I bought my hero Honda splendor plus in September 2011, as of me it is a gud bike for all middle class set of people. I live in Chennai where traffic is huge and the bike gives mileage of 60 to 65 depending upon how we use.. If we ride the bike below 45, the mileage goes upto 65. Initially it gives lesser mileage as the engine is new. It gives a mileage between 40 to 50 only, but no need to worry about that after 2 months it will increase its mileage to above 60.
Otherwise it is a good reliable bike.. Maintenance is very low.. All other spare parts are reliable.. The bad things about Splendor is the head light is very very poor. Handling & Control is Satisfactory. Coming to looks, its simple and lean we can ride very easily, it is very light weighted and it is very easy to ride in traffics, we can just bend the bike like anything in between the small gaps of other vehicles in traffic. Whereas other bikes struggle to do this.. Pick up of the engine will be poor, but it is not a matter for slow riders like me, so it is suitable for riders like me. I don’t ride the bike above 40.
The Hero Honda Service Centres in Chennai are really worst. It is better to opt a mechanic after 2 or 3 services. I left my bike for service in HH service centres for 2 times after which the bike engine became very noisy and rough. It lost its smoothness. After that one of my cousin introduced me to a good mechanic in K K Nagar and now I am leaving bike for service there.. Now the bike is very smooth and its good to ride.
Now I have completed 9000 kms and there is no issues and everything is fine.. Just service your bike with a good mechanic for every 2000 kms which costs around 700 per service, which makes your bike more reliable and smooth..
On a whole it is simple and neat bike for all middle class people. But it is good to take a well known mechanic with you at the time of buying the new bike.. Because the HH splendor engine now a days is comparatively not up to the mark like before. So if you take a good mechanic with you he can get you a good one. To all of the friends, I prefer HH Splendor. Use it safely, don’t make harsh driving so that your bike will be more reliable and you get the lower maintenance cost.
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