Weekly Motorcycle News Roundup: New Two-wheelers ATo Get Expensive, Classic 350 Gets ABS, Bikemakers Come To Kerala's Rescue And More

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Your weekly dose of all the news in the two-wheeler space in the week gone by

The weekend that was, had two important bike launches, the government setting new regulations for vehicle insurance, juicy technical details about the upcoming Royal Enfield 650cc twins leaked and automobile manufacturers doing their bit for the victims of Kerala floods. Let's start with the launches first.

Royal Enfield Launches Classic 350 Signals ABS

The big news here is the introduction of a dual-channel ABS unit. The Classic 350 is the first Royal Enfield bike to get ABS with the Himalayan and Classic 500 to follow. Royal Enfield will be equipping its entire portfolio with ABS by 1 April 2019: the government’s deadline for mandatory ABS on bikes above 125cc. Other than ABS, the Classic 350 Signals does not receive any major update. It does get quite a few cosmetic enhancements though. Find out what's new and the prices here.

Ducati Scrambler 1100 Range Launched In India

Contrary to popular belief that Ducati would launch just one Scrambler 1100 variant, they have launched the entire Scrambler 1100 lineup consisting of the standard, Special and Sport variants. Its prices start from Rs 10.91 lakh and go up to Rs 11.42 lakh (all prices, ex-showroom India). While the bikes get different features and suspension components, they share the same larger 1100cc L-twin motor, electronic aids, frame and brakes. More details here.

New Two-wheelers Prices To Go Up From 1 September

The government has mandated that 1 September onwards, all new two-wheelers should be sold with a five-year third-party insurance coverage. While this move will drive up on-road prices of bikes across the spectrum, it is a step in the right direction. With the current one-year insurance policy in place, many vehicle owners tend to skip renewing their vehicle insurance to save money. That won't happen anymore and with the new system in place. This move does not apply on used two-wheelers though. For more details, click here.

Bikemakers Organise Free Service Camps In Kerala
Prominent bike manufacturers like Bajaj, Hero, Honda, TVS, Suzuki and Yamaha are doing their bit to help Kerala flood victims to get back on track in the aftermath of the worst floods the state has faced in a century. These include setting up service camps to offer services like free oil change, special discounts on spare parts and waiving off labour charges for flood affected two-wheelers. To know more about the relief work undertaken by these bikemakers, click here.

More Details Of Royal Enfield 650 Twins Leaked

A leaked service training manual gave us an insight of what to expect from the upcoming Royal Enfield 650cc twins. Technical information like gear ratios, engine oil capacity and fuel reserve capacity are some of the details revealed about the all-new motorcycles (Read here).

While the bikes will be launched in international markets by the end of September with deliveries expected to commence early next year, the India launch might be delayed. Royal Enfield has good reason for the delay though. Know the reason and new launch timeline here.

Upcoming Mahindra Mojo Electric Bike?

Mahindra has been a strong player in the electric mobility segment and is one of the few Indian companies to sell an all-electric car in India. They might be looking to now enter the electric two-wheeler space and an indication of this is an on-test Mojo bike that looks like it is running an electric powertrain. Know more about this bike here.