Bengaluru-based House of Machines (HOM), the official reseller for KYT Helmets and Alpinestars in India, has brought another Italian brand to India: Ohvale, which specialises in building race bikes meant for circuit riding and practice. HOM has brought three Ohvale motorcycles to India, priced from Rs 7.30 lakh. The motorcycles are for track riding only and not street-legal.
- Ohvale has brought three motorcycles in four variants, topping out at Rs 12.75 lakh
- Their performance and feature sets are track- and racing-focused
Ohvale GP motorcycles: Who are they for?
Racing-focused motorcycles built with budding talent in mind
Internationally, Ohvale has a four-vehicle portfolio – GP-0, GP-2, GP-5 and GP-7 – of which it has brought the GP-0 and GP-2 to India with three engine sizes. The GP-0 is the entry-level version, with each successive version stepping up capabilities and riders’ presumed skills. Currently, the GP-7 sits at the summit of the Ohvale line-up; the Indian website lists it with a 250cc single-cylinder liquid-cooled engine but does not mention a price. We got prices and full specification lists for the GP-0 110 Automatic, GP-0 160 4-Speed and GP-2 190 4-Speed motorcycles.
First off, all three motorcycles have 4-stroke single-cylinder air-cooled engines, but despite modern architectures, all three use carburettor-aided fuelling, not fuel injection. As for engine capacities, the GP-0 110 Automatic’s is 106.7cc, the GP-0 160’s is 155.5cc and the GP-2 190’s is 187.18cc. As the name implies, the GP-0 110 has an automatic 4-speed gearbox, whereas the other two motorcycles have manual 4-speed gearboxes.
Except for the GP-2, the other two motorcycles run on 10-inch front and rear rims with Pirelli Diablo slicks as default. However, all three share a steel trellis frame, aluminium swingarm and an Arrow under-seat exhaust system. The standard variants get full adjustability for the rear suspension, with the race variants extending full adjustability to the 35mm USD fork as well. All three bikes also get front and rear disc brakes, with the race variants upgrading the calipers to Brembo and a 10mm larger rotor on the GP-2 190. The GP-2 190 gets a larger 180mm rear disc, with the others getting a 155mm rear disc. The headlining spec for all three motorcycles is their unbelievably low dry weight numbers: 67kg for the GP-0 110, 65kg for the GP-0 160 and 71kg for the GP-2 190. Ohvale has achieved this with liberal use of fibreglass for the fairings and a 3.5-litre fuel tank. The GP-2 190’s Race variant exclusively gets a slipper clutch and a quickshifter, besides the other differences mentioned above.
The GP-0 110 Automatic Standard costs Rs 7.30 lakh. The GP-0 160 Race steps up to Rs 9.50 lakh. Up next is the GP-2 190 Standard at Rs 9.90 lakh, with the top-of-the-line GP-2 190 Race coming in at Rs 12.75 lakh. Once again, none of these motorcycles is street-legal, so this should be the final price you pay the dealership to bring one of these home. HOM aims to bolster the Indian motorsport scene with these tailor-made race motorcycles for children, enabling them to learn, practice and enter competitions quicker.
Vishal Venugopal
Ved Janve
