Superbikes sales boosting
Published On Apr 26, 2010 12:00 AM By Vidyadhar Sharma
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Indian auto market is growing quickly along with superbikes market. Many superbikes players developed a good number of vehicles in India for the Indian superbike lovers. In India first superbikes were launched by the Yamaha Motor, called as Yamaha R1 and Yamaha MT01. Now a days, lot of companies are preparing to launch its superbikes in the country with their Indian arms. Recently, Harley-Davidson Motor, American based company has entered into the Indian auto market to establish its superbikes market. The company has launched 12 new cruiser bikes in India and booking is already started for the Indian cruiser bikes lovers. These superbikes will be price between Rs. 8 to 34 lacs. So many people's are eagerly waiting for HD bikes at their door steps. Apart from it, Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt. Ltd and Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt. Ltd are the subsidiaries of Japanese auto manufacturers. Both motorcycle manufacturer have already launched its top-end bikes in India. Suzuki Motor has introduced Suzuki Hayabusa in January last year and HMSI has also launched its Honda CBR1000RR last year. These models have a large displacement of around 1,000 cc that allows them to accelerate quickly and control speed of up to 300 kmph, if road condition has permitted as per high-end bikes capacity. Prices of the superbikes are between Rs. 10 to 40 lacs in India. After launching these bikes, Suzuki Motor and Honda Motor sold five and six units a month. But sales have now picked up to an average 15 units a month, that means, the superbikes demand is growing well in India. Suzuki Motor is also planning to launch the GSX R100 superbike in India by the end of this year. According to a Suzuki dealer, " Suzuki Intruder and Suzuki Hayabusa have seen very high demand.