After going through several reviews on gearless scooters(Pleasure, Activa, Pep+), I picked up a Kinetic SYM Flyte for my wife on 07-July, 2008 from Unicorn Auto, Inner Ring Road, Bangalore. Flyte seems to be getting all the good reviews all over the internet.
Check out its features in the above image. These do provide an edge over the competition and makes the gearless scooter market more interesting.
I would have expected a little bigger petrol tank. It takes up only about Rs. 200 of petrol thats about 3.5 litres, Puncture resistant tyres(atleast have MRF or Ceat Tyres instead of MTL), More Ground Clearance(My vehicle’s bottom scratched a few bumps on rough roads).
But in terms of the ride, I must say its very good. Smooth & quick as well.
The dealer suggests a mileage of about 38 or 40KM/l which after the 1st service is expected to increase to 45KM/l. Lets wait & see.
The first day I had an issue with the
break light was burning continously without actually applying the break. This was tuned and now its fine.
I had to use the choke to start the vehicle. Probably because of cold weather in Bangalore & also since the vehicle is 4 stroke.
some water had got into the indicator buzzer(probably after a body wash) that made the small continuous beep noise when turing on the ignition. When it dried out it worked fine.
Also the dealer suggested to go for the normal tyres instead of the zap pattern tyres. He said Kinetic had received customer complaints about the zap tyres leading to skidding & wobbling, hence all new Flytes come now with the normal tyres. But from my analysis nobody has ever documented an issue with the zap pattern tyres & also they provide better road grip. It might be because the zap tyres are less in supply hence they are trying to push the normal tyres.
Additional review at,
https://vtzone.blogspot.com/