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Rs. 61,200 (Ex-Showroom)

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Good Bike but has few flaws
Mar 03, 2009 09:46 AM 29177 Views

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I had brought my first bike an enticer, had it for two years and then sold it and we decided to go in for the blaze.The main reason for choosing the blaze was


1) Both me and my sister have mopeds, my sister already has a Honda Deo, she is more comfortable on automatic bikes, hence I too decided to go in for an automatic bike as it would enable more members of the family to use the bike.


2) I needed to travel a distance of 40-45 kms daily on the highway “Andheri – Mira road and back” and wanted something powerful and comfortable which good boot space, the blaze satisfied all those attributes.


So without much hesitation I went in for the blaze, was only specitical about the brand name Kinetic as I earlier ha a Nova which gave a lot of trouble.


The bike is quite huge to look at, it can dwarf most bikes and is same size as a bullet, the kerb weight is 157 kgs. The seat has two divisions, the front seat for the driver is lower than the rear seat, seat is ergonomically designed to give comfort to the rider and pillion pax, even on long drivers you do not feel any dis-comfort. The colours available are red, black, blue and grey, I went in for the red. The boot space is large, can easily stuff a helmet and the manuals. The frontboard has good space where you can hang your groceries, also the glove compartment is good to keep the bike papers, The boot can be opened through the main iginition switch.


The bike has a sporty look, with a good headlight, and two side lights, European styling I believe. I went in for the disc brakes option. The dashboard has a tacometer, speedometer, fuel gauge and watch. It also has a beeper when the indicator lights are switched on.


The bike is powerful and is capable of easily reaching speeds of over 100 km/hr. The bike is 165 cc and 15.6 Bhp. The acceleration is good, smooth ride quality, great suspension, good handling, good braking could be better though and great turning radius, if you want to U Turn you can do it very easily better turning radius than the nova and deo.


Well the bike is costly if compared to what Hondo offers, a good 20k premium over the Deo and activa. Besides this the bike is a guzzler. Returns an average of 25km/liter in the city and about 32 km/liter on the highway. Spares are not easily available and are costly, if your tires get puncurated it is very difficult for an average mechanic to open the bike to remove the tires, also opening the bike for repairs is much for cumbersome in this bike. The horn is too weak for a bike this size. My engine gave me some problem and needed to do some repairs, got a bill of 8000 INR. Engine quality and realibilty I feel Honda scores over Kinetic but in performance Kinetic would score higher. The engine is noisy if compared to the Honda bikes.


If your looking for good looks, speed, performance and comfort go in for the blaze. If you are looking for better reliability, fuel efficiency, lower spend on manmtainence and lesser headaches go in for Honda bikes “Activa or Deo”. If you have a budgetary constraint go in for Honda Bikes.


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