May 22, 2004 01:21 PM
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(Updated May 22, 2004 01:21 PM)
Complete mileage testing of all two wheelers in India by leading automagazine Overdrive shows that Kinetic motorcycles are the most fuel efficient in the country
To the two wheeler buyer in India, mileage is a very important consideration. However, figuring out the exact mileage figures of any vehicle is not straightforward since a variety of factors such as riding habits, vehicle load etc do affect the mileage. Manufactures do quote ?under standard test condition? mileage that their vehicle has proven to give as per the specifications set by the Automotive Research Association of India. However, the USTC mileage can differ from actual on-road mileage derived by the consumer as real world riding conditions are often different from the standard test conditions.
To help the consumer understand the real world mileage figures from every motorcycle in the country, India?s leading automobile magazine Overdrive has conducted a detailed never-before test of each and every motorcycle available in India. In this study that tested 54 two wheelers, motorcycles from Kinetic Engineering have all clearly come out as the most fuel efficient motorcycles in the country, without any doubt.
Kinetic?s entry level motorcycle Boss has been judged as the ?Mileage Champion? of India, beating all other two wheelers on mileage, and leading the category of up to 100cc motorcycles ? winning over motorcycles like Hero Honda Splendor, TVS Centra, Bajaj Boxer, LML Freedom etc.
In the category of motorcycles between 100-125cc, Kinetic Boss 115 tops the mileage chart, with Kinetic Velocity coming in second, beating other motorcycles like TVS Victor, Bajaj Caliber 115, Bajaj Wind 125, etc. And to complete the hat trick, in the category of motorcycles of 150cc and above, Kinetic GF 170 city and Laser have again come on top over competition like Bajaj Pulsar 180 dtsi, Hero Honda Karizma, etc.
Mr. Adil Darukhanwala, editor, Overdrive says,? Our testing team studied 54 two wheelers in India for comprehensive mileage of each, keeping the test conditions as unbiased as possible. The results have indeed shown that Kinetic Boss, Kinetic Boss 115, Kinetic Velocity and Kinetic GF 170/Laser have scored above competition in their respective categories in mileage. It seems as if Kinetic has focused its energies on squeezing out the maximum mileage from its bikes. My congratulations to them.?
The Overdrive mileage research, covered in detail in the May 2004 issue, covered both city mileage as well as highway mileage. To ensure complete comparability, similar weight riders and identical riding patterns and routes were used. The research, spanned over 3 months of testing, included 8,800 km riding with 160 km logged on each two wheeler. For more details, please refer to Overdrive, May 2004.
