New color doesn't means new bike, Honda are you listening ?

Honda Motorcycles and scooters India have introduced CBR 150R and CBR 250R along with CBR 650F. The disappointing thing is, there's no mechanical update job or even cosmetic upgrade in body panels, Just newer coloring schemes.

Well that doesn't seems like International sportbike brand's brave move , well at least not in India It's time in market where brands like Yamaha, Bajaj and KTM giving out more and more edgy products where CBR's simply don't have chance, you can ready here poor sales regarding smaller CBR.
 May be (HMSI) planning to dump older stocks of Smaller CBR's in India or whatever, it's sick to see these small VFR's

 

This is Indonesian CBR 250R!

The pricing for these newer machines haven't announced yet but honestly, we're not excited for them until Honda launching twin lamp Fireblade inspired sharp looking smaller CBR bike's.

 

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Here are first images of brand new Honda Sportbike CBR650F from launch event !

CBR 650F is officially unveiled by Honda motorcycles and scooters India (HMSI) priced at Rs 7.3 lacs(ex-showroom) you can read more about CBR650F in previous post here

Relax riding position is evident

Chunkey fat rear tyre probably 180 section

You can read more about CBR650F here.

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Honda launching CBR 650F today in India

Japaneses motorcycle manufacturer Honda motorcycles India introducing premium supersports class inline four machine CBR650F today.

 According to Honda motorcycles ad scooters India (HMSI), CBR650F will be assembled in Indian plant, and parts will be brought as completely broke down unit,the price of Honda CBR650F will be around Rs 8 lakh.

CBR650R is more friendlier version of Hard edge CBR600RR, equipped with 649 cc inline four motor producing around 86 horsepower at 11,000 rpm and 46 foot pounds of torque at 8,000 rpm
Originally Honda have developed CBR650F to fill cheese between the CBR 500R and race spec CBR600RR supersports, CBR650R have ergonomic like Ninja 650 but instead of giving parallel twin like Kawasaki's plan Honda have gone for inline four like CBR600RR.

Inline four block

The great thing about inline four is they're absolutely smooth engine, but makes their most of power at higher RPM compare to singles or twins. So taking all those things like comfortable ergonomics to inline four motor like supersports motor like CBR600RR we can say CBR650F is perfect blend of performance and comfort, obviously CBR50F's motor is tuned down compare to mainstream supersports but who care's! after all it'll be Honda's cheapest inline four machine in India.

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Why Honda's CBR 150R is not selling well ?

CBR 150R looks almost exactly like 250 R from side profile

Right from the introduction of CBR 150R in 2012 , baby cbr's sole purpose of birth was to take on Yamaha's razor sharp R15. CBR have Mighty 150 CC motor 4 valve with dual overhead camshafts everything seems all right until we compare sale figure of baby CBR with R15. From the very beginning CBR 150R has been selling 200 units every month with respect to 3000 units of R15.

 let's see stronger points of CBR 150R
shorter wheelbase for quick direction flick ability.
close loop fuel injection for precious fueling.
Dual overhead camshaft for quicker revving engine.
balance riding position for corner attacks as well city commute . 
And that's all about it nothing out of box. compare to this,

Yamaha R152.0 side profile look's like race ready super bike

Yamaha's R15 have greater overall advantage.
Aggressive stance, bike looks absolute beauty from every angle, it's proper track focus bike. Yamaha India have took customer's feedback very seriously and created magic out of canvas in form of R15 v 2.0.
Longer cast aluminum swing arm for better high speed stability.
Top notch switches quality (CBR150R don't even have engine kill switch)
Good torque availability in city.
link mono shock provides better stability on corner.
Dual headlamp at front.
lower price tag.
 

CBR 150r instrument cluster

So where did Honda went wrong with CBR 150R ?
  first of all bike is expensive than handsome looking r15
Switches quality is substandard  and kill switch is absent which is essential feature.
Bike have very bad city drivability due to 2 main reasons first of all its bore is 63.5mm and stroke is 47.2mm which give's this bike very short stroke nature motor add to that duel over head camshaft becomes recipe for high revving motor, these two things together make almost non existence torque in lower rev range till 7000 rpm, believe me in city traffic even passion plus feels better bike than CBR 150R , peak power comes at 10,500rpm thus you really need to wring the throttle to squeeze out of that engine. Inversely this turns out advantage on highway's cause this motor just goes on and on even after it's redline, motor is absolute smooth.
Bike look's very similar to CBR 250R in fact one may get misunderstood it as CBR 250R  which is itself looks like VFR. So biggest tragic thing happened with this CBR is, it looks like VFR rather than Fireblade.  

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Yamaha YZF R3 Seems too good contender for Our market

Biking scenario is constantly changing in our country people are in need for more powerful things on two wheels, Indians are not only in need of commuting but they also ride bikes for thirst of passion and adrenalin rush factor.
Here is a motorcycle that can do well: It is genuinely an entry-level bike, at 320cc. It has confidently presented sportbike style, and not cbr 250 or 300 sport tourer . It makes me think of a long-ago Yamaha model that was all things to all riders. The two-stroke RD350 twin, which was a sporting motorcycle, could be ridden two-up and also served club racers well for a decade.
The R3’s engine is a parallel twin of 68.0 x 44.1mm bore and stroke, the bore exceeding the stroke by the same high 1.55 oversquare ratio as in the 2015 R1. Yamaha learned the value of having a signature sound from the crossplane-crank R1’s “V-8 voice,” and in giving R3 a 180-degree crank will achieve a syncopated, interesting sound. This is a liquid-cooled sport engine, with DOHC, four valves per cylinder, fuel injection, and forged pistons.

Peak power comes at 10,750 rpm and will likely be in the vicinity of 45 hp. Its “offset cylinders” lessen friction by reduc­ing the angularity of the connecting rods on the power stroke, thereby pressing the pistons less hard against their cylinder walls. The liner-less bore is not hard-plated as in the Nikasil process but instead relies on the hardness of myriad silicon particles already present throughout the part, honed smooth and then treated. This saves 3 to 4 pounds in liner weight and adapts well to production.
A steel frame and swingarm are right for this YZF-R3, just as they were for the first 600 supersport bikes. While we love radical technologies, economical mass production delivers the goods that millions can afford. Weight with the 3.5-gallon fuel tank full is a substantial 368 pounds, but that’s only 16 pounds more than its great uncle, the RD350.
Yamaha’s light sporting twin returns.

 We expecting that Yamaha should release this bike Here In India so as to give head to head with rc 390,cbr 300,ninja 300 and duke 390 Its yet to see if Yamaha makes to sell this bike in our market or alternatively they will launch YZF R250 which is already awailable in Indonisia styling is almost same to YZFR3  but that bike have lower displacement of 250 cc with power of lowered 36 bhp still YZF R250 have fun factor of parrellel twin engine like YZF R3.

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