Lets deal w/ wat the bike has to offer: Engine: Type Four stroke DTS-i, Natural Air-cooled Displacement 124.52 cc Max Net Power 8.74 kW (11.51 Ps @ 8000rpm) Max Net Torque 10.8 Nm @ 6500 rpm Transmission 4 speed constant mesh Chasis: Frame Double Cradle Tubular Type Suspension: Front Telescopic Rear Trailing arm w/ coaxial hydraulic shock abs. Brakes: Front Drum - 130mm D Rear Drum - 130mm D Tyres: Front 2.75 x 17, 4 PR Rear 3.00 x 17, 6 PR Fuel Tank Capacity: 10 Litres (2.3 litres res) Electricals: System 12V (AC+DC) Headlamps 35/35 W Halogen headlamp. Things lacking in the bike: 1) disk brakes 2) ALLoy wheels 3) 5th gear. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPERIENCE: This bike realli handles potholes of KOLKATA streets well. Handling control is not troublesome. The RIDE CONTROL switch is one of the best features, and really helps keep adrenaline under control. Without it, one(especially teenager) might end up in the local hospital. On 4th gear one can hardly hear engine noise. The addon headlight blinker switch is undoubtly helpfull during night hours ofcourse. For a beginner this bike is a perfect package. Last week I took it for servicing, the bike ran for bout 361km. Problems discovered: 1:The front right indicator was installed wrong way, before giving bike’s key, I told them about the problem and was expecting the indicator to be fixed. But unfortunately, wen I went back to take my bike frm service centre they said ’’it wont harm the indicator but if we try to fix it might break.’’ 2:NOthing else so far... Max Speed: 101 km/Hr for those who get eXcited with 4 free servicing offers: no matter how good is bike, its better not to take the bike to company’s servicing centre, bcuz their aim is to make u pay more and they can easily achieve their goal by just offering free servicing and making you bring ur bike to their servicing centre and giving you back after 2-3 hrs without letting u know wat they have done w/ ur bike. its good if u know a good mechanic and u have faith in him. bcuz u dont wanna go back to him again and again within short pd. of time.
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June 20, 2006: UPDATED
Its been over one yr. already renewd my Bajaj Allianz Insurance. My bike face abotu 4-5 sevre accidents still no sign of degradation in performance, only little vibrating noise heard in da headlight reagion, which will be fixed in next servicing. Still going 60kmpl.
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