Jun 24, 2008 02:50 PM
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(Updated Jun 24, 2008 03:03 PM)
Well guys n gals(if ne one has a bike) :-) , lemme tell you the practical pros and cons of the revolution called KARIZMA!! First the negatives (coz they are less) .. if we try to drive on higher speeds even just above 55-60 km/hr and then apply sudden brakes.. the bike skids a bit. It is due to the fact that the width of the rear wheel of the bike is not sufficient enough to resist the abrasive force on high speeds.
Thats a negative for the persons who believe in JET SET GO...but to be frank the designers of the vehicles are not so dumb that they would not have noticed this aspect. Probably they did to get a better mileage of the bike. As you may be knowing the maiden version of KARIZMA had a poor mileage of 18-21 km/l. Therefore the automobile engineers of HH would have slightly negelcted this aspect in order to recieve a better mileage and target the "Indian Customer"(of course width of the wheel is not the only factor to affect mileage..buy a its one of them). Well , I think it is a good decision coz as of now the bike is sufficient enough to handle any situation on Indian roads.
Another negative is the large turning radius of the bike. But this point does not carry that much of significance as the bike is not launched to perform in circuses :-)
Ok leme start with the POSITIVES now. First of all the looks!....wow wow wow and just wow!!!... Dont compare with the superbikes...i mean there should be a level of comparision too rt?..No one can say that Toyota Camry looks bad coz Ferrari looks better???
...........boys...lemme tell you the design and the bike in total is aborginal!!!!... See it from any angle...nortg...south...east...west...unhhh...u can try north east tooo :-)...it just thows an appeal. Its a statement which other bikes like pulsar fail to do. Talking of P220looks...the front dome is wonderful...but the rest is just vestigal!!!. ...the rear portion is tooo thin....i mean imagine a guy with upper part of his body bieng like Arnold and the lower part bieng like Jim Carrey! :-)...No innovation at all... the bajaj guys have worked on key features for sure but they have not wrapped their inevention of DTSI in a good looking frame!!
The second point is Control. You got to give full points here to karizma...its an absolute delight for the rider. You just cannot compare with other bikes. While there is hardly any difference between a Horse and the pusar when you release the clutch...some people have actually named this phenomenon as "The Spartan Style'...guys leme tell u...this no style but a great mechanical engineering fallacy!
The third point is of course the amplitude of the vibration that the bikes make on high speeds..Karizma is really stable on 115+ Km/Hr . I have self experienced it. Pulsars are not!!!
Coming to the idea of providing rear disc brakes ....it seems to be a stylish feature but unnecessary as well. How does it feels if we imagine autorickshaws having hydraullic power brakes for instant stoppages!.. My dear friends we are staying in INDIA...and the max speed any bike can produce is approx 130km/Hr rt?...For that a front disc btake and rear drum brakes are enough.
Well Iam not taking anything away from the PULSARs...coz ...yes the pulsar has changed Indian Market. It has good features ...like tubeless tyres...a complete digital console..rear discs...etc...No doubts its a balanced investment! ...But if any one needs to taste the flavor of real biking...then may b no INDIAN bike is pfect....but then KARIZMAdefinitely stands close!
