Kymco Pulsar Base 125

I am sure the first thing that comes to your mind after looking at this bike above - another Chinese crap? Errr.. no. This bike is from a company with its roots in Taiwan. Secondly, the company, called Kymco, has been doing pretty decently in various world markets now. I have discussed a lot on their bikes in the past ( see HERE) and here is a brief on the Kymco Pulsar Base 125.

It is powered by a 10bhp 125cc motor - no guesses for speeds. Yes, it maxes out at around 65mph or 105km/h. However, its selling point will be its sticker price, which in the UK will be just 1399 pounds. Dirt cheap for that market.

However, by todays currency 1399 pounds translates into 95,000 Indian rupees. In India here, you can get the following bikes for much lesser amount

1. Bajaj Pulsar 220S

2. Put in 15% more money and take the Yamaha R15

Honda goes green with the EV-Neo

Weird looking scooter or a futuristic concept? Well no.. this is Honda's green baby, the EV-Neo. Production will begin soon and the EV-Neo will initially go on sale, no, lease sale in Japan by the end of this year. But, like most e-bikes out there, this one too has a few limitations. The battery is good enough only for 18 miles which isnt good even for 30km! Top speed is, well, 30km/h. That too on a flat road.

However, knowing Honda, there is for sure a lot more in store for the future - our fingers are crossed!

Robbie Maddison Jumps Over Corinth Canal In Greece

Robbie Maddison does it again! He managed to jump over the 83 meters / 279 feet Corinth Canal in Greece. During the jump, he attained a height of almost 100 meters of 330 feet above the Canal.

The 28 year old Australian daredevil rode his modified Honda 500 through a turn-filled approach past a pool, across a soccer field and past a chicken coop to a speed of 78 mph or 125km/h on Thursday. Maddison has always been known for his jumping events. Previously, in 2007 and 2008 he set three world records for motorcycle distance jumping all the way to 350 feet. On December 31, 2008, he celebrated New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas by jumping up 100 feet onto the Arc de Triomphe in front of Paris Las Vegas and then descended off the monument to ground level. And ofcourse, last year, images of Maddison backflipping the Tower Bridge over the Thames River in London while the drawbridge was open went around the world.

Honda VFR1200F ridden

It always feels special to be on a bike that the world has waited for years, a bike that when launched in its first avatar, rewrote quite a few rules. I was among the millions who had patiently waited for the all new VFR1200F to be launched and finally when it did, I found myself among a select few journalists, who were invited to the land of the rising sun for an exclusive ride experience.

"Even before I thumbed the electric starter, I knew this wouldn’t turn out to be a very long test ride that too on a road that this bike will seldom be seen on. Nevertheless, with a chance to experience one of the most awaited motorcycles in the history of Honda, I wasn’t really complaining. A few minutes later, with my left hand free, the big sweet sounding V4 motor was changing through the gears effortlessly on its own, downshifting quickly without abruptions as I slowed down for the tight curves on Honda’s HSR (Honda Safety Riding) track in Kumamoto. What you see on these pages is the all-new VFR1200F that, hold you breath, is slated for an Indian launch during the third quarter of the 2010 calendar year."

Read the complete ride experience HERE

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1. HONDA VFR1200F VS RIVALS

Honda VFR1200F VS Kawasaki Concours 14 VS Suzuki Hayabusa

The lucky blokes at www.motorcycle-usa.com recently pitted the all new Honda VFR1200F against two of its most likely rivals - the Kawasaki Concours 14 (the touring variant of the ZZR1400 / ZX-14) and the mighty Suzuki Hayabusa. Sparks did fly and how...

Read the full comparo at www.motorcycle-usa.com

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1. HONDA VFR1200F - ALL DETAILS

1690km, 5 states, 2 SBKs, 2 crazy riders

"This was our fifth rain shelter stop since morning and the fifteenth (or was it the twentieth) cup of hot tea. The sun had already disappeared into the horizon and our jeans and boots were wet. The outside temperature was less than ten degrees and understandably, our nuts were semi frozen, clinging to the body for that extra warmth. We still had to cover over 150km to reach our destination and the road conditions were deteriorating with every passing mile. Who says covering long distances on Superbikes in a country like India is an easy task?"

In January 2010, we rode from Pune to New Delhi, capital of India on a Honda CB1000R and a Suzuki Hayabusa. In a country like India, riding such distances on Superbikes means a lot of fun, danger and well... Read the whole article HERE