Automotive
Bike India
That's How We Roll
Tyres are a crucial part of the motorcycle’s setup. We all know that, but how much do we really know about them? To delve a little deeper, Bike India visited the TVS Tyres plant in Madurai, and even tested out some of the firm’s latest products.
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October 2016
Bike India
Riding Green
We get our hands on Merida’s Crossway Urban20D, and come away impressed.
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October 2016
Bike India
Pedrosa pins it to silence the Rossi euphoria
For the first time in history, MotoGP has its eighth unique winner in as many races. The top class of racing has never known variety like it. And while attention has been drawn to the four first-time winners, at Misano it fell to Dani Pedrosa, MotoGP’s forgotten man, to ensure the run continued.
6 min |
October 2016
Bike India
Yamaha YZF-R3
Super, Refined
2 min |
July 2017
Bike India
Apache Attack
The 2017 TVS One Make Championship gets under way at the Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore
2 min |
July 2017
Bike India
My Race Weekend
At the Kari Motor Speedway, racing alongside the best in the country.
3 min |
July 2017
Bike India
Schooled To Be Fast
Young automotive journalists undergo training to battle it out this racing season.
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July 2017
Bike India
Big Indian Bash
We were invited to join members of the Indian Motorcycle Riders Group’s Mumbai chapter on a ride to Kodagu (erstwhile Coorg), and attend the third IMRG National Ride. Here’s everything that happened at the event.
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July 2017
Bike India
First Truly Sporting Machine
‘The V7 Sport had been too expensive to sell in a big number, costing far more than Kawasaki’s powerful new Z1 four in most markets that year, but it had established Guzzi as a manufacturer of high-class sporting superbikes’
6 min |
July 2017
Bike India
Thunderstruck
Polish custom house Game Over Cycles have created yet another rock ‘n’ roll themed masterpiece. After their bespoke motorcycle developed for heavy metal outfit Behemoth that we carried a few years ago, they have now made one for the Kraków iteration of the famous Hard Rock Café.
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February 2017
Bike India
Spirited Performance
Harley-Davidson seem to have granted the enthusiasts’ wishwith the launch of the Street Rod. We went to Singaporefor a first ride. Here’s what went down
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June 2017
Bike India
Desmo Owners Grub
We ride down from Pune to the hillside retreat of Lonavala for quick bite alongside the members of the Pune chapter of the Desmo Owners Club. Here is our experience of this short road trip.
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June 2017
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Irish Charm In Holland
Action-packed 200 th WSBK race for Jonathan Rea, and a controversy.
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June 2017
Bike India
Fast And Furious 2-Stroke
‘The speedo needle crept towards 140 km/h, the engine screamed, the scenery rushed by… and it was very easy to understand the phenomenal sales success of Yamaha’s air-cooled, two-stroke parallel twins’
6 min |
June 2017
Bike India
Project Harley-Davidson Street 750
There is hardly an editor in the field of the Indian automotive media who has the ability, experience, and know-how to modify a motorcycle on his own. Nay, there is hardly anyone with the ability to tinker with a bike even to set a minor mechanical glitch right, blackening his hands in the process. Bike India Editor Aspi Bhathena stands alone in that respect. Here is the story of how he modified the Harley-Davidson Street 750 into a racer
4 min |
January 2017
Bike India
We're Going Off-road
We spend a day with Merida’s Big Nine 600, a thoroughly capable mountain bike.
3 min |
January 2017
Bike India
Dare Devil's Domain
The motorcycle category was full of surprises at Dakar 2018
4 min |
March 2018
Bike India
Panigale Size ‘SS'
A first ride in the hills near Seville in southern Spain did much to underscore the Ducati SuperSport’s penchant for commuting and sports-touring as well as going fast. Here is how the bike revealed its attributes.
7 min |
April 2017
Bike India
Watt's the Way Forward?
We get our hands on the latest electric scooter, the Okinawa Ridge. Does it have what it takes to charge head first into a growing market?
3 min |
April 2017
Bike India
Riding the Tide
The first quarter-litre naked from Yamaha hits our shores and it has everything that the FZ16 lacked and more...
5 min |
April 2017
Bike India
Ducati Monster 797
Little Monster
5 min |
July 2017
Bike India
Aprilia SR 150
Livin’ La Vida Loca
1 min |
July 2017
Bike India
TVS Apache RTR 200 4V
Delightful Ride
1 min |
July 2017
Bike India
Ten Years of Honda One Make Championship
The year’s first round at Coimbatore sets the pace for the rest of the season.
2 min |
July 2017
Bike India
Milwaukee-Eight Sensations
We were invited by Harley-Davidson to Tacoma, USA, to ride their 2017 touring range with the new Milwaukee-Eight engines. Here is an account.
7 min |
November 2016
Bike India
Big Bold ​​​​​​​Bager
Moto Guzzi have released a new model in their California family, MGX-21 Flying Fortress by name. We rode it from Milan to Moto Guzzi’s Mandello base and back.
6 min |
November 2016
Bike India
The Red Thread Comes a Full Circle
‘It’s from the beginning: my father, MV Agusta, the race department, three cylinders, Agostini. It links them all together.’ That’s how Giovanni Magni, Arturo Magni’s younger son, described the Magni Filo Rosso. We rode it on a highway alongside the Malpensa airport runway in Milan.
6 min |
November 2016
Bike India
New-age Splendor
The Splendor moniker is back. This time with 10 more cubic centimetres than the original, making a compelling case for itself in a competitive segment.
3 min |
November 2016
Bike India
Triumph Bonneville T100: Sure to Earn Its Spurs
We ride the new 2017-model Bonnie T100: a smaller-capacity, less powerful model powered by the 900-cc, 55-PS parallel twin engine used for the entry-level Street Twin.
5 min |
December 2016
Bike India
Baby Scout
Indian Motorcycle’s smallest Scout, the Sixty, is out now. Will it live up to the legendary name? We try to find out.
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