Harley-Davidson, popular for powerful motorcycles, has offered discounts of up to Rs 5.25 lakh on select motorcycles in India. This discount will be available on the company’s Pan America 1250 Special, Sportster S and Nightster bikes. There is a discount of Rs 3.25 lakh on Pan America 1250 motorcycle. Its price will reduce to Rs 21.24 lakh (ex-showroom). Its actual price is Rs 24.49 lakh. This motorcycle has a 1,252 cc twin-cylinder, liquid cooled engine. It produces 150.9 bhp at 8,750 rpm and peak torque of 128 Nm at 6,750 rpm. It has a six speed gearbox. A discount of Rs 3.25 lakh is also being given on Harley Davidson’s Sportster S. Its price will reduce from Rs 18.79 lakh to Rs 15.54 lakh. It has the same engine as Pan America 1250. It generates 121 bhp and peak torque of 125 Nm. The maximum discount of Rs 5.25 lakh is being given on Harley Davidson’s Nightster motorcycle. Its price will reduce to Rs 12.24 lakh. Its actual price is Rs 17.63 lakh. It has a 975 cc twin-cylinder engine. It produces 89 bhp and 95 Nm torque with six-speed gearbox. This discount is on motorcycles imported by the company. Recently, Harley Davidson, in collaboration with Hero MotoCorp, one of the big two-wheeler companies, launched the low-priced Harley X440 motorcycle. Hero MotoCorp has started deliveries of Harley-Davidson X440 to customers. 1,000 units of this motorcycle have been sold at 100 dealerships of the company. It is being manufactured at Hero MotoCorp’s factory in Neemrana, Rajasthan. The company has also started new booking for this. The X440 is being sold in three variants – Denim, Vivid and S. Their prices range between Rs 2,39,500 to Rs 2,79,500 (ex-showroom). This is the most affordable motorcycle of Harley Davidson. More than 25,000 bookings have been received for this. To meet its increasing demand, Hero MotoCorp will increase its manufacturing. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Niranjan Gupta had said, “Our effort will be to complete all the deliveries in the next few months. For this, the capacity of the supply chain is being increased.”
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Hero MotoCorp sold 1,000 units of Harley-Davidson X440, started new booking
Hero MotoCorp, one of the big two-wheeler companies, has started delivery of Harley-Davidson X440 to customers. 1,000 units of this powerful motorcycle have been sold at 100 dealerships of the company. It is being manufactured at Hero MotoCorp’s factory in Neemrana, Rajasthan. The company has also started new booking for this. The X440 is being sold in three variants – Denim, Vivid and S. Their prices range between Rs 2,39,500 to Rs 2,79,500 (ex-showroom). This is the most affordable motorcycle of Harley Davidson. The company has received more than 25,000 bookings for this. To meet its increasing demand, Hero MotoCorp will increase its manufacturing. Niranjan Gupta, Chief Executive Officer of the company, said, “Our effort will be to complete all the deliveries in the next few months. For this, the capacity of the supply chain is being increased.” This motorcycle has been specially designed according to the conditions of the country. In this, many styling elements have been taken from the previous models of the company. The X440 has round headlamps, LED lighting and LCD instrument controls. It has a recently developed 398 cc single cylinder and air-cooled motor, which generates 27 bhp power and 38 Nm peak torque. Along with this, there are six speed gearbox, inverted front forks and twin shock absorbers at the rear. Braking has been improved in this. This is the first motorcycle developed in partnership between the two companies. Under this partnership, Hero MotoCorp will manufacture and market Harley Davidson motorcycles in the country. Hero MotoCorp plans to increase its presence in the powerful motorcycles segment. The company wants to strengthen its position in the category above 160 cc. It is also focusing on launching new products every quarter. Hero MotoCorp’s sales in September declined by 14.41 percent to 3,91,310 units. In the same month last year, the company had sold 4,21,288 units. The company had said that the main reason behind the decline in sales was heavy rains last month. The company gets a major share of its sales from rural areas. -
Honda sold more than 5 lakh motorcycles and scooters in India in September
Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI), one of the big two-wheeler companies, has sold 5,26,998 units last month. This is the highest level of sales for the company in any month of the current financial year. Its sales have increased by about two percent compared to the same period last year. HMSI’s exports in September stood at 35,196 units with an increase of about 19 percent. The company has updated its motorcycles to comply with BS6 Stage 2 norms. Apart from this, it has also launched some new products. The company has launched limited edition of Activa in two colors. Its 109.51 cc single-cylinder engine has been retained. It follows BS6 OBD2. Its maximum power is 7.37 bhp and peak torque is 8.90 Nm. Last month the company launched SP125 Sports Edition motorcycle. Its price is Rs 90,567 (ex-showroom, Delhi). It will be available at Honda Red Wing dealerships across the country. Booking for this has started. This motorcycle has been given better tank design, matte muffler cover and new graphics than before. It will be available in Decent Blue Metallic and Heavy Gray Metallic colors. It has bright LED headlamp, fully digital instrument console. Mileage related information is also available in its instrument console along with gear position indicator. The SP125 Sports Edition has a 123.94 cc, single cylinder BS 6, OBD2 compliant PGM-FI engine, which can generate 8 kW of power and 10.9 Nm of torque. HMSI is offering a special 10-year warranty with this motorcycle which includes three years standard warranty and seven years optional warranty. Earlier the company had launched Hornet 2.0 motorcycle. There have been some improvements in it compared to Hornet. This motorcycle has an OBD2 compliant engine. It has a 184.4cc single-cylinder air-cooled engine, which generates maximum power of 17 bhp at 8,500 rpm and peak torque of 15.9 Nm at 6,000 rpm. This motorcycle also has a new assist and slipper clutch which makes upshifts easier. Price of Hornet 2.0 starts from Rs 1.39 lakh (ex-showroom).