We own Honda Activa Feb 2009 model (older version) and Suzuki Access (May 2009) model.This review is basically a comparison between two.Delivery period for suzuki access was 3 months for us. Activa was around 12 days.
Service Center for Activa is costly. They gave 4 free coupons. But even after those coupons, Rs 450 was charged for first service. And the service center guys peeled two coupons from service book without our knowledge. After that we gave the vehicle for second and third service to a local shop. It costed Rs 350 for the same and it was good quality servicing.
Price of Suziki Access is higher by Rs 5000. Both vehicle can be driven by Men and Women. Height of both vehicles is same.For Activa, choke was necessary to start the vehicle first time during the day. For Suzuki Access, that is not the case. Not sure if they have removed this problem in newer version of Activa. This issue is very minor in nature.
Suzuki Access is lighter than Activa and shakes in heavy wind. Being lighter, it is easier to get this vehicle anywhere inbetween the traffic. This is good in one way if you are driving in heavy traffic which is stop and go in nature. But if you are driving long distances on bigger roads where there are lots of cars in different lanes, then fast lane changing is risky. Activa runs more straight in bigger roads. So people who wants to do fast changing lanes may opt for Suzuki Acesss and people who prefer for daily commuting straight to office on same road daily can prefer Activa as it drives straight.
Suzuki Acess have a bigger fuel tank than Activa (older version).
Problem wise, both vehicles gave some issues which are minor in nature. In Activa, noise starting coming up 2-3 times which was resolved after servicing each time. For Suzuki, it was stopping midway and the same was resolved after first servicing.
From recent reviews, it looks like delivery time is getting reduced for Access. Also after that Activa was also available for immediate delivery.
Is it worth spending extra Rs 5000 for Access since most of things are almost same? Weight would be sole decision factor.