BIKER’S CLUB IN NEPAL

As western culture, these days’ bikers in Nepal also have their community. They get together and organize different events like bike races, stunt shows, touring, and skill’s ride-tech championship. It has created huge enthusiasm in Nepalese riders. They are getting opportunities to explore their skills and talents through races and stunting and for fun through touring in their bikes. The most popular biker's clubs in Nepal are: Biker's Boyz and Merobike.com. They promote safety riding techniques and use of helmets and safety gears and at times conducts different race events, stunting, etc. to promote their riders and they also contribute some part of their revenue collected form such events to the society and rest they keep for their club's welfare.

BIKE RACES

Bike races are quite popular in South American and European countries. The most popular bike race event in the world is grand prix racing. And they are Motogp championship and World Superbike Championship. Motogp is all about high speed cornering with the maximum cc of bike as 800cc, whereas super bike is all about the reality of sport bikes with 1000cc engine and high breathtaking speed. The team of these bike races includes popular brands such as Honda, Yamaha, Ducati, Suzuki, etc.In both of the races, the race winner is awarded with 25 points and the rider with the highest point in the end of the year is declared as the champion of that season.

HONDA

Honda, which is Japanese Company, is well known for its performance. They have smooth and silent engine. They produce performance bikes. The official distributor of Honda bikes is Syakar Co. Pvt. Ltd., Jyoti Bhawan, Jamal, Kathmandu. The chairman of the Co. is Mr. Padma Jyoti, who is the main supplier of Hero Honda bikes, but also distributes Honda bikes. The price of Honda bikes ranges from Rs.1, 20,000-18, 00,000. And the category of bikes ranges from 100cc to 1000cc engine. Some of its popular bikes are shine, stunner, and unicorn. It also sells big bikes like CB1000F, CBR, hornet, CB600F. They are popular for performance, handling and stability.

YAMAHA

Yamaha originally is a Japanese company, but the bikes are manufactured and assembled in India. And it is imported in Nepal by Morang Auto Works. The main showroom of Yamaha bikes is in Teku, Kathmandu.Yamaha bikes are specially known for its power, stability and durability. It gives 100% performance and after sales service. And in recent years, FZ series and R15 has worked wonders for Yamaha in our country. It has given a tough competition to pulsar. It also distributes the sports bike R1, which is of 1000cc. And it has also a club called Yamaha club which conducts different events related with bikes like race, stunts, tour, etc.Its price ranges from RS.1, 06,000-18, 00,000. Its category ranges from 100cc to 1000cc engine. Some of its popular bikes are FZ, R15, YBX, Gladiator, Libero, R1, etc.

BAJAJ

Within eight years, since its launch, pulsar has been the most popular bike and worked as a milestone for Bajaj. Bajaj Pulsar has changed the biking scenario in our country. It has helped the modern bikes to reach up to a new level. The official dealer of Bajaj bikes is Hansraj & Hulaschand Co. Pvt. Ltd. The chairman of this company is Mr. Lokmanya Golcha. The main showroom of Bajaj bikes is in Teku, Kathmandu. The price of Bajaj bikes ranges from Rs.1, 06,000-2, 20,000. Its category ranges from 95cc to 220cc. Some of its popular bikes are pulsar; discover, platina, XCD, etc.It has also got the authorization from Kawasaki and KTM to distribute the bikes of those companies. Some of them are Ninja 250R, KTM duke, RC8, etc.

HERO HONDA

One of the popular brands of bikes in our country is Hero Honda. It is usually known for its mileage and performance. The bike which lead to success for Hero Honda is "Splendor". Ten years ago, it was the most popular bikes in our country. The official distributor of Hero Honda bikes in our country is Syakar Co. Pvt. Ltd., whose chairman is Mr. Padma Jyoti and it is located in Jyoti Bhawan, Jamal, Kathmandu.The price of Hero Honda bikes ranges from Rs. 1, 06,000-2,71,000. And the engine category of bikes ranges from a 100cc bike to 225cc bikes. Some of the popular Hero Honda bikes are Karizma, Splendor, Hunk, CBZ, and Passion. These all bikes are well known for its handling and mileage. They are comfortable for city rides in our country.

DISADVANTAGES OF BIKES

As the two sides of a coin, bikes not only have advantages, they have disadvantages as well. It is risky to ride a bike during g rainy season. Since it has only two wheels, if it gets slipped in the road, anyone can have a crash. But it is not in the case of cars. They are safe as they have four wheels. And for long life, bikes need regular maintenance, which is very costly. And nowadays, modifications to bikes have been quite popular in our country. But it has resulted in many accidents, whose victims are especially young boys who are fond of bikes and loves of modify their bikes. Therefore, many people die in a bike accident in our country who is especially young boys of 20-25 years of age. And due to modifications, traffic policemen have become very tight and conduct checking almost regularly, which results in bribes and corruption.