Here I am writing my own review on Hero Honda CBZ Xtreme 2012. Firstly I shall give u my riding
background; I was using Hero Honda Splendor(1999 Model Black) for the last 13 years. I had no issues with my
splendor, a great bike of its era; although I must say that I used to maintain my bike very promptly and efficiently. Splendor was a great bike, Just recently sold it for Rs 15000 after using it for 13 years left after which I had to
again register my bike and do the passing with the RTO(which actually cost around Rs 6000). Hence thought of
purchasing a new bike. This time wanted to go for a 150 cc bike. Being a satisfied Hero Honda user I always had CBZ Xtreme as my
favourite choice. Still I checked out Bajaj Pursar, Yamaha FZ, Honda Unicorn & Dazzler. Finally eliminated Bajaj Pulsar as I have
seen many 2 year old bikes of my friends which actually looks 10 year old(and they maintain their bikes
reasonably well), Honda Unicorn was eliminated as there was no tubeless tyres, no digital meter and personally
did not like the looks(However, Unicorn is the best performer in 150 cc segment). Yamaha was eliminated because of the rear seat, which was a little cramped and not spacious for my wife to sit
on it one sided, further my 3 yr old kid cannot find a space to adjust on it, Hence selected mileage CBZ xtreme
after my own research. I bought the new CBZ Xtreme for 80500 from Fort Point Mumbai on 11 th May 2012. The bike has some great
features like digital console meter with analog tachmeter & Fuel gauge. Double disk both front & rear(rear is
optional). Both the disk brakes are very efficeint and provides precise braking: initially I was a little worried to go for
both tyres disk brakes as I thought that it would be susceptible to skid; Well I must advise everyone to go for
double disk, the disk are very well manufactured and placed correctly, there is no feeling that the bike would
loose but is also wide enough to easily accomodate female pillion seating one sided. and ofcourse both the seats
are wide and long enough for my kid to hop on side and ofcourse both the seats are wide and long enough for my
kid to hop on to, Now coming to the heart, 150 cc engine straight derived from the Honda Unicorn is silent and
slightly tuned to generate higher bhp. CBZ Xtreme delivers 4.4 bhp which is best in its class. The engine is silent and provides good acceleration and
most importantly responds to the riders need as and when needed. The mileage is something that I need to
check on. I filled up the tank upto the breeze and it accomodated 13 litres, I have travelled 250 kms since then.
The rear and front tyres are not that wide as in Yamaha but do a good job. The rear tyre is tubeless and the front
tyre is a normal usual tyre( I still dont know Herohonda has done that). The kick missing in the bike; well I m not sure wether this one is a good idea or not but I prefer to have a kick
as a secondary option. The Hero Honda technician says that one need to maintain the battery well and the self start will never give
my hassel(need to wait & watch on this). To my surprise I find very very heavy, the kerb weight is 150 kg but
feels like 300 kg, however once the bike is in motion controlling & Handling is no issue. The bike is also very tall u
feel like seating on it and not seating in it; on for me though as I m 5’ 11. Low heighted guys just simply dont go
for CBZ xtreme. It certainly is very very heavy and tall too. The alloy wheels is an eye catcher neatly cdesigned in twin spoke type, which I personally like it a lot. The
suspension is the best feature of the bike front suspension are taller than other 150 cc bikes and are telescopic
with great shock absorbing abilities. The rear shocks are Gas Reseroir type shocks, which are very very capable
and u can ride along over usuall mumbai roads filled with potholes without feeling any bumps in the comfort. Hats off to the technicans for developing the shocks especially the rear ones.great job. There is one such
feature known as "hemet lock" well forget about helmet it cannot even lock a polythene bag. A completer waste.
still dont know the use to this feature and y hero reability technician has done this blunder. The tank has been
twicked by adding another plastic cowel in the front to give more aero dynamic and great looks and I think this
was a good add on. The indicator lights have been integrated in the main from ferring as for the rear indicator
indicator light it has been integrated in the tail light console of the road grip. The integration is done neatly and efficiently. The front head lights are useful and does its job alrite however, I
find that the front looks of the bike could have been a little better. The rear tail lamp has appeal LED lights
which looks magnificient and gives great cosmetic lock to the bike. The rear grap rails is useful and looks great. The silencer of the bike is a pretty long and huge, its been provided with heat shield covers which does its job
well. Overall the bike is a complete value for money when u get step seat, digital console meter, self start, ATFT
Engine, GRS shock absorbers, double disk and LED tail lamps. Would write again after the first ser ice. Happy &
safe riding.