This is my first review but I am not a new customer in MS. In fact, it was MS, upon whose review (by which I was convinced very much) and a pretty smart salesman in Kinetic’s showroom, I finally bought a Kinetic Nova 135 AAHO! eight months back. I have read quite a few reviews of Nova 135 and now I think I should comment on the product after using it for a while. You can always find out the technical data from different sources but an owner’s feedback is I think rare. I’ll try to give you that.
After eight months of modest driving of around 7000 km (modest, huh?) in almost every parts of South Delhi and Gurgaon, I can say that I am not regretting my decision. For me, the choice was what vehicle is to go for in around 40K? I could have gone for any of the recent-trend 100cc bikes which would have gave me around 65-75 kmpl. Instead, as you can see, I went for Nova 135. Why? First, Nova 135 is only look-alike a scooter, but performance wise it is indeed a bike. Its 135 cc engine pumps more power than any conventional 100cc bikes. Secondly, it looks so different in its two-tone color that makes it easily spot able in a heavily crowded shopping mall’s parking and looks just amazing on road. Third, I am a family man (me & my wife only) and I need space. It has a very large under seat boot (hats-off to Kinetic’s designers) that contains our entire monthly grocery items. Try to think about it in a motorcycle? Fourth, it has a very powerful pick-up. If you are standing in a red light and along with few bikes and off it goes green, with a slight twist of the throttle you will definitely gain 25-30 yrds difference in initial couple of seconds. In a busy traffic of Delhi, that matters. I could have make you count few more, but let it go for now.
Positive points for Nova 135: It’s power and pick-up along with style. Few added goodies as well e.g. self-start, under seat boot, boot light, mileage meter, mobile charging point etc. all these count. This bike (sorry buddies, I dare not call it scooter any more) is a factory of raw power. It always accelerates fast; be it standing in a red light or running at 70 miles/hr. I am 75kg+; with my wife in pillion seat, I still can make the bike run at 85 km/hr and overtake any bike on the way. That is the practical power that I am talking. This is not the maximum speed it can go; rather, this is the speed beyond which I never went with my wife in pillion seat.
Negative points for Nova 135: Let me think a while. I don’t think it has any particular problem as such. It has a very sensitive suspension and since I am quite heavy, in a medium sized pot-hole or speed-braker it touches. May be you can call that a problem. Otherwise in a slight un-even road it swings. Other than this I think a serious issue is that it doesn’t have a tachometer. I have heard few peoples bike wobbles a bit in the lower speed or the engine makes noise but honestly, I never had a problem of that sort.
Mileage: I get 46-55 kmpl & I think it’s not bad at all.
In a nutshell: If you drive it, you may love to watch the green faces of other bikers when they catch you up in a red-light. That’s the fun part of it, but trust me, it’s much more fun when you drive it by obeying every traffic rule..!!
Cheers..