Honda CB Twister 110cc To Be Launched
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After creating a lot of ruckus in the 125cc segment, Honda Motorcycle and Scooters India (HMSI) is all set to launch a brand new smaller capacity ‘Stunner’. The new bike would be christened as CB Twister and as the name infers it would be based on the similar platform. As a few of the spied pics suggest, this bike is made to distinguish itself from the already crowded 100cc market and draws its cues from the bigger CB series of bikes. The tank resembles a reworked Stunner’s, red shock absorbers are carried directly from Stunners, front headlight has been made fiery, the stylish dummy air scoops add to the aesthetics of the bike and the upswept side panels and a fantastically contoured seat compliments the overall blistering looks of the bike. The basic designing and parts of the bike have been inspired from bigger CB 1000R (aka Hornet), CB 300R, CBX 250 and CBF Stunner.
HMSI declared three years ago that they were working on an all-independent and an exclusively for-India lower capacity bike and seems like Honda has hit the right chord and what could be the best segment to do this than the segment which churns out the major portion of the whole market! HMSI sells Shine and Stunner in the 125cc segment and Unicorn in the 150cc segment.
This would be their first bike in the lurid 100cc segment and a lot of thinking has been done by the higher management so that the new bike does not cannibalize into their sister concern Hero Honda’s bread and butter segment where it rules by a huge margin. This bike would be positioned as a premium 100cc luring customers from starting 97ccs to 125 and 135ccs who want their bikes to look more stylish and are bored of seeing those umpteen 97ccs on the road!
The bike boasts of some pretty fantastic India’s first features and we expect the price to be on the higher side of 50ks. Disc brakes, six spoke alloys, small stylish exhaust, split grab rails, open sporty chain, trendy dummy air scoops, glossy colors etc form some of the features which would make this bike a hot favorite among the masses. HMSI plans to unveil this bike at the Auto Expo 2010 in Delhi and may soon follow up with the on road release. We are keeping our fingers crossed!
Regards,
Saad Khan
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14 comments
Tushal on December 2, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Hahaha, great news for indian customers. Discover goes from 135 to 100, Pulsar goes from 220 to 135, world famous CBR goes to 100….. well i dont know if we are heading towards Cycle era. And Honda will sell 100cc for 55K, 125cc for 75K…..
Deepak on December 2, 2009 at 12:26 pm
CB Twister 250cc Really looked smart… now they have spoiled its brand name by launching it in 110cc. Someone should start a motorcycle company in India from scratch… one who will really understand our expectations, needs and wants.
13biker on December 2, 2009 at 2:00 pm
yeah deepak you are right.except yamaha all brands dont know our needs and tastes.pity.deepak can you tell me about apache 160 rtr.i want to know is thr any problems in engine or technically
DHIRAJ C RAUT on December 2, 2009 at 4:39 pm
beautiful design body having a puny engine……its just like a lion cub with a mouse heart……….
sathish07 on December 2, 2009 at 5:29 pm
i am eagerly waiting for honda cycle without engine……….
Arun on December 2, 2009 at 5:51 pm
100cc sexiness… lol…
fas on December 2, 2009 at 7:32 pm
This bike looks awesome, pity it has a toy engine.
BikeBhp.com on December 2, 2009 at 9:00 pm
The big Indian Bazaar is luring every automaker, Honda is also not an exception. There is great potential in entry level class and that must be the much obvious reason why everybody is running after it. I think we should also take this sportively as long as they are not forgetting launching performance oriented bikes
rakesh on December 2, 2009 at 9:44 pm
ok, now even the simple, mileage seeking commuter can have option for good looks and sporty styling. good thing.
sri on December 3, 2009 at 5:17 am
looks good,but i don’t see HHs market share getting a huge dent coz of this bike,mainly due to pricing
Himanshu on December 3, 2009 at 6:57 am
honda can launch performance bikes as good as yamaha .
the most powerful bike in their lineup is unicorn (hahahahaha) . but they are just behaving like their sis brand, hero honda . ‘kyun paisa paisa karte ho, kyun paise pe tum marte ho !’ baah…humbug !
sameer on December 3, 2009 at 11:05 am
This seems to be crap. What is the sense of having a sporty looking bike that has 110cc engine. And considering that the 125cc engine on Stunner is pretty dull, this one would be a complete mismatch.
Abhijit on December 5, 2009 at 11:51 am
this trend is leading us in a pond…. where no serious improvement of tech stuff is found but we get stunning stylish bikes!!!!!!!
ravi on December 10, 2009 at 2:44 pm
I dont understand who is honda targetting with a 110 cc sports bike.The youth like me will simply not like it since it does not have enough power and the middle aged office goer will find this bike too stylish.This bike is going to be a big disaster.