BMW G 310 R

BMW’s G 310 R is expensive at ₹2.99 lakh compared to its peers. Worth it?

- Shubhabrata Marmar

The BMW G 310 R has been a long time coming. It’s now five years since BMW and TVS tied-up to work together on small-displacement platforms. There are three motorcycles from the platform, of course. TVS rolled out the Apache RR 310 in India a few months ago, debuting the platform in India. But while BMW has been producing the G 310 R and G 310 GS in India, it hasn’t sold them in India until now. It isn’t hard to see why either. While you might think that the KTM 390 Duke and the Kawasaki Ninja 300 or Ninja 400 has already got the market in a settled state, the truth is India is just getting going. And BMW Motorrad India is here at a good time although as with all motorcycles, more power, and on sale earlier is always better, heh heh.

Why the delay?

BMW Motorrad India, before the 310s, handled only direct imports, that too via a handful of dealers. It’s taken them time to settle in a new system that incorporates local production from

TVS to be routed for exports and the domestic market and they’ve expanded their dealer network, it should be 10 dealers shortly. All will sell and service the 310s. Deliveries for the those who pre-booked have just started. Oh, and no, TVS and BMW have no cooperation for sales or service. So TVS authorised service cannot handle your BMW.

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