Hero Honda Pleasure -Experience -@ 9750 KM -1 year
Hi,
Bought this Hero Honda Pleasure, in the month of Oct2010, for my wife, who commutes to her office 32Km /each day /5 days a week, below is my experience with this scooter. Read comments about the same through MouthShut_Official.com and my previous experience with Splendour 98 model 1, 05, 000- KM, still running like a gun went in for the engines from the HH stable, we do own a Activa 2001 model which is giving good support/maintenance slightly on the higher side( 66000 Km run)
Process of delivery/purchase, : Since it was a cash down purchase, everything was very smooth, visited the dealer Nikhi Motors -Bangalore, got the delivery of the vehicle the same day with accessories (mandatory) for a price of Rs.48, 500/-
I was reading the comments of various users for a while and thought I should put my genuine experiences on this portal after using it for an year.
We wanted a change from the usual activa use, more over the waiting period of the same was 3-4 months then, we checked other models scootypep which looks very filmsy and access very bulky to handle, here we went to this Pleasure.
We didn’t know what to expect but for the experience with splendour we thought HH always maintains the engine quality in production.
Initial 1000Km was run below 40Km as per the user manual for the engine to set in( mileage got was around 44)
We do have a good mechanic from a local garage, so our first service was done @ 2500Km, we opted out of free services, ( actually speaking we don’t intend to get it serviced by the company service centre as we had bad experiences with the personnel there changing parts and low quality work—activa experience)Not all service centres would be bad, but we had our reservations)Amount paid for the service was Rs.450/- with oil change and the usual stuff.
2500-5000Km - Mileage improved to 48 /ltr pick up good, wife says its just like a toy on the road with easy handling in worst Bangalore –old madras road traffic, with works on metro /repars and things like thatGot one more service done @ 7800 KM with the same amount mileage picked upto 50 Km, pick up is fantastic, even I do ride the vehicle occasionally for local errands and find it comfortable for visits to the market/shopping.
7800Km-9750 smoothness improved, indications of engine perfectly set in mileage stabilised around 50Km/ltr, value for every drop of petrol put in and wife is happy for the decision made.
Men/boys Please don’t feel as this bike is for girls/women alone, if you have a care a hoot attiMr_customtakeouter like me even u can own and really njoy the benefits of this cute little scooter for your college/office commute as we have experienced, it is better than Activa in terms of mileage/maintenance .
For girls/women who wants to own this, please go ahead and u shall not regret your purchase, one
More aspect is that choose your mechanic wisely, all scooters are good, but after sometime due to bad maintenance, everyone blames the product.
Hope this was useful