1. Boxer: Reliable than Splendor and comparable with original Hero Honda imported CD series. Bajaj’s confident transistion from scooter to bike is attributed to Boxer, a realiable marvel from Kawasaki. People reposed faith in Bajaj brand due to the quality and reliability of Boxer.
2. Ambition135: Power or Economy at the twist of right hand, this bike had best Engine mechanicals based on CBZ and Karizma platform. A well maintained 5 year old Ambi can put present lot of brand new 125cc bikes to shame in fuel economy.
3. Caliber115: An awesome bike from Kawasaki/Bajaj, very reliable and very fuel efficient. Truely longtermer.
4. Suzuki Fiero: The best sprinter of yesteryears, could do mind blowing long endurance runs, very reliable and high quality bike from Suzuki.
5. CBZ: It was Hero Honda which brought in this mini performance bike after the death of 2S bike production, it was old P180 which competed with CBZ on street for supremacy not even P150. It is common to see 6-9 year old bikes zipping city streets even today. With TPFC, this bike was a bull on steroids.
6. Wind125: Last bike from Kawasaki-Bajaj tie-up, fantastic bike with Ktec engine, and high value for money. Bajaj decided to export this than selling locally.
7. Pulsar Classic: The engine of Pulsar classic was very good, the single spark bike is far more reliable than present day DTSi. Ergonomics is worst. But highly reliable engine and fuel efficient too. It was b’cos of the classic, Bajaj made some name and fame.
Every bike had it’s own features and strength, every bike listed above was long term bike with good reliability and quality. If I were to choose THREE bikes out of the above marvels I would choose with difficulty the following,
*3. Caliber 115
Ambition 135
Suzuki Fiero*