The Royal Enfield Continental GT has won the prestigious Indian Motorcycle of the Year (IMOTY) 2014. The Indian Motorcycle of the Year (IMOTY), along with JK Tyre presented the most prominent awards of the Indian automotive industry The Ashok in Delhi.
Mr. Arun K Bajoria, President & Director, JK Tyre & Industries Limited along with Mr. Girish Karkera, Editor BBC TopGear India & Chairman ICOTY and Mr. Vikrant Singh, Executive Editor, Overdrive & Chairman IMOTY handed over the Indian Motorcycle of the Year trophy to the Royal Enfield Continental GT on behalf of the esteemed jury of ICOTY & IMOTY 2014.
Siddharth Lal, CEO, Royal Enfield (right) with the Indian Motorcycle of the Year 2014 trophy
The top three contenders for the IMOTY included the Royal Enfield Continental GT, KTM Duke 390 and Hyosung Aquila Pro. The nominated motorcycles were judged on various parameters such as price, fuel efficiency, styling, comfort, safety, performance, practicality, and technical innovation, value for money and suitability for Indian driving conditions.
Mr. Vikrant Singh, Executive Editor, Overdrive and Chairman, Indian Motorcycle of the Year 2014 said, “This year we shortlisted four motorcycles; all at the top of their game. The Aquila Pro is a comfortable and torquey cruiser, the 390 Duke is fast and entertaining; and the Centuro is easily the best equipped entry-level motorcycle in the country. But, our winner, and by a decent margin, the Continental GT brings more to the table. It is good looking, dynamically stable, good to ride and it is well-priced too. No wonder six out of the nine jurors rated it as their top choice.”
The glittering ceremony was made even merrier by a scintillating musical extravaganza presented by internationally renowned percussionist Sivamani along with sufi & ghazal vocalist Runa Rizvi and Atul Raninga on the keyboard.
duke is value for money than royal Enfield this is bull shit….
KTM390 any day for its total VFM in its spec offering, may be GT next, cafe racers only make a small segment of riders, RE folks are sidelining their own leverage of the Bullet Tradition, they certainly need to look around, there are small time brilliant folks like Aniketh building Bullet V-Twins (https://www.musketvtwin.com/), whats stopping a biggie like RE !
This is complete crap. How can the jury choose the RE Cafe Racer (Poser) above the KTM Duke 390????? It appears to be fixed…………
though a RE owner i would say Royal Enfield doesnt have brains good enuf to build a bike that can be " bike of the year"
This is bull sh*t…. Anyday KTM 390…Price, performance, styling, technical innovation, fuel efficiency and value for money….every aspects mann….this is a weird judgement to give the 1st place to continental gt…