Motorcycle specialist Bajaj has in the past given birth to some of India’s more successful two-wheeler brands, the Pulsar and Discover being well-known, recent examples. There’s been no shortage of models under each household bike umbrella. It just rolled out the Pulsar RS 200 and AS 150/ 200, and has exciting bikes, such as the CS-series cruiser, nearing the road-ready stage. All of which distracts from Bajaj’s commuter-bike presence, but that’s now confirmed as being augmented.
Bajaj recently concluded a sizeable shareholders gathering, where the company's senior management announced that their in-house R&D department is working hard on coming up with an all-new commuter bike platform. In its early days now, with no fixed engine capacity out in the open, or even a name for the line-up, you can expect the new series to be small-capacity, mass-market friendly bikes that will enter and sell alongside the existing Bajaj Discover fleet.
Engine capacity can be expected to be anywhere in the region of 125cc-150cc, fitting the tried and tested four-stroke, air-cooled and single-cylinder format, with a host of Bajaj-typical differentiating factors to be seen on these new commuter bikes for sure.
More on this developing story as it reaches us.
Suraj Sreekumar
Vishal Venugopal
Stephen Raj Antony
Dinshaw Magol
