An Average Bike. Review on Hero Honda Passion Pro

Hi,

I rate this Hero Honda Passion Pro as an Average bike in terms of Performance. I have used this bike for more than 1.5 years. It is a good bike with an Average of 80kgs on it, and doesn't look tiny for people who are 5ft 11 inches. It's the Passion Pro with kick start, no power start, a 97cc, 2010 bought bike. Approx 114kgs by itself. During the first quarter of the year it gave me 78 kmpl, and as days went by 1.5 years now, it still gives me 60 kmpl. What you have to do is a service(complete one) every 2500 kms. Maintain the bike  single handed, don't let it bee driven by 4 or 5 of all your friends, coz the gear change frequency might be different.

It's a nice city bike, if and only if you maintain speeds of 40-50 km/hr. I recommend that you don't raise the acceleration beyond 60km/hr , coz you may feel vibrations and a noisier engine. Your mileage might also drop because of increased Accelerations. The Vibrations are also because of the bad fibre work. You can see the tail lamp stuck to it's upper with a sponge like material. Fiber paintings go of earlier in 4 months as your seat begins to press against the fiber and tank parts. Paint on the bike and engine is not so good... You can see it getting rusted at the under parts of the bike, near the Center Stand, behind the Headlight etc.If you take it to the Service stations, they recommend you the Teflon coating, which is not going to do a long run... can only act as a temporary solution.

The Head light is still a question, within the city on a dull road, with the street lights on, you might have a question whether you are using your head light. It's 0%... I mean you suddenly get a feeling whether your headlights have been turned on(in low beam), when you hit the pit on the road. The light is very much less(iest) efficient , I bet you wont miss to hit the pot hole.

Other than these problems, it's still a nice bike.

Manjunath A M