Heavyweight bikes queuing up as Indian roads get wider.
Economic Times (New Delhi, India), April, 2007
Byline: Meenakshi Verma
Apr. 16--NEW DELHI -- Get ready for Rs 9 lakh-plus motorcycles. With the government allowing the import of bigger bikes with engine specifications of 800-cc and above last week, the big bike segment is all set to hot up.
Bike-makers Yamaha, Honda, and Suzuki have already lined up plans to give competition to Harley Davidson, which will soon import its super-bikes in the country.
According to sources, Japanese auto major Suzuki's motorcycle division is likely to import two of its sports bikes by year end. One of them is likely to be the 4-cylinder, liquid-cooled 16-valve GSX-R1000, which comes strapped with a 999-cc engine. The other Suzuki sports bike could be the 749-cc GSX-R750. When contacted, Suzuki Motorcycle &...
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