Nov 17, 2008 08:39 AM
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Honestly..there are some minor quality related pricks on the RX135..BUT...
i agree with the environment consciousness of thunfer 1986..BUT..look at it my way a bit.. I have owned, driven cars in UK, US for more than 2 years each. but I don’t own a car myself back home in india so far, even though all my colleagues like to show off in their swanky cars. I still drive my yamaha 135 4 gear 2001 model whenever I am back home. 2 REASONS.. PRACTICALITY, MANLY. I just dust it out and recharge the batteries and he is good to go like a pony. thats pure pleasure, thrill and my way of reminding my golden days. certain facts you should know abt RX..1) he starts when you are in gear...just hold the clutch and give him a nudge 2) he pulls effortlessly from standstill in second gear 3) he runs quite comfortabley even when the battery is missing..yes you heard it right 4) talk abt monsoons.. he goes unfaltered in knee deep waters when the engine block is half inside water (think of a same situation if you are in a car with your floor plate soked in water..on an rx135 on a rainy day.. I feel like a man).5) lastly since I had my kid at home, I have stopped racing on my RX.. before that its a different story. one have 2 modes of driving an RX..
Defensively float at 40kms and then some nitprick on the road tought he could challenge you and you decided to play on offensive....when you go offensive on the road on a RX, you realise that every damn honko looking bike on the road has a peanut under its belt..man..just look down the belt of an RX..the engine block.. you got a REAL MULE out THERE and YES A REAL MAN. the envy of a guy on RX135 can only be RX100. well I will never ever sell my RX135..:) 6)on looks..i don't want to look like a adolescent desperate college kid on a hunky looking bike that sounds like a kreeket..(how kiddish can it get.. have seen kids fit a boombox in the tailpipe of a luna) this bike fits my bill all fine wherever I go, whatever occasion it is 7) why the govt was desperate to kill RX100 on environment grounds when the ambassador and tractors were still on the road.. I can think of one reason..our police force got envy on their sluggy enfield.
Test drive: I just held the handle and sat on my RX some 8 years back, when I gave him a nudge I knew its a kismat konnection then.
