Apache RTR e-FI promo videos

Here are couple of promo video of the soon to be launched (since last 7 - 8 months ;-) ) Apache RTR 160 e-FI.

Apache FI - Cop Trap


Apache FI - Hitch Stripper


Nothing great about the video, all it says is fast just got faster.

Pictures, technical specifications and features of the Apache RTR e-FI:- click here.

Yamaha Gladiator Type-SS Promo Video

Another Yamaha Gladiator Type-SS Promo Video:-



Shared on youtube by Gladicool.

Related:-
Yamaha's New Gladiator Type SS & RS
Yamaha Gladiator Type SS/RS TV Commercial
Honda CBF Stunner new 125 cc motorcycle from Honda
Yamaha to introduce DiASil cylinder in India
Pulsar Mania- Awesome TV Commercial of Bajaj Pulsar
TVS Flame 125cc to be relaunched with single spark
Details of new Bajaj XCD Sprint

Yamaha Gladiator Type SS/RS TV Commercial

Yamaha Gladiator Type SS/RS TV Commercial, link mailed by Shivanand Mohanty, posted on youtube by Payeng.



Related:-
Yamaha's New Gladiator Type SS & RS
Yamaha Gladiator Type-SS Promo Video
Honda CBF Stunner new 125 cc motorcycle from Honda
Yamaha to introduce DiASil cylinder in India
Pulsar Mania- Awesome TV Commercial of Bajaj Pulsar
TVS Flame 125cc to be relaunched with single spark
Details of new Bajaj XCD Sprint

Pulsar Mania- Awesome TV Commercial of Bajaj Pulsar

Mind blowing, superb, awesome, unbelievable ..... (other such adjectives).

Must watch.


Wish I could have done a few of those stunts

The video is aptly called Pulsar Mania. The video is the talk of the town and every body is discussing about it. All I get to hear is "have you seen that ad?", "wow", "awesome" and well also this "ads like this should be banned".

Well the last comment was by my mom for obvious reasons ;-)

In a country like ours where people see "KRISH" and jump from their buildings, anything can happen.

But again I would say hatts off to Bajaj and team.

Details about the video as uploaded by Dharam on youTube:-
Bajaj Pulsar has defined the performance bike category in India. Ever since its launch, Pulsar's communication too has always focused on building a distinct identity and attitude for the brand. After it's last "FreeBiking" campaign aired in April 2007, this new campaign is the most spectacular the brand has ever done. Tagged as "PulsarMania", the campaign demonstrates the Pulsar's power, aggression and grace in a never seen before manner. Shot in Cape Town, the stunt team comprises the best riders across the world including AC Farias (World No.2), Matte Griffin etc.

Client: Bajaj Auto Ltd.
Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Mumbai
Creative Team: Abhijit Avasthi, Manoj Shetty, Rajneesh Ramakrishnan
Production House: Velocity Films, South Africa
Director: Lourens Van Rensburg
Music: Paul Norwood, Audio Militia

Related:-
Yamaha's New Gladiator Type SS & RS
Yamaha Gladiator Type SS/RS TV Commercial
Honda CBF Stunner new 125 cc motorcycle from Honda
Yamaha to introduce DiASil cylinder in India
Yamaha Gladiator Type-SS Promo Video
TVS Flame 125cc to be relaunched with single spark
Details of new Bajaj XCD Sprint

The Man, the Machine. . . . Street Hawk

The Man, the Machine. . . . Street Hawk. Ever heard that before?

Intro video of StreetHawk. Thanks to my friends Vishal who recently added this video in his Orkut Favourites.

I guess I was 6 yr old kid who used to stay glued to the TV set to watch my childhood super hero, A bike named Street Hawk. Watching this intro video, brought back quite a few memories of the TV show. The sound track sounded so much familiar even after all these years.
The show was about Jesse Mach an ex-cop who is recruited for a top secret government mission to ride the Street Hawk, an all terrain combat motorcycle designed to fight crime. The Street Hawk was capable of 300mph and had immense fire power.

You can check this site for more picture and and videos. The SteertHawk online.

Hero Honda Hunk H3 television comercial and teasers

After the teasers of the Hero Honda Hunk H3, the Television commercial is now out and seems like Hero Honda has finally managed to get their own definitely male bike. The television advertisement is definitely much better than the teasers, which for some reason i found out of context.
Here is Teaser 1 as uploaded on you tube by Checkerbon





Teaser 2 uploaded by Payeng


And the Tv comercial uploaded by Payeng(http://indian2wheels.blogspot.com/)


For pictures and technical specifications of the H3 (Hero Honda Hunk, howz that name? sounds cool right just like R1)
Check here

2008 Honda CBR 1000RR

There's nothing like a literbike when it comes to awesome performance. But for 2008, Honda's taking that level of performance—and handling—to a whole new level. New engine. New chassis. MotoGP-style exhaust. The all-new CBR1000RR is a Superbike that handles like a 600, but is built to dominate the Superbike class. CBR1000RR establishes a higher standard for weight reduction and compact, centralized mass to produce the pinnacle of sportbike performance and rideability.
picture of 2008 CBR1000RR

Technical specifications of 2008 CBR 1000RR

Engine Type 999cc liquid-cooled inline four-cylinder
Bore and Stroke 76mm x 55.1mm
Ignition Computer-controlled digital transistorized with three-dimensional mapping
Compression Ratio 12.3:1
Valve Train DOHC; four valves per cylinder
Carburetion Dual Stage Fuel Injection (DSFI) with 40mm throttle bodies, Denso 12-hole injectors
DRIVE TRAIN
Transmission Close-ratio six-speed
Final Drive #530 O-ring chain
CHASSIS / SUSPENSION / BRAKES
Front Suspension 43mm inverted HMAS cartridge fork with spring preload, rebound and compression damping adjustability; 4.7 inches travel
Rear Suspension Unit Pro-Link HMAS single shock with spring preload, rebound and compression damping adjustability; 5.4 inches travel
Front Brakes Dual radial-mounted four-piston calipers with full-floating 320mm discs
Rear Brake Single 220mm disc
Front Tires 120/70ZR-17 radial
Rear Tires 190/50ZR-17 radial
DIMENSIONS
Rake (Caster Angle): 23.3°
Trail 96.2mm (3.8 inches)
Wheelbase 55.4 inches
Seat Height 32.3 inches
Curb Weight TBD
Fuel Capacity 4.7 gallons, including 1.06-gallon reserve
OTHER
Available Colors Red / Black, Black / Metallic Silver, Pearl Yellow / Black, Candy Dark Red / Metallic Silver, Black / Metallic Gray (2008 special color *)
Model ID CBR1000RR
Note Meets current EPA standards. California version meets current CARB standards and may differ slightly due to emissions equipment.
Pricing:-
Black/Metallic Gray $11,799
Black/Metallic Silver $11,599
Pearl Yellow/Black $11,599
Candy Dark Red/Metallic Silver $11,599
Red/Black $11,599
Television commercial for 2008 CBR1000RR:-


A bit of History :-
First launched in 1992, Honda CBR900RR featured a large displacement engine fitted on a relatively lightweight and nimble frame. But the series of changes had long started as Tadao Baba initially designed the Fireblade as a 750cc engine back in 1989.

1992 Honda CBR900RR
Read it here

You may also find the following interesting:-
1) 2008 Honda CBR1000
2) Super Bikes Comming soon
3) Yamaha 2008 YZF R1 and MT01 in India
4) 2008 Kawasaki Ninja250R
5) Yamaha YZF-R125 VS Honda CBR125 VS Kymco KR Sport
6) Harley Davidson
7) Bajaj acquires stake in KTM
8)2008 Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa

Yamaha R1 - we are still waiting!

Earlier post
Update:- Yamaha YZF R1 and MT01 launched
Still waiting for R1. This is NDTV reporting Yamaha's plans of bringing its super bikes:-


And the television ad that has been going around for about 2 months now. Surprisingly almost none of my friends have seen this ad or were able to get that R1 is coming on Indian roads. Everytime i say Yamaha is getting R1 and MT01 here, there is always some one with a big "whaaaaatttttttt???????".


According to the sources it will cost 11.5 lakhs ex showroom and will be available from nov this year.

Here is what Rossi say about the R1:-


The 2007 Yamaha walk around:-


You may also find the following interesting:-
1) 2008 Honda CBR1000
2) Super Bikes Comming soon
3) Yamaha R1 and MT01 in India
4) 2008 Kawasaki Ninja250R
5) Yamaha YZF-R125 VS Honda CBR125 VS Kymco KR Sport
6) Harley Davidson
7) Bajaj acquires stake in KTM

Bajaj's XCD 125 cc TV advertisement

The TV comertial for Bajaj XCD

Details and pictures click here


Pretty cool advertisement for the Bajaj XCD

TVS Flame 125 cc

The all new 125 cc TVS FLAME
The all new 4 Stroke, 4 geared 125cc FLAME is the most innovative designed offering from TVS designed to win over discerning customers with its futuristic styling and technology. The 3Valve Engine comes with Controlled Combustion Variable Timing Intelligent (CCVTi) technology.

The styling of Flame is inspired by the Delta Wing design found in the latest fighter jets. Called “DeltaEdge”, it gives the bike a unique style while giving it superior aerodynamics. The FLAME boasts of several style statements including, DeltaEdge Headlamps, Sporty DeltaEdge Exhaust, Embedded DeltaEdge Trafficators,LCD Digital Speedometer and a Dual Lens Tail Lamp.
Developed by world class R&D at TVS MOTOR, in collaboration with AVL, Austria, the CCVTi
technology features 2 different intake ports called Swirl port & Power port.
Ø Swirl port creates swirl motion of airfuel mixture in the combustion chamber. This Swirl motion helps in efficient combustion of lean airfuel mixture thus giving highest fuel economy in its class.
Ø Power Port gives high flow rate, which helps in delivering high power.
The engine packs in 10.5 bhp @ 8250rpm
The 125cc FLAME promises to be the best looker in its segment. Keen attention to detail, marks this new offering. DeltaEdge styling coupled with snazzy dual tone graphics translates into an amazing road presence. With the revolutionary new CCVTi technology, the 125 cc FLAME successfully provides the advantage of power, mileage and stunning looks.
TVS FLAME
TVS flame pictures:-TV advertisement:-



Update:- The launch date of the TVS Flame is expected to be mid December and the expected price of The TVS Flame is around Rs. 45000.
Update 2:- Tvs Flame launched at 45,000 ex-showroom Chennai

You may also find the following intresting:-
1) Apache RTR 160 EFi
2) Hero Honda Hunk 150 cc
3) TVS Flame 125
4) Bajaj XCD 125

Bajaj DTS-SI advertisement

Bajaj p220 dts-fi advertisement

Last year nov i was wondering how the ad for p220 would be, especially when the ads for Baja bikes are really good ones. (With exception of p200, which is ridiculous).
Check my earlier post.

The P220 is really cool with new gen version of "Hamara bajaj track".

Advertising for Bajaj Bikes

After writing a post on the Bajaj Pulsar DTS FI 220, I was wondering how would Bajaj go about advertising the Bike.
Bajaj has been coming up with great ad campaigns so far.
1) Bajaj Kawasaki Caliber -"The unshakable"
This was an amazing ad in which the guy returns after few years (dont rem from where) and picks up a cute puppy on his way to meet his love, incidentally when he reaches her place he finds a small kid playing and then his sweet heart married to some one else. He smiles, hands over the puppy to the kid and leaves calmly on his Caliber.
Btw i am proud owner of a Bajaj Caliber.
2) Caliber 115 - Hoodibaba
The ad had this green bike zooming around tight turns and stuff and background score was like "Hoooddibababaaaa". Was quite fun, although the bike didn't do well
3) Pulsar - "Definately Male"
This was again one of the best. 2 Nurses having a look at the new born and shouting "its a boy". And quite a few others emphasising on the masculinity of the bike.
4) The DTSI pulsar was again a simple an effective add.
5) Bajaj Avenger - "Feel like god"
The best so far. Emphasising about the feel the bike offers its rider.
This was the bike that truely brought cruisers to india.
people also say its a poor man's Harley, tough i beg to differ.

So the point is Bajaj has always had ads focused on the bikes, so the real celebrity in the ads have always been the bikes, instead of getting some one like Sorav ganguly (gr8 i still remember him), dravid, sachin, john abrahim.
Second and most important is keeping the chicks out of it. I mean say tvs Apache for eg. Do we really need an Apache to woo a girl? I mean a bike is a bike, why get scantily clad females in the ad, or try to convey something like "If you want to be Casanova you got to get this bike".
Every one from cars to soaps to undergarments some how manage to drag females in their advertising and sell the oomph.

So having said all that i am sure that bajaj will come with a killer ad for DTS FI and keeping up withe tradition i am sure the bike will have center stage instead of celebs or women.

BTW no matter how good the ad is, the bike is on my wish list and i am gonna get it ASAP.
Stay tuned for my first hand experience on that.