Bike Of my Heart. Review on Honda CBR 150R

It was a wonderful day for me. I reached showroom, finished official procedure’s and collected all papers. Finally got the keys of my baby. As the showroom person was instructing me about the run-in, but I was looking at my gorgeous baby. After all that, I started the engine and raised the throttle, it sounds amazing. Still now someone asks me about the price and mileage of bike. Owning a sports bike gives a great feeling, proud to be a ceeberian.

The worst scenario like every biker. As instructed, I used to ride at 5000-7000 rpm(60-75 Kph) up to first 1000 kms. It was really hard to keep the throttle at that limit on open highways…CBR150R doesn’t need any special care. But some general maintenance is needed like other bikes. I service it as instructed in the manual. Clocked 3800kms and two services completed, engine oil & oil filter changed in second service, Since it has got an open chain, it needs cleaning and lubing after every 500 kms.

I use to clean and lube whenever I hear any chain noise mildly even if I haven’t covered many kms. I use Tribocor Chain Clean & lube. A well maintained chain will last long. I also frequently check for chain slackness and set it to right slackness as suggested…Being a high revving engine, it performs well after 7k rpm. Because of low torque, it lags to compete with its rival below that. It has Honda’s patented PGMFI, engine has no vibes even at higher rpm’s. But there are little vibes from visor and RVM’s. The 6 speed gearbox is smooth and does its job pretty well. Being a sports bike it never regrets to perform, I have reached a top whack of 130 Kph at 11500 rpm, still there is some enough throttle to go further…CBR 150R is similar to that of CBR 250R in styling. It looks more like a VFR, but the high rev engine strongly has a CBR character in it. The multi layered fairings, Y-shaped headlamp, short stubby exhaust all makes the bike a unique look. But the painting of frame doesn’t look well, matt finish could be better instead of glossy…CBR 150R has a perfect riding posture, a good combo of sports as well as tourer motorcycle. The bike is rock solid on straights, but cornering doesn’t give much confidence because of its hard compound tires.CBR 150R comes with a basic tool kit of two spanners and a screwdriver. It comes with an analogue tachometer & a digital speedometer which gives all basic information like fuel level, odometer and temperature & turn signal indicators…Well my baby is not a pocket burner, it returns 35-40 Kmpl on mixed riding conditions. I got 45 Kmpl on highway, that’s pretty good for a sports tourer…

Pros:

High revving refined engine

Razor sharp brakes

Shorter exhaust pipe

Comfortable riding posture/usable pillion seat

Cons:

Sluggish performance at lower rpm

Lacks ABS

Poor switch gear & foot pegs

The bike is in proper stock condition now, but I would like to do some mods in near future. I have a plan to install LED pilot lamps, which look cool & more powerful too and instead of stock MRF Zappers, I will switch to Michelin pilot street radial tires…

VerdictIn simple, CBR 150R is a perfect sports tourer, a bike which gives great feeling every moment…I hope my experiences may help others to make right choices, I thank BikeAdvice & team for giving me this opportunity. Thanks to my fellow friend Rajesh selvamani for some nice snaps. Thanks for reading…

Ride Safe…Happy Riding…