# Bike India

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***Bike India*** is a [motorcycle](/source/Motorcycle) magazine published by [Next Gen Publishing Ltd.](/source/Next_Gen_Publishing)[1] The magazine was launched in 2005 under founder editor Adil Darukhanawala.[2] Indian Motorsport legend and Isle of Man TT alum Aspi Bhathena has been at the helm of the magazine since 2008. *Bike India* is considered the oldest pure [motorcycle](/source/Motorcycle) magazine in India. The magazine's editorial office is based out of the city of Pune. The magazine covers the entire gamut of two-wheeled motorised vehicles – from electric scooters to the most powerful superbikes available on the market and everything in between. *Bike India* was also the only Asian publication and one of eight publications from the world over to ride [Ducati](/source/Ducati)'s World Super Bike Factory race bike with [Chaz Davies](/source/Chaz_Davies).[3]

*Bike India* is a jury member for the Indian Motorcycle of the Year award since, the award's inception in 2007, and has also held its own annual year-end automotive awards since the magazine's formation. [4]

In 2007, [EMAP](/source/EMAP), which then published *[Bike](/source/Bike_(magazine))* in the UK, took a 40.1% stake in Next Gen.[5]

## References

1. ["Bike India profile"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120811152152/http://www.nextgenpublishing.in/bike_india), *Next Gen Publishing*, archived from [the original](http://nextgenpublishing.in/bike_india) on 11 August 2012, retrieved 28 September 2009

1. ["Press release"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100220172527/http://www.nextgenpublishing.in/pressrelease6.htm), *Next Gen Publishing*, 21 July 2005, archived from [the original](http://www.nextgenpublishing.in/pressrelease6.htm) on 20 February 2010, retrieved 28 September 2009

1. ["Ten years of Bike India"](http://bikeindia.in/ten-years-of-bike-india/). *Bike India*. 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2018-01-04.

1. "Honda City, Yamaha R15 bag awards", *Business Standard*, 18 February 2009

1. Jemima Kiss (4 July 2007), ["Emap buys stake in Indian publisher"](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jul/04/emap.pressandpublishing), *The Guardian*, retrieved 28 September 2009

## External links

- [Official website](http://bikeindia.in/)

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