How Two-Wheelers Saved a Falling Transport System

The growth of the two wheeler industry especially in India can be attributed to demand for convenient transport by the people owing to frustrations from other systems where people could be stranded in traffic jams for hours. They were also seen as the most flexible means of transport as people would easily find their way into where cars couldn?t dare reach, and in a very short time. Being a very populated country, someone had to find a way to bring sanity back in Indian roads because cities and big towns were characterized by traffic snarl-ups. Motorcycle usage has grown significantly in the recent past after people noticed the trend was not relenting any time soon.

Due to rising demand for cheap and easy means of transport in India and other parts of the world at large, the industry has enjoyed a stable growth backed by the government assertion of its support.

Any bike manufacturer in India has all the support they need from the government in terms of technology. It comes as no surprise that Indian-made bikes have saturated markets in developing and third world countries. Initially Japan stood as the biggest two wheeler manufacturer but India and China have since become bigger players in the market, albeit India manufacturers using Japanese and Italian technology in most of their assemblies.

The famous brand Bajaj was the premier importer of the then trendy Scooters in 1948 before they started being manufactured internally in the 1950?s by Auto Products India, with Enfield joining the production fray of two wheelers a little later. They remained as the only manufacturers for almost a decade before Bajaj turned manufacturer after merging with the big Italian player Piaggio to manufacture Bajaj brand of scooters.

They lasted together until 1971 leaving the rest to continue with what they had started. Up until the mid 1980?s India had enjoyed a lot of dominion but competition came in from other manufacturers from other countries.

Despite all the ups and downs, India remained a good platform for motorcycle industry as evidenced when Japanese manufacturers Kawasaki, Honda, and Yamaha launched their own workshops in India, although they had indirectly signed pacts with their Indian counterparts. To some extend, smaller models from Japan technology almost forced established Indian brands out but one bikes manufacturer who enjoyed much was Hero Honda with the popular four stroke bikes.

Following the much pronounced Kyoto protocol agreement and other pollution concerns, the government banned the production of two stroke bikes. It was a major blow to most manufacturers who had enjoyed a great business over the time they had been in business but that was not to be long. All in all, India remains a great two wheeler manufacturer with at least ten manufacturers led by Bajaj, Honda, Hero, Hero Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha, Indus, TVS, Kinetic, and Enfield.

Some of these names have found their way to other parts of the world, with Africa being a great importer of motorcycles and two wheelers from India due it?s poor transport systems.

Source: http://leisure.ezinemark.com/how-two-wheelers-saved-a-falling-transport-system-7d352ad71734.html

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