australian motorcycle designer who had earlier designed the Travertson V-Rex and VR-2.

[Via: BIKE]

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