This is my first review on MouthShut. I brought Gladiator RS on 10-Oct-09. This is my second bike earlier I had a HH CD100.
Since I had a 100CC bike for a long period I thought of going for a more powerful bike and decided to go for 125CC. I wanted a bike which would fullfill all my requirements: Economy (fuel consumption), Reliability, Ride Comfort, Decent Pickup and Good Looks. I am not a technical guy and I dont really understand the technicalities such as torque, etc, etc. I decided to go for Gladiator because of all the 125CC bikes which my friends have I got good feedback about this bike.
My experience with my new Gladiator has been very pleasant. I had a hint of doubt in my mind regarding the mileage as because Yamaha bikes are known for their performance and have bad name when it comes to fuel economy.
After riding this bike for 2.5 months and having run 2600 Kms, I am gald that this bike has fulfilled all my requirements. To my surprise the mileage is quite good, I normally get between 58 to 62Km/lit in city. I had gone to Coorg (avg speed of 70Kmph, before the second service) and covered about 600 Kms and to my surprise the whole journey was very pleasant and I didnt experience any sort of fatigue. I need to give it for second service and will update my review further after a 500 Km run after the second service.
I hope this review (which is not really a review but experience sharing) would be of some help.
Thanks.
Vivek