BMW G310R's website goes live, India not listed

15/07/2016 - 08:32 BMW G310R, BMW Motorrad Karthik H

India will be the manufacturing base for the motorcycle though.

It was shown at the 2016 Auto Expo, spied testing on Indian roads, confirmed to be launched in India in October this year, and yet when the global website for the BMW G310R model went online recently, India wasn't listed as one of the markets.

BMW G310R list of countries — India doesn't feature in the list of 41 countries that will receive the BMW G310R initially.

The BMW G310R is a spawn from the TVS-BMW joint venture announced in 2014. According to the venture, both companies will jointly manufacture several models, of which the G310R is the first and BMW's variant. TVS will also have its own version of the G310R (TVS showcased the TVS Akula concept at Auto Expo 2016).

BMW G310R headlamp at 2016 BIMS — The BMW G310R has been developed on a frame engineered by BMW and made on the production lines of TVS' manufacturing facilities.

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The G310R sports a 313 cc single-cylinder, liquid-cooled engine that produces a healthy 34 PS at 9,500 and peak torque of 28 Nm at 7,500 rpm. The four valve engine is mated to a six-speed transmission. Weighing 158.5 kg, the bike gets disc brakes at both ends and ABS as standard. Top speed is said to be 143 kmph. Interestingly, the BMW G310R runs on 95 octane petrol though adaptations could be made for the India-spec variant to run on lower-quality fuel.