Honda Navi launched in India for Rs 39500

If you’ve seen videos of Honda’s Grom minibike on YouTube and wished for the fun little runabout to be available in India, your wish has almost come true. Honda’s new Navi minibike/scooter uses the Activa’s 110cc engine in a new, and definitely unique package. Starting at Rs 39,500 ex-showroom, what you get is a tiny motorcycle with a big hole where your engine would usually be. That void can be filled by an optional accessory utility box and the vehicle itself is customisable with body panels, decals, add-on bits like crash bars and bark busters, luggage racks and so on. It’s available in three standard variants: street, adventure and off-road, that use various combinations of accessory parts.

The Navi may be based on Activa parts, but it’s a brave direction for a traditional manufacturer like Honda. They also claim that it was designed and made by Honda’s India R&D department and have big sales targets for the minibike. Their marketing visuals target the youth market, and we think they might just be onto something. Whether you want to ride a Navi for its accessibility and practicality or just because it’s so damn weird, at just under Rs 40,000, either way, you can give it a shot.