Indian Motorcycle, Ducati, BMW Motorrad, Harley-Davidson slash prices of imported bikes in India

The government of India in February reduced import duties for full import bikes by 25 percent. The CBU bikes bow attracts only 50 percent import duty.

Premium bikes — Indian Motorcycle, Ducati, BMW Motorrad, Harley-Davidson models

The government of India recently slashed import duties on fully imported motorcycles (Completely Built-Up models) from 75 percent to 50 percent. Soon after the announcement, premium motorcycle makers like BMW Motorrad and Harley-Davidson revised prices of its bigger bikes. Latest automakers to join the bandwagon are the Indian Motorcycle and Ducati.

Indian Motorcycle

Indian Motorcycle has slashed prices of its bikes up to Rs 3 lakh. Now the Indian Scout Sixty is priced at Rs 10.99 lakh ex-showroom (down from Rs 11.99 lakh). Following is the updated price list.

Models	Ex-showroom
Indian Scout Sixty	Rs 10.99 lakh
Indian Scout	Rs 12.69 lakh
Indian Scout Bobber	Rs 11.99 lakh
Indian Chief Dark Horse	Rs 18.81 lakh
Indian Chief Classic	Rs 21.29 lakh
Indian Chief Vintage	Rs.25.32 lakh
Indian Springfield	Rs 33.50 lakh
Indian Chieftain	Rs 32.01 lakh
Indian Roadmaster	Rs 39.00 lakh

Ducati

Italian motorcycle maker Ducati's four models on sale in India will price cut. These bikes are the Ducati Monster 1200, Monster 1200 S (Red), Monster 1200 S (Charcoal Grey) and the Panigale R Final Edition.

Models	New price	Old price	Difference
Monster 1200	Rs 20.10 lakh	Rs 23.02 lakh	Rs 2.92 lakh
Monster 1200 S (Red)	Rs 24.63 lakh	Rs 28.12 lakh	Rs 3.49 lakh
Monster 1200 S (Charcoal Grey)	Rs 24.73 lakh	Rs 28.21 lakh	Rs 3.48 lakh
Panigale R Final Edition	Rs 51.82 lakh	Rs 59.18 lakh	Rs 7.36 lakh

Harley-Davidson

Harley-Davidson has slashed prices of its Completely Built Unit (CBU) models from March 1. Out of the 16 motorcycles that Harley-Davidson sells in India, four models come via CBU line. The motorcycles are the top-of-the-line models such as Road King, Street Glide Special, Road Glide Special and the CVO Limited. A price cut in the range of Rs 3 lakh to Rs 3.5 lakh is expected with these models.

BMW Motorrad

BMW Motorrad was the first premium motorcycle maker to reduce the prices. The company has slashed prices by 10 percent on products across categories such as Adventure, Sport, Touring, Heritage and Roadster from February 23.