Bajaj Kawasaki Ninja 250R to be Launched in India in few months

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After lots of delay, finally Bajaj announced that they will launch Kawasaki Ninja 250R in May this year. Kawasaki Ninja 250 is one of the most selling bike from the stable of Kawasaki. The bike throughout the world is known for its power and fuel efficiency combination. Other feature which makes this bike a popular toy among the experience bikers its light handling as well as its comfort. Can be considered a entry level sports bike but making good statement as street bike too.

The company said that the Kawasaki Ninja will be introduced as a completely-built unit; they will assemble KTM`s bigger bikes, like the Duke and RR, at their Chakan facility.

This simply means that price of Bajaj Kawasaki Ninja 250R will be around Rs. 2 lakhs. They said that will also launch a few motorcycles from Austrian firm KTM next year. It is also jointly developing some bikes with KTM for the Indian market that will hit the road later. Bajaj owns nearly 30% stake in KTM. But those bikes will be assembled in India and hence their prices will be competitive and affordable.

it's lovely and very nice to look at.
But will it be ok for indian road ;D

Will be first true sports bike easily available in India.

Well, about roads, that can be tested only when people will buy it :)

its not the 600cc bike in Ninja, but i am looking for honda cbr 600cc or Ninja 600cc zr...please give me a valid updates on these bikes when there bikes are going to launch

In Hydearabad , you cannot get 600cc bikes, you can book the bikes in chennai, pune..etc.... because they have showrooms over there, In hyderabad if you want to buy , you can get second hand..... But my sincere advice , dont go for Ninja, go for
Honda CBR and Yamaha bikes....cheers.!!!!!!!!!!!

Bajaj plans to launch several new bikes by 2010. It has already launched its executive-segment bike Bajaj XCD 135 DTS-Si bike at a price of Rs 45,000 (ex-showroom Delhi).

Bajaj Auto, which saw a 50% and a 53% drop in sales in October 2008 and November 2008, respectively, also plans to launch the Kawasaki Ninja 250, a sports bike by April-May 2009.

Bajaj Auto Managing Director Rajiv Bajaj said, during the launch of the Bajaj XCD 135 DTS-Si, that the Kawasaki Ninja 250 will be priced over 2 lakhs. He also reported that unlike KTM bikes, whose bigger bikes like RR and Duke will be assembled in India, the Kawasaki Ninja250 will be imported as a single unit.

The announcement about the Kawasaki Ninja 250 comes after almost 15 years of rumours about its ‘imminent’ launch. Bajaj never did much about dispelling the rumours either, showcasing the Ninja 250 at a lot of auto shows in the last decade.

The current Ninja 250 cc motorcycle is officially known as the Ninja 250R. It is the smallest of the Kawasaki Ninja range of motorcycles, and the company’s best-selling model. Powered by a 26 bhp twin-cylinder liquid-colled unit, the Ninja 250R can touch a top speed of 177 kmph. In India, it would be the fastest thing on two wheels.

Bajaj has undergone a steep drop in the market in the past 2-3 months. It will now increase its stakes in KTM from about 26% to 30%. For this, Bajaj Auto, will pay KTM around Rs.60-80 crores via its Amsterdam based company Bajaj Auto International Holdings BV.

KTM and Bajaj Auto will now roll out high-efficiency machinery for the Indian market soon. The Bajaj Auto and KTM combine are also working on the sourcing of production and assembling of KTM bikes in India at Chakan near Pune.

To steady their sales graph, Bajaj Auto will bank on their new products, and plans to launch around six two wheelers by the end of 2009.

“We don’t want to be on top in sales. We want to be a niche player and have laid an ambitious plan to launch new products to tap new segments for Bajaj products and gradually increase our sales tally. We will be launching few more products based on the DTS-Si platform for the mass market to achieve monthly sales target of 70,000 units, while the international brands will meet high-end market needs,” Bajaj Auto CEO S Sridhar said.

Bajaj has said that their ultra-low-cost car, which it is developing in collaboration with Renault will be launched along Bajaj’s Lite cargo, in 2011.

“Work on the engine and the gearbox for the car is underway but other work related to the vehicle is yet to be completed,” he added.

i said do not buy bajaj ninja ,because over all not perfect indian road and bajaj after sale sevice is very poor.