Weekly News Wrapup: This Week’s Hottest Bike News All In One Place
Spec reveals, launches, festive offers and other exciting news
This week has been quite an exciting one, with interesting offers from big brands, and other announcements we were eagerly awaiting. If you weren’t able to follow everything, don’t worry we have got you covered with this weekend wrapup.
Royal Enfield Himalayan 452
The much anticipated Royal Enfield Himalayan 452’s specifications have finally been revealed. The bike gets a new 452cc liquid-cooled engine dubbed ‘Sherpa’, and when compared to old Himalayan the new one represents a generational leap. If you would like to know the differences between the two models then check out our detailed comparison here.
Royal Enfield had also released a video of the Himalayan 452 called the ‘final test’ which revealed a lot about the bike that specification numbers aren’t able to capture, check it out here.
Ather
Homologation documents have surfaced online which hints at the launch of a new variant of the Ather 450X known as the Ather 450X HR, HR potentially standing for ‘Higher Range’. The new variant will come with improvements such as revised throttle maps and coasting regen similar to what we saw in the Ather 450S.
The company also announced festive offers for customers in the form of a nationwide service camp offering customers discounts and other lucrative deals. Read all about the new variant and the festive offers here.
Jawa-Yezdi
Jawa and Yezdi have announced attractive deals for customers as part of this festive season, including EMI schemes and an extended warranty. The offers are valid till Diwali, to know more check out our article on the same.
Honda
The Honda XL750 Transalp, which was first unveiled at EICMA 2022 has now been launched in India, the bike comes packed with quite a lot of features like 5-inch TFT display, Throttle-by-wire system that allows the rider to choose between 5 riding modes: Sport, Standard, Rain, Gravel and User
Honda has kept the prices attractive and the bike now competes with other premium ADVs like the Suzuki V-Strom 650 XT and the Triumph Tiger 850 Sport. To know about the Transalp’s pricing check out our launch story here.
TVS
We had the chance to ride the TVS X, an electric scooter that comes at an unbelievable price of Rs. 2.5 lakh (ex-showroom). Just to put things in perspective, with that money you can get 1 Triumph Speed 400, 2 TVS Apache RTR 160 4Vs, 3 Hero Splendor Plus Xtecs, 4 Hero HF Deluxes and 5 TVS XL 100s.
Now you might be wondering how good this scooter really is, check the review here to find the answer.
Honourable Mention
November Launches
Now that you’re caught up with all that’s happened last week, you might be wondering what is coming in this month. We have got you covered, as our story has gone over all the models, from the Royal Enfield Himalayan 452 to supersports and nakeds like Yamaha’s R3 and MT-03. Check out our story here to know more.
User Reviews
- adventure ka junoon King of mountainHimalayan 450 is made for those who believe the journey matters as much as the destination. Powerful engine, comfortable ride and rugged looks make it a true adventure partner. Road khatam ho sakti hai, lekin adventure ka junoon kabhi khatam nahi hona hahiye, overall bike is really strong and comfrotable.Read More
- My review of jawa 42 bobberThe looks of the bike is absolutely fenomenal the bike is extremely unique because no brand offers a proper bobber bike for such affordable price only few bobber bikes are available in india for ex indian bobber or triumph bonnevile bobber and this jawa 42 bobber this bike is almost amazing to ride and it brings pure joy and fun fully value for money. Extremely good. i have ridden many types of bikes from many different brands but this is absolutely beautiful to ride, the performance is absolutely good although i have few minor issues like heating issue. oh man please i have special request to jawa that please do something about heating issue, the bike heats so much it is unbelievable, also sometimes just sometimes the front brakes make wierd noises and also i have another small issue which is rear brakes. rear brakes are very weak. i will always recommend to use front brakes because rear brakes are very weak of this bike so be careful with brakes, otherwise besides these minor issues the bike is absolutely perfect to ride and beautiful. I would definitely recommend this bike, why because this is bike that is only one and only in its segment, no brand i repeat no brand makes or offer affordable proper bobber motorcycle, some brand try to replicate like royal enfield but this outclass classic 350 very easily, the price is extremely affordable for such a bike.Read More
- Riding experience and MaintenanceThe bike gives great performance and comfort for the long run, maintenance is little costly but the bike doesn't disappoint, ABS gives really good safety and bike due to its heavy weight remains stable on high speeds. Handling maneuvering is easy. It's easy to control, all the electricals work fine. Overall worth a buy.Read More
- Prices Are Sky HighPrice is too high as can get super bikes for same Also not an encouraging with a range of 140 Not at all worth Also why so much cost for a model like this Market is having 100 other options for this cost TVS. Needs to rethink and revise the pricing or else will regret with the break even of this modelRead More