I’m a total Petrolhead.
Yeah. Reliance did come to dig a well but I refused citing time constraints.
Although Cars are my first passion but I have interest in mo’bikes too to a great extent. This is rather too general a topic. By that I’m referring to the criteria for choosing my favorites. So I will be giving importance to the overall brilliance of a bike including several individual attributes.
Here goes the list:-
Yamaha V-Max
Widely considered to be the best of all time, this is one of those unforgiving, naked, monster-engined cruiser bikes that make U go digging for superlatives.
Bajaj Pulsar 150 DTSi and 180
The Pulsar twins are, I believe, the best bikes on offer in our country. Good performance and reasonable frugality make the 150 DTSi a bestseller.
The 180 almost matches the bigger-engined, much hyped Karizma in performance! A good alternative in India to those macho European and Japanese bikes. Did I hear Hero Honda cry’SOS’?I
Honda NSR150
A 150cc, street going Honda with drop-dead, 1000cc superbike looks! Add to that Honda’s superior(read legendary) engine design and U know, it is the objet de desir.
BMW R1200GS
What’s a favorites’ listing without a German cat in the fray. The R1200GS is arguably the most advanced motorcycle available today. The first and the only bike with different timing of the spark plug heads according to the rpm and engine load. This is the world’s biggest off-roader with absolutely knockout styling(asymmetrical headlamp cluster included).
Hero Honda Splendor
The Wold’s largest selling motorcycle. What more can I say. Excellent engine refinement and sturdy build quality combined with good efficiency has turned Hero Honda’s fortunes. Getting long in the tooth, yes, but if it ain’t stop selling why break it, mate?
Honda CBR 1100 XX Blackbird
A central Tacho alerts U as to what the manufacturers have aimed for. And they’ve achieved it .This Japanese beast towers over the others with benchmark handling(read cornering nirvana) and stunning, innovative looks.
Yamaha RD350
An absolute classic that refuses to die of the Indian bike afficionado’s memory. It can chew the so called’fast’ bikes(read CBZ, Fiero) alive. This was the first true-blue performance bike in India and even though it was actually a de-tuned model(from 39 to 30.5bhp), not a single bike in this country has been able to match it’s 2-cylinder mill’s power output except the BMW F650.
Triumph Rocket III
One helluva muscular, mega-cruiser, sporting a 2300cc(bigger than a Merc-C class!), 140 bhp mammoth engine, this devil incarnate has the largest production line mill currently being offered on any bike on this planet and can out-accelerate any of the race-made Jap’ bikes even though it is not built specifically for it. Sure to get the bejesus outta those flashy Harleys.
Drumrolls please, for here comes the numero uno
Benelli TNT 1130
No its not Tri Nitro Toluene! This - Tornado Nuda Tre - is the bike that I love. A gem, aesthetically, with cat-like looks and boomerang-shaped headlights. U really have to see one to believe that something as beautiful as this exists. Packed to the hilt with explosive performance courtesy 135bhp of undiluted european muscle and ground-breaking(for a naked bike) 52/48% forwards weight distribution. And if can go, it stops well too with a run-into-a-wall effect via huge 320mm Brembos.
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