An inquiry into Motorcycle
Bajaj Auto is a major Indian automobile manufacturer and the world’s 4th largest two- and three-wheeler maker.
Bajaj Auto makes motorscooters, motorcycles and the auto rickshaw. It is based in Pune, Maharashtra, with plants in Waluj near Aurangabad, Akurdi and Chakan, near Pune.
Bajaj (bajajauto.com)
Hero Honda Motorcycles Limited is an Indian manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters.
Hero Honda is a joint venture that began in 1984 between the Hero Cycles of India and Honda Motor Company of Japan. This alliance is to become one of the most successful joint ventures in India, and the subject of business school case studies .
Since 2001, Hero Honda has been the world’s biggest manufacturer of 2-wheeled motorized vehicles, producing over 3 million motorbikes a year.
The Hero group was started by the Munjal family to produce bicycle. Hero Cycles Limited is now also the largest manufacturer of bicycles.
India has the world’s largest number of two wheelers in the world. Indian motorcycle manufacturers includes
Other joint-ventures are
Hero Honda (herohonda.com )
In 1972, Scooters India Limited bought over the plant and machinery, design, documentation, copyright from Innocenti of Italy which produces the Lambretta. The company possesses the world right of the trade name LAMBRETTA / LAMBRO.
The scooter was produced from 1975 to 1997. The company now focused on producing 3-wheelers.
Scooters India Limited (scootersindia.com)
The Lambretta was a line of motor scooters manufactured in Milano (Milan), Italy. The name Lambretta comes from the name of a small river (Lambro) in Milan, near the factory.
I first learn of Lambretta from the Motorcycle Philippines. Impressed by their excitment, I dug further.
Here is a summary from Wikipedia.
The Innocenti company started producing Lambretta scooter after World War II in 1947 and production ceased in 1971. Lambrettas were also manufactured under licence in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, India and Spain, sometimes under other names but always with a recognizable design (e.g. Siambretta in South America and Serveta in Spain).
The Indian government bought the factory after the company went into financial difficulties in 1972. Scooters India Ltd. , a state-run enterprise, produced scooters up till 1998. Now the company produces a 3-wheeler pick-up truck powered by the Lambretta engine.
Like Vespas, Lambrettas have 3 or 4 gears and two stroke motors with capacities ranging from 49cc to 198cc.
Today Vespa and Lambrettas attracted an ecclectic following of “revival” mods, collectors and scooterists. Many owners customize these scooters with elaborate customizations and paintwork.
More of the Lambretta history from the Cambridge Lambretta Workshops.
Royal Enfield was originally a motorycycle brand of the English Enfield Cycle Company. The company dissolved in 1970 but the name was acquire former licencee based in India and continues to be used today.
Did you know that? Not me. The name sounded so English and I alway associated it with the Enfield rifle with the original company did produce. Little did I know it is an India company.
Where to get in Singapore?
Universal Motors Pte Ltd
1006, Bukit Merah Lane 2
Royal Enfield (royalenfield.com)
First of all, let me say I have nothing for or against women riders. It is just it.
To me, the reason women riders are identify is simply because motorcycling is so predominantly a man’s activity so lady riders draw attention.
There are a few women riders in Motorcycle Blogger International and they had done amazing things. Read their blogs to find out.
Did I miss anyone else?
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