Author: Mohan K Ramanujam
For Malaysia, the 2024 Honda Gold Wing Tour is priced at RM212,888, excluding road tax, insurance and registration. Previously priced in 2023 at RM210,888, the Gold Wing Tour is predicted in all authorised Honda BigWing dealers nationwide starting August 2024. The Gold Wing’s trademark flat-six engine displacing 1,833 cc produces 124.7 hp at 5,500 rpm and 170 Nm of torque at 4,500 rpm. Engine power goes through a Honda 7-speed DCT (Dual Clutch Transmission) gearbox – now in its third generation – with shaft final drive. Coming with ride-by-wire throttle, the Gold Wing Tour gets 4 ride modes – Tour,…
Getting its India market launch is the 2024 Bajaj Freedom, the world’s first CNG-petrol powered motorcycle. Pricing for the Freedom is listed as 110,000 Indian rupees (RM6,205), ex-showroom. As shown within the teaser photo, the Freedom is dual-powered, with primary power coming from a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) tank with secondary power from petrol. Each fuel sources drive an air-cooled internal combustion engine displacing 124.58 cc. Power is rated at 9.8 PS at 8,000 rpm with 9.7 Nm of torque at 5,000 rpm. The CNG tank – nestled under the seat and cradled by the trellis frame rails – holds…
2024 Yamaha MT-15 Midnight Cyan Following the color update for the MT-25, the 2024 Yamaha MT-15 gets a brand new paint scheme alternative in Malaysia, with pricing set at RM12,498, up RM200 from the 2022/2023 price. The brand new color option for the MT-15 for this yr is Midnight Cyan while Midnight Black is carried over. Stocks of the updated MT-15 are expected in authorised Hong Leong Yamaha dealer showrooms immediately. Every MT-15 purchased comes with a two-year or 20,000 km warranty against manufacturing defects and a free disc lock price RM100. Otherwise, no changes for the MT-15 with power…
With the 2024 Lunar Latest 12 months balik kampung exodus in full swing, the Smart Lane system is in effect on certain stretches of Malaysia’s toll highways. Done to alleviate traffic congestion on the highway especially in the course of the pre- and post holiday travel period, the Smart Lane implementation during specific times and dates seems to have escaped one motorcyclist. In a video shared by user anthraxxx781 on social media, a biker is seen stopping his motorcycle on the emergency lane, blocking the trail of a automobile. This shouldn’t be a one-time occurrence because it has happened previously.…
Getting its Malaysian launch is the 2024 Kymco AK550 Premium maxi scooter, priced at RM65,500 excluding road tax, insurance and registration. Kymco scooters are distributed in Malaysia under the Edaran Modenas banner, and brought in CBU with two color options – Black and Matte Brown. The AK550 Premium is powered by a DOHC, two-cylinder, liquid-cooled engine in Crossplane configuration, displacing 550.4 cc. Power is claimed to be 50.9 hp at 7,500 rpm with 52 Nm of torque at 6,000 rpm, going to the rear wheel via CVT gearbox and exposed belt drive. There are two riding modes win the AK550,…
On the conclusion of the 2023 Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia, 182,912 people crowded the stands across three days of bike racing. This compares against last 12 months’s visitor variety of 163,567 people across the identical period. “This number is a sign motorsports stays ever popular with Malaysians,” said SIC chief executive officer Shafriman Hanif. “Despite the long holiday weekend of Deepavali, motorcycle racing fans still made the trouble to come back to Sepang to look at their favourite racers,” he added. Friday saw 21,364 die-hard fans braving the Friday afternoon traffic to look at the practice sessions while Qualifying…
Now in Malaysia is the 2023 Aprilia RS660 Extrema, priced at RM79,900, excluding road tax, insurance and registration. The Extrema name is in reference to the Aprilia 125 Extrema produced from 1992 to 1994. Because the sportiest version of the RS660, the RS660 Extrema is lighter than the usual model by 3 kg, tipping the scales at 166 kg dry. The liquid-cooled parallel-twin engine stays unchanged, with 100 hp at 10,000 rpm and 67 Nm of torque at 8,500 rpm from 660 cc. A brand new and lighter street-legal exhaust system by SC Project with carbon silencer accounts for the…
Sign reads: Enforcement by camera (technology), strict enforcement In a move that has Taiwanese motorcycle and scooter riders in an uproar, the Changhua County Police Department is issuing fines to those exceeding a lean angle of greater than 30 degrees from the vertical while riding. Reported in various Taiwan dailies and web sites, Changhua police announced within the installation of two camera enforcement points on County Road 139. The lean angle cameras are programmed to take photos of rider’s exceeding a lean angle of greater than 30 degrees starting November 15. County Road 139 winds along the ridge of the…
Ahead of the upcoming R1300 GS, BMW Motorrad introduces the 2024 model 12 months F900 GS, F900 GS Adventure and F800 GS range of middleweight adventure-tourers. Latest for the F900 series adventure bikes is Showa suspension and a discount in weight, together with increased power and torque. The engine is common amongst the F900 GS, F900 GS Adventure and F800, a liquid-cooled parallel-twin first introduced by BMW Motorrad in 2018. Power for the F900 GS and F900 GS Adventure is rated at 105 hp at at 8,500 rpm and 93 Nm at 6,750 rpm. Meanwhile, the F800 GS gets 87…
