Red, as they say it, it’s the color of love and emotion that signifies a woman. Paying a rich tribute to todays women, Hero Honda, the world’s largest manufacturer of two wheelers, has launched a special edition of their flagship automatic scooter, the 102cc Pleasure on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
Hero Honda has always advertised the scooter pro-women and the tag line “Why should boys have all the fun?” has made it quite a hit among the young girls of our country. The changes are majority cosmetic but executed with heart. The special edition scooter sports a dual tone paint job with half of the scooter blazing in fantastically finished pearl white and other half in cherry red color.
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Our readers have time and again requested us to put reviews of riding gears like jackets, helmets, gloves, boots etc. Here we start with our different section dedicated to that cadre of people. So in line, first we talk about the KBC Tarmac Radiation Helmet.
KBC has two helmets under the ‘Tarmac’ range: Radiation and Hammerhead. I would be talking about the Radiation in this article which were launched in 2008 and are still as popular as they were when they first made it to the streets.
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TVS created waves in Indian Biking scenario when it announced its clutchless bike JIVE in November last year, although its India’s second after Hero Honda Street, being it as bike it sure did create a lot of waves. It raised many speculations as to how one can actually ride a bike without having to use a clutch. Finally the bike hit the market and bookings now open in all TVS showrooms across India. The bike looks similar to TVS Star city and its next variant, the Sport. It has 5 spoke black alloy wheels and all black treated engine. To be honest, the bike is not very eye catching in the looks department.
On the technology front, the Jive has become a boon to those stressed by frequent changing of gears and depression and release of the clutch in traffic. Same as the Honda Street launched in the 90’s. It boasts of an electric-start (a must have for all bikes these days) that can be used to start the bike regardless of what gear the bike is on. Read the rest of this entry
Hi, I am Pranav Kelkar, from Thane. I own the New refreshed Honda CBF Stunner, and I am fully satisfied with it and this is my first ever bike review. After our Kawasaki KB100 stopped roaring like it used to do early, there was a purchase decision made in my family. Finally dad agreed to buy me a new bike! And most importantly, I was going to enter the biking world with that new bike. I was a beginner in biking about 3 months ago or so. I tried Bajaj Pulsar 150 and wasn’t comfortable with it at first hand itself.
Then my Dad came up with a rule: “No 150cc & above engines” I tried convincing him but resulted in no use. But, after that I agreed to that term, looking at economical side of the stipulation one must look at Fuel Efficiency also if you have someone ‘Dear’ as pillion. Being a young blood, I hesitated on sporty looks, and performance. Finally we decided on 125cc segment but with a rule to give Fuel economy near to a 100cc, but now my task was choosing a bike which comes near 150cc in performance and Sporty looks.
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In order to keep the sales charts ticking, Bajaj Auto has relaunched the 125cc Platina. As we unearth the various details, we must frankly tell you that we are a little puzzled as well as slightly skeptic about this bike doing it for Bajaj. When this bike was stopped a few days back, we thought it is over for this bike but Bajaj had different plans in mind. Nonetheless, read on as we try to find out what is it that Bajaj has tried to en cash with this latest offering.
WHAT, WHY & HOW? Talking about the engine bits, it is powered by the same 125cc single spark engine which now produces maximum power output of 8.5Ps and maximum torque of 10Nm which peak at 7k and 4k respectively. It must be noted that the earlier version produced 9.53Ps of power output (@7k) and 10.85Nm of peak torque at 5000 rpm which means both power and torque have gone down by almost 1 unit each which makes the newer model the least powered bike in its segment. Read the rest of this entry
I first thank and congratulate bikeadvice.in for its wonderful effort in bringing in so much info at one place which helps buyers to make their buying decision and also keeping us updated on the latest happenings on the Indian bike scene. This isn’t a “My bike is the best” kind of review. Rather, its a “What’s best in my bike” kind. Every bike is unique in its own way which gives the rider/buyer ample choice in the market for what they need in a bike. Some may want power, some may want mileage the most, some may want the most comfortable bike and some may need the most stylish one. Buying my first bike was really a very awesome experience. The first need in mind is Power and killer looks (along with a budget of 70k actually).
The choices were Galore, Bajaj Pulsar 150/180, Honda Unicorn, Yamaha FZ 16, Hero Honda karizma, Hero Honda CBZ Extreme, Hero Honda Hunk etc. Karizma would obviously be the ultimate choice, but it was 15k off my budget and Pulsars had already taken over every ‘Gully’ in India and are such a common sight. Least was on my mind the Apache RTR 160 because of the not so good reputation of TVS service. Read the rest of this entry
Recently Indian bike manufacturers have started implementing EFI systems to their current line-up. For people who are wondering what EFI is, it’s nothing but Electronic Fuel Injection, a simple in structure yet complex in operation unit that replaces the old-age carburetor. Why we need EFI at first place? Why can’t we run with the rock aged carburetor powered bikes? The answer is simple! The era of carburetor version will soon Phase out keeping the advantages of EFI in mind.
EFI engines are basically smart engines than any conventional carburetor version engines. The reason is the Diagnostic feature, Economy, Performance, and unmatched Reliability. To put it in simple terms the way a smart person behaves when compared to a normal symbian phone is the same case of an EFI powered engine compared to a conventional carburetor powered one.
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