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This month Bike India celebrates its 14th anniversary and I would like to thank all our
readers, manufacturers, and our supporters for being with us for the last 14 years.
There has been frenzied activity on the electric two-wheeler front for the past couple of
months, including the notification from the Niti Ayog saying that all two-wheelers below
150 cc will have to be EVs from 2025. The idea may seem very futuristic, but it is a little
unrealistic. To develop an internal-combustion (IC) engine bike the lead time is between
three and five years. Imagine developing a bike with electric propulsion from the ground
up in six years. It is a very difficult task.
The electric two-wheelers in the market are of a poor quality, made either in China or
with Chinese components. We will end up with a heap of scrap because these bikes will
not last for more than a couple of years. First let us get clean and uninterrupted power
supply before we go electric.
For our anniversary issue we always have some special stories and this year I decided to
conduct a ride at the Mecca of motorcycle racing: the Isle of Man TT course and the
motorcycle of choice was the Royal Enfield Continental GT. For this ride I had two legends
with me: SiddharthaLalandFreddieSpencer.Siddharthais known for turning around the
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