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[rahul_rn]

pulsurge, on 02 April 2012 - 02:56 PM, said:

25k for speedometer

PHEW!!!

I can agree to everything else but that piece of , which looks roughly 3 decades back costs 25k..?? Damn..

[L.P.]

rahul_rn, on 04 April 2012 - 01:38 PM, said:

25k for the speedometer

I can agree to everything else but that piece of , which looks roughly 3 decades back costs 25k..?? Damn..

I almost fell of seat reading that

Is it including the fairing price as well

[rahul_rn]

L.P., on 04 April 2012 - 09:04 PM, said:

I almost fell of seat reading that

Is it including the fairing price as well

Yes, 20k for single side if i aint wrong plus you have to buy em both..

[pulsurge]

Fairing costs approx 40k

[Ricci]

rahul_rn, on 04 April 2012 - 01:38 PM, said:

I can agree to everything else but that piece of , which looks roughly 3 decades back costs 25k..?? Damn..

somebody call ACP Pradyuman and tell him to investigate if Kawasaki is smuggling gold or cocaine via Thailand into India hidden inside those fairings and speedometers. Or is this some convoluted strategy of Kawasaki to make you buy the 650 instead ..

[arn]

No, it's bajaj's very clear strategy to keep you from buying Kawa as far as possible.

Bajaj sells it's bikes under the Kawa name abroad, and has to provide reciprocal access to the Indian market. It has no stakes in Kawa. It is important for them to let Kawa know that India is not a good market for the green bikes, and what better way than this kind of mindless pricing?

Bajaj would rather sell you it's own bikes and  bikes from a company it has 47% stake in. Now one begins to understand the pricing.

[rahul_rn]

Doc then why is the 650 priced lower then hot cake..?? i.e. its priced too good for an 650..
They could have had the baby green i.e.250 priced way less but still over twice the cost when compared to any offering from BAL itself.. lets say they priced it somewhere like 2.2lk and it will still mean that one can can 2 of BAL's flagship offering's and still have money to spare..
They priced the duke pretty well but not with the cost cutting due to omitting fi means that p200 will be around a lakh which will divert many Indians from the duke, although hardcore fans will still go for it but they will still they will spoil the duke party to some extent..

[arn]

The 250 was a sales disaster no matter what Bajaj claim.

Bajaj had to sell a certain number of 650s to stay profitable and they could not afford to cross the psychological 5L figure. Hence the lower price, as they knew that if any competitor brought in a 600 at 6 odd plus (due to duties) the Kawa would still beat it on price alone - and they would still manage to sell all the units. The 5L bike market is not very big.

[pulsurge]

My 2nd service experience:

http://motoroids.com...an-honda-thane/

[melroyal]

maverick1, on 01 April 2012 - 10:24 AM, said:

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Do you know or for that matter any one who is readingthis post about  any GT 650r owner who is wishing to sell his bike ? also places where i can search for one ?

Hey maverick.There are some owners who are selling their gt650r with less than 5-6months of use(Red and White colors available).Here are the links:
http://www.bikes4sale.in/album/67626/2
http://www.bikes4sale.in/album/62509
http://bangalore.qui...Id78879940ImgC1
https://www.facebook...80290034&type=3
https://www.facebook...5&type=1&ref=nf

[pulsurge]

Most of the people reporting 0-100 on the CBR as 10 seconds which I seriously had doubts about....managed to try it out myself:



Couldn't take a snapshot of the video on the desktop as its coming blank...so had to click the screen.

[arn]

NICE!

[pulsurge]

Thanks Doc. Forgot to add it was in 3rd gear. Also posted the video on Facebook:

https://www.facebook...t=video_comment

[Silver Phantom]

pulsurge, on 11 April 2012 - 04:40 PM, said:

Most of the people reporting 0-100 on the CBR as 10 seconds which I seriously had doubts about....managed to try it out myself:



Couldn't take a snapshot of the video on the desktop as its coming blank...so had to click the screen.

You should have tried taking the Snapshot via Picasa software. Much better output from there..
Anyhow.. Decent accelaration... coz it mainly depends on 2 factors. the Ride... and the Rider.....

[rahul_rn]

8 secs not possible.. Do check with a GPS or data logger i.e. v-box ..