The engine produces 47Bhp power and 43Nm torque and the engine is liquid cooled with parallel twin cylinder engine. The bike shall be available as both Completely Built Units (CBU), also as Completely Knocked Down (CKD) units. CBU means the bike fully made in foreign country and just imported to india with higher custom duty. This kind of vehicle cost higher because of higher custom duty charges. But CKD units are different, in this type, individual parts of the bike are imported. For this import the custom duty is largely reduced, and the parts are assembled in india, in the assembly plant. CKD mode of manufacturing generates employment in the country and hence, the vehicle parts are subjected lesser import taxes.
CBR 500R shall be in tight competition with Kawasaki Ninja 300 and KTM Duke 390. The ABS version of CBR 500R is expected to be around four lakh rupees. India has the second largest bike market after china. Bringing new bikes into competitive indian market shall improve the quality and reduce the price of the bikes.
