Hi All,
Its been 13 years since I bought Passion in 2001.
I am planning to buy a new bike and felt it was the best time to write a review about my old love Hero Honda Passion.
This was my first bike, a Silver colored beauty. I still feel bad that I would be parting with my bike. Passion had been a great companion to me and the best thing about it is the reliability.
The gearbox is still the same 13 yr old with no issues still.
I have seen people writing+ and - reviews. Well to be honest, the most important thing is how you keep the bike. If you treat the bike as tin can and handle roughly of course you are going to face the pain.
I never serviced this bike anywhere except authorised service centre. A regular servicing still makes my bike look like new when it comes from the washing center:-)
Mileage is something which I never had a complain because it never came below 50. I felt bad when I learnt that Hero and Honda are separate. So bad.
Anyways this brand held reliability for me since 13 yrs. I wish and hope that my next bike which I plan to buy "Karizma ZMR" works great with me:-)
But my passion stays, I am not gonna sell it. She will be with me always:-)
Bike koi bhi ho - its the brand which develops the trust. I hope Hero Motocorp does not break that after breaking with Honda.
In a nutshell, Passion - good mileage, good engine, good gearbox. Looks - pretty decent.
Comfort - okay, because you have mono suspension technology you cannot say passion is not that comfortable. This bike can also evolve of course with time.
Cheers,
Aves