KTM bikes will be available very soon in Bajaj Probiking Showrooms
Yep!! you heard it right…."MG_Biker1806" a XBHPian revealed this news. KTM bikes will be available very soon in Bajaj Probiking showrooms. For the moment they have 3 models for India. They are:
1)990 Superduke
2)690 Duke-Adventure Sports
3)250EXC-F
250EXCF will be priced at 2.5 to 3 lakhs
KTM 990 Superduke
KTM 690 Duke
KTM 250 EXC-F
KTM 990 Superduke
You can barely find words to express the riding fun and the feeling that the KTM 990 Superduke gives you when it’s in motion. Just as KTM re-invented the Streetfighter, you try to invent new words for what happens beneath you curve after curve. The KTM 990 Superduke sweeps through curves – ultra-precise, radical and agile. The landscape flies past fast, faster, much too fast. You feel the road, the centrifugal force and want more.
KTM 690 Duke
KTM presents the 690 Duke, the ultimate single-cylinder naked bike! It's driven by the
most powerful, 65 HP (48 kW), street-legal single of all time, equipped with a superior street suspension and assembled with a discernible passion for design and technology.
KTM 250 EXC-F
If a bike can truly earn the name “muscle man” in the small class, then this super-light and extremely agile four-stroke does. Equipped with state of the art, four-valve technology, the XC-F delivers plenty of power, which it applies perfectly to the track every time. Excellent power development – from enormous force at lower speeds, to maximum performance at peak rpms.
But that is only the first key to success. Because, with its new chassis and totally new bodywork, the 250 XC-F is certainly a constant guarantee of podium placements.
Below are few models of KTM Motorcycles
990 SUPERDUKE (SERIES MODEL)
950 SUPERMOTO (PRE-SERIES MODEL)
990 RC8 (DEVELOPMENT LEVEL P1)
990 RC8 VENOM (CONCEPT BIKE)
Exactly a week after Carlos Ghosn’s high-profile visit to its Chakan plant, Bajaj Auto has announced another top-gear alliance, this time in the motorcycle market. On Monday, Bajaj picked up 14.5% in KTM from the open market for around Rs 300-350 crore as part of a ‘wide-ranging co-operation’ with the e566 million (Rs 3,200 crore) KTM Power Sports, Europe’s second-largest sport motorcycle maker.
Bajaj picked up the stake through its 100% Dutch subsidiary and sources say it may look at picking up another 5-10%. Industry sources add Bajaj Auto may also get a seat on the KTM board.
The alliance with KTM covers joint development of street bikes for both Indian and overseas markets and will complement Bajaj Auto’s efforts to hammer out a deal with another European motorcycle brand, Triumph.
Sources say talks are on with Triumph and if they go through, the focus would be more on cruisers and other higher displacement on-road products. KTM, on the other hand, makes mostly off-road sports bikes. Its jointly-developed street bikes with Bajaj will have smaller 125 and 250 cc engines.
The promoters of KTM currently own 50.1% of the company. When asked if Bajaj would increase its shareholding in the company to a more substantial 20-25%, KTM chief executive Stefan Pierer told ET: “Our company is listed on the Vienna stock exchange and Bajaj’s current stake comes from the free float shares. If there’s something free on the market they could do it and end up increasing their participation. We see this as a long-term partnership and we would be very positive about it.”
The partnership will jointly develop a high-performance, water-cooled engine platform for 125 and 250 cc bikes. "The engine platform will spawn several models," said Mr Pierer. "KTM will do KTM models and Bajaj will make Bajaj motorcycles." The two companies, he said, are focussing on their core markets for this new range of street bikes-Bajaj on India and the South Asian and South East Asian markets and KTM on Europe.
But in the second phase, that spread will increase. “We have a good presence in north America and we can figure out which models will work there," Mr Pierer said. "Also we have a footprint in Japan but not in the rest of Asia so the alliance can look at South East Asian markets like Indonesia, Philippines, China, Vietnam etc," he added.
The alliance will not only enable Bajaj to take over the distribution of KTM products in India and South East Asia, it will also enable the Indian two wheeler major to access the European market through KTM. “We are currently looking at how we can market and sell Bajaj products in European markets,” Mr Pierer said. And sourcing will also be part of the deal. “Bajaj will also support us with supplier systems,” said Mr Pierer.
