When the world of two wheeler manufacturers around the world was busy perfecting their products and making them faster, India had barely managed to hatch out as an independent nation and were still stuck on bikes such as the Yamaha RX-100 and the Suzuki Samurai. Our markets were slow and bike sales were not picking up. Over a period of time, mileage increasingly started getting greater emphasis. That’s whenthe companies got saturated in the quest of fuel efficiency. This was when Hero Honda, back then, went onto make history with the CD 100.The Hero Honda CD 100 emerged as a winner. It was the Working Class Hero’s commute, the middle class man’s expression of freedom. But it was in 1994 that the CD 100 was succeeded by its prodigal son that was christened as the Splendor. It was this bike that created a legacy and to maintain it, the brand made many alterations and updates from time-to-time. This became the legacy with millions of followers, more than any other bike in the nation. After spliting from its long time friend Honda, when Hero decided to revampits best-selling bike, we were excited in our own way.Cut to the day, when the bike was supposed to be delivered for a test, I happened to notice the fuel indicator was way beyond empty, I was ready for a little pushing as coming from bikes like the CBR 250R and Enfield I was used to running out of fuel and had developed quite a bit of body strength to push such bikes on my own to the nearest fuel station. What Iforgot was that one of the biggest USPs of the Splendor is its mileage, it’s colossal mileage! Believe me when I say it feels like it doesn’t sip fuel but simply runs on air, I have never travelled this far and wide after just a top up of Rs. 100 at the fuel station. It’s an amazing feeling. The company claims 90km/l and we easilygot a figure of 60-65km/l.