It's raining super bikes on Indian roads
Major foreign super bike maker are now heading the Indian market to launch their products here. Suzuki Motorcycles India (SMIPL) is planning to launch its 800 cc and above super bike segment in India. Suzuki is in the process of getting government approvaApnaloan.com Research Bureau
18 Sep 2007
Major foreign super bike maker are now heading the
Indian market to launch their products here. Suzuki Motorcycles India (SMIPL) is
planning to launch its 800 cc and above super bike segment in India. Suzuki is
in the process of getting government approvals for this
segment.
Media quoted Atul Gupta, Vice-president
(marketing), SMIPL saying, "We are setting up three parallel processes
simultaneously to foray into the big bike segments. One is getting the necessary
approvals. Second, training our staff to handle the servicing aspect and third,
identifying the cities where we getting large number of enquiries."
According to media reports, Yamaha India has
already got its service and dealership position in place and likely to import
the first set of its super bikes by November, and Honda Motorcycle and Scooters
India has also keen on getting the high-end bikes and would not keep out of the
battle heating up in this segment.
Bajaj is also close to finalising its partnership
with its long time technical partner Kawasaki to enter the above 500 cc bike
segment. Even Royal Enfield is building up a 500 cc engine to be strapped on its
bikes.