Bike India – August 2019

46 Harley-Davidson LiveWire
We ride the halo, all-electric offering from
the American cruiser manufacturers

52 KTM RC 125
The orange entry-level fully-faired machine
pushed to the limit on the track

58 BMW S 1000 RR
We blitz across the Buddh Circuit astride
BMW’s flagship litre-class superbike

64 Triumph Tiger 1200 XCx v
BMW R 1250 GS Adventure
Two behemoth adventure tourers face off
to see which one comes out on top

72 Hero MotoCorp Xpulse 200
Hero’s latest off-road offering vetted to see
if it lives up to the hype

38 Book Review — Jawa - The
ForeverBike!
AnilluminatingreadonthehistoryofJawa

40 MT-15Real-WorldPerformance
A peakbehindthecurtainofhow
Yamaha’ssmallestMTstreet-nakedperforms

90 PowerPersonalities
MeetthetopbossesfromIndia’sbiggest
two-wheelermanufacturers

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10 CEO’s Note

12 Editorial

18 YOU

22 Ignition

36 Readers Write

42 Design Trends

130 BI GBU

100 TVSYoungMediaRace

We’rebackontrackforroundtwo

86 SiddharthaLal

InconversationwithRE’stopboss

Continental GT Ride At IOM

At the mecca of motorcycling with

Freddie Spencer and Siddhartha Lal

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102 Isle of Man TT
110 Indian Sport
114 MotoGP: Catalunya, Assen &
Germany
126 WSBK: San Marino,
Great Britain & USA
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