The Suzuki Hayabusa was made famous in India by the bollywood movie Dhoom - bollywood hunk John Abraham rode it in the movie, and while the movie was total junk from a motorcycle enthusiast’s point of view, it made the Hayabusa a familiar name for the college crowd.
Now, Japanese auto giant Suzuki will bring the Hayabusa to India. The Hayabusa - official nomenclature is GSX 1300R - will pave the way for Suzuki’s foray into the superbike segment in India. Competition, however, has already arrived in the shape of Yamaha and Ducati motorcycles in India.
Powered by a 1340cc in line 4 cylinder engine, the Suzuki Hayabusa is likely to sport a price tag of Rs. 11 lakh. The launch of the bike is expected in the first week of September 2008. Suzuki will also launch a second superbike, the GSX-R 1000 by November.
Although boasting of a top speed of 397 km per hour as per recorded figures, the bike that will come to India will have a speed limit of 299 km per hour. We think that the higher figure here is from some world record attempts, while 299 kmph would be the official top speed. Do keep in though that superbike or not, speed limits in most parts of India are at 60 kmph, and may go up to 100 kmph on some of the expressways.
Suzuki expects only a sale of around 150 units of the Hayabusa in India per annum.
Hopefully, the Hayabusas will be bought by responsible motorcyclists who know the danger of high speed riding in India. In the wrong hands, these motorcycles can be a disaster on Indian roads.
Though police is trying their level best to stop young from high speed riding but are not successful as many accidents had happened on Greater Noida Expressway and Delhi-Jaipur Expressway.
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