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More Honda Gearless Scooters For India

Rohit — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:26:10 +0000

Honda is growing strong in the two wheeler market in India with its leading area being gearless scooters. In India, the gearless scooter segment is ace of Honda. Honda Activa is the most popular gearless scooter in India, Honda Aviator being the another product which is not so popular in India. Customers are willing to wait for long waiting periods to get their Activa. There is competition like Suzuki Access, TVS Wego, Hero Honda Pleasure, Bajaj Crystal, Mahindra Rodeo etc. but none of them is as popular as is the Activa. This customer support has encouraged Honda to work on more gearless scooters for India. Also the growing demand for gearless scooters in India both in rural and urban areas makes all the more business sense to come up with more of such products. Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India (HMSI) President and CEO, Shinji Aoyama quoted: Demand for gear-less scooters will be more in Tier II and III cities. We will continue to manufacture more scooters to meet demand in the domestic market. HMSI is also going to add 100 new dealerships to its existing 1200 dealerships in India by financial year 2012. The new plant of HMSI at Rajasthan [...]

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New Honda Activa Has Combi-Brake Technology

Rohit — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:30:57 +0000

I was listening to the news of release ceremony of New Honda Activa 2009 version, they were telling about the new features. Like most of new releases, New Honda Activa 2009 has some more body styling, some added security features like Anti-theft alarm which is a good feature. The most un-conventional and innovative features I noticed was Combi-Brake System which really caught my attention. What is Combi-Brake? Combi-brake means that the brake will act on front and rear wheel together every time you apply the brakes. This means a lot of improved safety. Why Combi-Brake means more safety? In two wheelers (scooters and bikes), there are two separate brake controls for front and rear wheels. This is true for almost all two-wheelers that I have ever seen or ridden. Most of two-wheeler riders apply only rear wheel brake, or use only rear brake in most of the cases. However for most effective braking and stopping in small distance safely without loosing control, both front and rear brakes should be used together. Most people fear using front brakes too much because if you press them too hard, the scooter/bike may skid and the rider will fall badly. Combi-Brakes will apply the [...]