Care For You " Best 150 CC Bike Availoable in India"
There are many bike in 150cc segment right now in india and every
manufacturer are having 1-2 bike in this segment. This segment nowadays a
key segment for every bike manufacture and they are trying to make
their presence in this segment because of high volume of sales and large
buyers group from college student – office goers – first time buyers –
tourers etc.
I am now going to rate the bikes on various parameters like power
delivery, acceleration, perfomance, fuel efficiency, styling, technology
used, comfort, handling, braking, maintenance cost, high speed
stability, resale value, brand value, etc. so let’s start the
analiysing. here we gooo…
1) SUZUKI GIXXER (NAKED)
Suzuki India after all launched its much
awaited bike in the form GIXXER last year. this was the masterstroke
from the Suzuki in 150cc segment to make their presence in India and to
give nightmare to many bike manufacturer in this segment , specially YAMAHA India. It is powered by 4-stroke, single-cylinder, air-cooled, 2 Valve 154.9cc engine
that churns out 14.8ps of power @8000 rpm and 14 Nm of torque @ 6000
rpm which is quiet good and more than many 150cc bikes and the engine is
mated with 5 speed gearbox. Gixxer has a naked street fighter look, two
hole out of the box exhaust system, sharp front headlight with a massive
fuel tank. The bike looks very muscular like YAMAHA FZ Series and new
HONDA TRIGGER. Suzuki has tried their best to give comfortable Riding
experience to the Rider with ultra-light chassis. The seat and handlebar
position combination is great which makes the drive very easy and also
to cruise. It comes with a 266 mm disc brake at the front and a 130 mm
drum brake at the rear end. Telescopic suspension at the front works to
its best whereas the rear is managed by swing arm mono suspension. The
wide tyre size of 100/80-R17 at the front and a massive 140/60-R17 at
the rear. This setup makes the journey very pleasing and safe. The bike
claim a mileage of 45 km-pl for the city conditions and 55 kmpl for the
highways. this figures are more than impressive for this segment. It is
available in 5 colors Pearl Mirage White, Metallic Triton Blue, Glass
Sparkle Black, Candy Red and Metallic Grey. At the last price ??YES it
is priced @ INR 72,199 ex-showroom.
2) HONDA CB TRIGGER After 14+ years of dominance
of CB UNICORN in india HONDA has now triggered out its new 150cc bike
named as CB TRIGGER. which is more stylish and rich in features than its
sibbling honda unicorn. this bike feature LED tail light, digital
meter, all new design with same proven engine in a naked street fighter
look. It is priced @ 72,000 INR for standard model, @ 75,190 for delux
varient and @ 81,921 for CBS varient. the bike powered by 149cc single
cylinder,air cooled engine which produces 14 BHP of power @8500 RPM and
12.5NM of Torque @ 6500RPM which is supported by 5 speed gearbox. the
comapany claims a mileage of 60 KMPl but actually it will give mileage
of 45-50kmpl. I am putting CB TRIGGER in 2nd place here because of its
proven 150cc engine which was there in UNICORN and its low maintainance cost. Also look into NEW CB UNICORN 160.3) HERO CBZ -XTREAM Hero Moto corp is now has putted its all effort to
regain its share in 150cc bike segment after splitting from Honda. It
has been quite difficult for them to survive in this segment. they have
refreshed their CBZ-XTREAM looks in 2014 last year. I am not giving
detail of this bike because all of you know this in detail. the engine
and performance is same as earlier. the bike only get some external
tune-up. the biggest advantage of buying hero bikes is its 5 year
warranty, availability of spares and their reasonable price, smooth and maintenance free engine, good mileage, high resale value, large
dealership network and durability. that’s why i am placing it in no-3rd.
you can also choose hero HUNK as this bike has same engine and specifications.4) BAJAJ DISCOVER 150 New Bajaj discover 150cc is a masterstroke by
bajaj to capture low budget 150cc and 125cc market segment. This bikes
comes with semi- fared and non fared version and with all new design.
The Bajaj bikes is proven for their High performance and high mileage configuration. the Bajaj discover is for all those buyers which i have
mention above. It is equipped with 144.8cc 4-stroke, single-cylinder,
air-cooled, four-valve dual spark plug engine with 5-speed gearbox. Bike
can easily catches 110km/hr of top speed with pillion and easily gives
mileage of 60+ of mileage on both the discover. The difference b/w
discover 150s and discover 150f is only in fairing and meter console
where 150f has semi digital meter and semi fairing while 150s has fully
analouge meter console. The Discover 150S is priced starting from 51,720
INR while Discover 150F is priced @ 58,739 INR ex-showroom pune. It is
there in 4th position because of its competitive price.5) TVS APACHE 160 TVS Apache 160 is one of top selling tvs bike in
india and company generate maximum revenue from selling this model only.
Apache 160 is one of the top selling 150cc segment bike in india. In
2013 company Refreshed its external appearance. The ‘RTR’ stands for
‘Racing Throttle Response’ and the motorcycle is designed with a racing
approach. The company has equipped the bike with a lap timer in the
instrument console and provision for the last three 0 to 60kmph timings.
It is also the first bike in India to feature a petal disc brake makes
braking system excellent but the tyre provided by this bike The Apache
RTR 160 is powered by a single-cylinder four-stroke 160cc engine which
produces 15.2bhp of power @ 8,500rpm and 13.1Nm of torque @ 4,000rpm.
This is supported by five-speed gearbox. It has semi- digital meter
console. the power and the performance of the bike is excellent with
best handling in its category. Due to lower wheelbase this bike perform
very well in city traffic but highway ride- ability is not that's good. this bike is good for young rider with good handling and high performance engine. while there is some negative points too. like tires, vibration, not refined engine, mileage, service center etc. This bike is priced @ 69,490 INR ex showroom.
