About Scooters

Yamaha Motor India (YMI), a fully-owned subsidiary of the $12-billion Japanese auto major Yamaha Motor Company, plans to foray into the fast growing automatic scooter segment. Yamaha, which has several scooter models, ranging from 110 cc to 400 cc, is evaluating the right segment to foray into the Indian market. YMI managing director and CEO Tomotaka Ishikawa told ET, “We will enter the scooter market but are yet to finalise the segment and the products. Once we introduce our new range of bikes in early 2008, we will concentrate on the right kind of scooter for the Indian market. We plan to hit the premium segment first and target customers who prefer to go for style and power rather than use scooters for their commuting needs.” The company is likely to introduce its automatic range of scooters with dual disc brakes and twin-shock chassis with high-powered liquid cooled engines in the premium segment. It may also hit the entry-level segment with its fuel-injected 125 cc four-stroke en

The Yamaha Spark 135i, or Yamaha T135 as the experts call the motorcycle. To be honest the Yamaha Spark 135 has many names in the Philippines the Spark is known as the Yamaha Sniper and in Indonesia as the Yamaha Jupiter MX and some parts of the world the Yamaha Spark 135i is known by the simple name of just Yamaha 135LC. The Yamaha Spark 135i is a small underbone bodied motorcycle which is also the motorcycle with the second-largest displacement in its class. The Yamaha Spark 135i is powered by a SOHC 4-valve 4-stroke liquid-cooled forward-inclined single DiASil cylinder 134.9cc engine. With a 54mm bore and 58.7mm stroke, producing a compression ratio of 10.9:1. Yamaha uses for the Spark 135 a Die-cast aluminum cylinder (DiASil), which offers better heat conductance to dissipate excessive heat more easily. The light forged piston can normally be found in high performance race engines. The Yamaha engine is capable to push this motorcycle, with its close to 16 horsepowers, to a maximum

It is compact,neatly proportioned and offers generous space. Kinetic imports around 15% of spare parts to keep the Sym quality. Panel gaps are minimal and flyte make use of high quality plastic It is powered by an 8bhp motor which produces 9.1Nm at 5500rpm. Since air filter is superficially located it makes it easy for servicing. The dash choke is also an another useful feature. The engine employs secondary air injection to cut emission. Kinetic Sym flyte makes use of CVT(continuously variable transmission) and a powerful 9Ah which assures easy starting. Flyte’s top speed is claimed to be 80kmph Kinetic SYM flyte features front fueling sytem. Poping out fuel tank lid, 22 litre 2 level underseat double cab storage(spacious even after accommodating the helmet) which is LED illuminated. Mobile charging point, smart bag hook and a smart storage section are quite useful for commuting. 4- in -1 locking system - under-seat storage lock, fuel filler lock, ignition lock and an innovative magnet

Going public with its foray in the Indian scooter market, Japanese bike maker Suzuki Motorcycle on Monday said it planned to capture four per cent share of the two-wheeler market here in the next three years on the strength of the sale of both motorcycles and scooters. Suzuki Motorcycle India, which had already announced a Rs. 700-crore investment till 2010, will be launching two new two-wheeler models, including a 150 cc,in the next one year. The company had already invested Rs. 350 crore and another Rs. 150 crore would be spent on product development and other activities over the next one year, India Managing Director, Satya Sheel, said during the media meet to mark the unveiling of its 125 cc gearless scooter ‘Access’. He said the company was expecting to sell nearly 5,000 units a month initially and would announce the price after a pan-India rollout within two weeks. Suzuki was targeting a four per cent share in the Indian two-wheeler market, which is expected to cross 8.5 millio