The runaway success of Ninja from Kawasaki has made Bajaj to ply more such ranges in high end products. In a span of six months since its launch, Bajaj has sold 500 units of Ninja 250R at Rs2.69 lakhs ( price on par Maruti Suzuki Alto car). The sale is on a pact between Bajaj and Kawasaki Heavy Industries for import and sale of higher end engine bikes in India. Subsequently, Bajaj takes the task of after sale service.
To penetrate more in the Indian market Bajaj is on the expansion bid by offering more similar products. This will include assembled bikes and imported super bikes, said the MD Rahul Bajaj. Currently Ninja happens to be the only global performance bike to be assembled in India while rest are exclusive imported bikes. Bajaj assembles this bike in its Chakan facility to be marketed through Probiking, a chain of select outlets. Bajaj tries to overcome the wait period for this Ninja 250R, which is currently 3 months and targets to sell 1000 units before October 2010.