When I decided to buy a bike I didn’t had any bike in my mind, all I decided was to buy a bike which was best in handling, power, styling and does not burn my pocket as well. After a lot of research n test drives, I decided Yamaha Gladiator, reason : it has the smoothness of Unicorn (in terms of comfort n gearshift), superb styling, very powerful (5th gear was a +point for milage) and a very very good handling (the best part) Another small reason was inbuilt rear indicators which in other bikes often break, but not a problem in Gladiator. Primary kick, common in all yamaha bikes is very useful. Those who don’t have it in their bikes desire for it always ! Disc brakes are very good as well as electric starter. Specially electric starter in this bike is much powerful and of good quality compared to other bikes. ADDED AFTER MONTH OF PURCHASE : =========================== This bike is awsome ! in terms of looks I must tell you that street boys look at this bike with mouth wide open, its engine vrrrroooom turns everyones head, and If I park this bike near any place, it attracts any girl passing by it. So nothing more can be said about its looks. In tems of service, yamaha service center has a good staff and when you take this bike for service its treated like a cute baby !!