Riding with the wind

Around six years ago, I remember sitting with friends in a New Delhi colony and wondering why there weren't many adventure activities in India. After all, we have the most astounding and varied......

Failed joint ventures are normal in India

In the late 1990s, Arun Firodia, chairman of the Kinetic Group, was reportedly made an offer by Honda Motor Company to buy its 51 per cent stake in the troubled joint venture company, Kinetic......

SEZ at Indore takes off

The Shriram Group, Man Aluminium and the Oswal Group among a host of other corporate houses have relocated their manufacturing plans from states such as Punjab, Gujarat and Uttaranchal to Madhya......

Honda to roll out superbike in India by Mar

Honda Motorcycle Scooter India, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Honda Motor Company, Japan, will launch a slew of high-power premium bikes in India, the first of which will debut by March next year,......

Kinetic banks on new scooters

Kinetic Engineering and Kinetic Motor Company expect to return to the black by the financial year ending September 2006. Kinetic Motor is betting on its new scooters - Millennium and Euro - to......

'By not smoking, I am saving lives'

As passionate as Kamal Haasan is about films, he is passionate about other issues too. For instance, his latest passion to create awareness among the public about cancer. Kamal hasmade it a point......

PHOTOS: Scooterists reign in the dirt and rain!

It was survival of both man and machine in the Gulf Monsoon Scooter Rally as riders negotiated slushy, gravel-laden, winding terrain along the backwoods of Navi Mumbai. Nashik's Shamim Khan......

Shamim Khan wins Scooter rally

Unfancied Shamim Khan, astride a Kinetic Marvel, shocked a host of seasoned campaigners to win theGulf Monsoon Scooter rally, which was staged along the backwoods of Thane and Kalyan, on the......

Check out F1's proposed major change for 2021

The aim is to come up with regulations which, apart from making engines more affordable and louder, would also make it easier for new manufacturers to come in and for teams to be competitive.......

Check out F1's new changes for 2018

Formula One's 'halo' head protection device makes its race debut this season in a 21-round championship with France and Germany back on the calendar and some new faces joining the old favourites on......

Rustom Patel wins Gulf autocross

Rustom Patel was the toast of the day in the Gulf Autocross for two-wheelers, sponsored by Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd. and organised by Sportscraft, at the Godrej grounds in Vikhroli, Mumbai, on......