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[VCheng]

@Guru Dutt @VCheng

The baby Harleys made by Hero.

India's motorbike market is thriving indeed with many good options for the enthusiast as well as the mass market. Something for just about everyone, it seems. Lucky guys!

 

[Vsdoc]

India's motorbike market is thriving indeed with many good options for the enthusiast as well as the mass market. Something for just about everyone, it seems. Lucky guys!

Yes bro. Though things at the mass market level (which is now 250 to 450 cc, 20-25 to 40-45 bhp) are becoming way too expensive now, with the clever price creep year on year, so that the once massively bang for buck bikes are now quite exorbitant for the common man.

The KTM 390 that was a brilliant value proposition 11 years ago at 2.25 lacs (the Gen 1 that I ride), is now a crazy whopping 4.5 lacs (the Gen 3). Can't help whinge at the fact that you get essentially the same bike (cubic capacity and bhp and torque) with a lot of useless (in my very old school opinion) electronics, for nearly double the price.

 

[Bilal9]

"wahabbi" is actually considered a slur.. Sallafi is the correct term.

Deobandis are basically salafists with a bit of a desi twist iinw

Wow you know quite a bit about Islamic sects. I even did not know.

 

[VCheng]

Yes bro. Though things at the mass market level (which is now 250 to 450 cc, 20-25 to 40-45 bhp) are becoming way too expensive now, with the clever price creep year on year, so that the once massively bang for buck bikes are now quite exorbitant for the common man.

The KTM 390 that was a brilliant value proposition 11 years ago at 2.25 lacs (the Gen 1 that I ride), is now a crazy whopping 4.5 lacs (the Gen 3). Can't help whinge at the fact that you get essentially the same bike (cubic capacity and bhp and torque) with a lot of useless (in my very old school opinion) electronics, for nearly double the price.

Such inflation is all things automotive and motorcycle related is fairly common all over the world. But I wonder how much of what KTM is doing in India, by persisting with an older platform, in a market where consumers reward longevity of design (thus ensuring easier serviceability), is related to its recent international financial troubles:

KTM enters self-administration, debts of over $3 billion

KTM enters self-administration, debts of over $3 billion: KTM facing the toughest challenge of its history with enormous debts.

www.cyclenews.com

 

[Sharma Ji]

Wow you know quite a bit about Islamic sects. I even did not know.

Waay waay back in the day at the old forum I'd troll a lot calling people wahhabi, and how Sa-ooodi was the root cause of all evil lol, learnt it from the Iranians there I think .. and eventually picked up the nuance to it. Damn Bersians.