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Enrico Punsalang

Big Motorcycles Have A Problem: Small Bikes Are Getting Too Damn Good

For decades, the motorcycle upgrade path was pretty straightforward. You started small, got comfortable, then eventually bought something with twice the engine, twice the power, and probably twice the insurance premium. Bigger meant better, or at least that's what the industry spent years teaching us.

But India's latest motorcycle sales data suggests that ladder may be getting harder to climb for one very simple reason: the smaller bikes are getting way too good.

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