Bajaj Auto has silently launched the Bajaj V12. The
bike nearly resembles the Bajaj V15, save for some small cost-saving changes.
The USP of the Bajaj V12 is the usage of metal
sourced from the INS Vikrant, independent India’s first aircraft carrier. The
bike is suspended over slightly thinner telescopic forks up front as against
the 33 mm ones seen in the V15. The tyres too are of a lower grade and are tube
based ones, and the headlamp houses a 35 watt DC unit instead of the 55 watt
bulb seen in the bigger Bajaj V.
The powertrain is a 124.5 cc single cylinder, air
cooled, DTS-i mill which has been possibly borrowed from the Bajaj Discover
125. The engine is capable of producing 10.7 PS of maximum power at 7,500 rpm
and 10.98 Nm of peak torque at 5,500 rpm. Unlike the Bajaj V15, the Bajaj V12
gets a 130 mm drum setup at both ends. Disc brake is not available even as an
option.
The Bajaj V12 measures 2,040 mm in length, 785 mm in
width and 1,066 mm in height. The wheelbase remains the same 1,315 mm. The
rubber cover on the front suspension seen in the spy pictures though is absent
in the studio image.
Bajaj has priced the Bajaj V12 at INR 56,283 which
is INR 5,188 more than the disc brake version of the Bajaj Discover 125.
