200 Superbikes sold in 2008!

During the calendar year 2008, nearly 200 superbikes have been sold in India,
the first year since the launch of the superbikes by Ducati, Suzuki and Yamaha. Of the total units sold, Yamaha accounts for 107
units, while Ducati sold over 50 units. All the bikes were imported as CBU.
Discerning the growing popularity of superbikes in India, numerous multinational
two-wheeler companies like Yamaha, Suzuki Motor Corp., Kawasaki and Ducati are
upping its ante on this segment by lining up a series of launches this year.
Even Honda recently launched its superbikes - the CBR 1000RR and CB1000R. This year 400-450 superbikes are expected to be
sold.Suzuki has sold 26 and 29 units of Hayabusa and Intruder (priced at Rs 12.5
lakh each) since its launch in November last year. Yamaha managed to sell 107
units of R1 and MTO1 (Rs 10.5 lakh each) in 2008 as against the target of 50-60
bikes. The company is expecting 100% growth in sales of R1 and MT 01 in 2009 at
107 units.According to industry analysts, top-end high performance bikes constitute a
super niche segment that is neither dependent too much on finance and nor much
impacted by the economic slowdown. Hence, the demand for such bikes is growing
in India even when other two-wheeler segments are witnessing a slowdown. In
recent years, Pune-based Kinetic Motors which first took the lead with the
limited launch of the 250cc, v-twin-powered Hyosung Comet in India back in 2005.

(Motorbeam)

That is a quite a good record, considering their high price. At least now let the manufacturer should think of assembling them here.

Ya CC, If manufacturers assemble their superbikes here then there are more chances of them becoming more popular becuase of the lower price. :)

this is good news. but this number can go from 200 to 2000 if the government does something about the import duty.

Yes Hummer! If govt is ready to take off import duty i would surely buy R1 :)

Same here..! but not an R1.. i have a Harley in mind :D