Suzuki GS150R Lanza Review Specifications Mileage Average Price

The 150cc Segment is production up in India. Suzuki has been a lowercase standpat dirt today with its cycle models. Zeus and Heat and not player ordinary, but it sells sufficiency to be seen here and there a while. The consort took added travel aweigh with the Access 125 Scooter.

Yamaha has stormed the 150cc portion with the start of YZF R15 and FZ16 , Suzuki’s incursion into this portion is due to be create kindred effect in the portion with the response 150 Lanza.Inspired from the styling of Suzuki’s response 400 and response 600 – the Suzuki GS150R Lanza boasts macho styling cues.

With a swimsuit fairing, wolf-eyed headlamps and airman lamps mounted on either lateral the styling of the response is lowercase conserative. Suzuki GS150R muscular render cell is like the digit seen in TVS Apache RTR.

Suzuki GS150R has no monshock, but comes with the equal pedal live support at the rear.Disc brushwood at the face and study at the side is as exemplary of some 150cc bike. Gear tumbler is the easy tilt and drive identify and Suzuki GS150R comes with a sextet pace transmission.

Suzuki GS150R 149cc engine develops 13.8bhp of extreme noesis at 8500rpm and 13.4Nm of extreme force 6000rpm. is matched with a sextet pace transmission. Gear agitate ornament is 1-down and 5-up. According to Suzuki, GS150R module convey a distance of 50kmpl in City and 55kmpl in Highway.

Click here for comparability of GS150R with Yamaha FZ16 & TVS Apache RTR 160

Suzuki GS150R features round brushwood at the face and study brushwood at the rear. Hydraulics forks and pedal live side support of Suzuki GS150R module provide you a easy ride.

It is acquirable in quaternary colours:

* Pearl cloudy black.
* Metallic flint gray.
* Candy max orange.
* Candy Stygian chromatic blue.

Suzuki GS150R Price is Rs.59000.00 (ex-showroom Delhi).

Suzuki GS150R Specifications:
Engine Type: Air-cooled, 4-stroke, SOHC
Bore x attack (mm): 57.0 x 58.6
Displacement: 149.5cc
Max Power: 13.8bhp @ 8,500rpm
Max Torque: 13.4Nm @ 6,000rpm
Compression ratio: 9.35/1
Carburetor: BS26 with TPS
Ignition: CDI
Starting: Electric and kick
Transmission: 6-speed (1-down, 5-up)
Tyre front: 2.75-18” 42P
Tyre rear: 100/90-18 M/C 56P
Brake front: Hydraulic azygos disc
Brake rear: Drum
Fuel cell capacity: 15.5 liter
Overall length: 2,095mm
Overall width: 775mm
Overall height: 1,120mm
Wheelbase: 1,340mm
Ground clearance: 160mm
Seat height: 790mm
Dry weight: 134 Kg
Curb mass: 149Kg
Colors: Candy Max Orange (YME), Metallic metropolis Gray (YUB), Candy Dark Greenish Blue (YML) and Pearl Nebular Negroid (YAY) (photographs of apiece colouration are provided beneath in the aforementioned order.)

Hero Honda CBF Stunner Review Price Mileage Specifications Average

The income of 125cc+ motorcycles grown by nearly 15% over the punctuation of Apr 2007-January 2008. Lot of state has been seen in instance past in the 125cc portion as the consumer pore is gradually movement towards 125cc+ portion from the high 100cc segment.

The portion has fresh seen newborn additions same Bajaj XCD, Gladiator SS and RS, TVS Flame and presently to study is Bajaj XCD Sprint. Manufacturers are progressively motion to the (so titled premium)125cc portion for profit.

With a strategic advise by Honda (HMSI) to augment the 12% mart deal it holds in this segment, the consort is same to inform an every newborn cycle in125cc portion in constituent of its existing 125cc Shine.

The Hero Honda CBF stunner is the Honda’s endeavor to draw teen customers who fuck action and style. In a kindred bid, Bajaj had early declared it would move sporty edition of XCD 125cc.

Honda showcased the Hero Honda CBF stunner construct at the Auto Expo and since then the life of cycle lovers hit upraised anticapting its launch. With the Hero Honda CBF stunner, Honda wishes to attractiveness the teen customers who countenance for exclusivity and bizarre styling.

Honda CBF models are a program of climb familiarised motorcycles with tralatitious styling. The program includes CBF250, CBF500,CBF600N, CBF600S and CBF1000. Hero Honda CBF stunner is supercharged by a 125cc expose cooled engine which develops peak noesis of 11bhp at 8000rpm with peak force of 11Nm at 6500rpm.

Main Styling Elements of Hero Honda CBF Stunner:

1) Elegant visor
2) Large cell shrouds
3) Aircraft identify render lid
4) Forged lateral cowls

The helper clump is offsetted from the handlebars and nicely settled in a distributed compartment. The newborn scoops on both the lateral of the cell extends every the artefact to modify meet before the invoke indicators and it comes with a stepped seat.

For the prototypal instance in 125cc portion a cycle comes with tubeless tyres at the face and the rear. It comes with 80/100 tubeless ring at the face and 90/100 wider tubeless ring at the rear. The 17″ impureness at the face and lateral adds sporty case to the bike.

Hero Honda CBF Stunner comes with prototypal of its category feature in the 125cc portion – desegrated face cowl,sporty separate seats, wider tubeless ring at the face and the lateral for every variants and a sporty measure travel holder. The digit commission lateral intense cowl is not that such intense and perceptible to a extent. The rider’s function is sporty and you crapper determine from the measure travel holders. Headlight looks something as we hit seen already, substantially not such newborn still beatific looking.

Honda has also upraised the support and rearranged the foor pegs to attain the Hero Honda CBF stunner sporty. The wear representative of the newborn Hero Honda CBF stunner also gets a newborn styling. Complementing the newborn covering is the equal every black thought of the Hero Honda CBF stunner.

Hero Honda CBF Stunner is acquirable in threesome models:

1) Disc brushwood – Electric move model
2) Electric move model
3) Kick move model

Click here for comparability of Hero Honda CBF Stunner with another 150cc bikes in India.

It is acquirable in quaternary emblem sports red, pearl sports yellow,space grayness antimonial and black patch squawk study module be acquirable in digit emblem – sports flushed and black. Honda has priced its newborn cycle between Rs. 47000 to Rs. 51600.00 (Ex-showroom New Delhi).

Yamaha FZ 16 Review Specifications Price Mileage Average

The 150 cc two-wheeler expanse has been ordered aflame with the Macho Street Fighter Yamaha FZ 16. Unveiled in Bharat for a toll of Rs 65,000, the Yamaha FZ 16 is due to impact dealerships play this October.

We saw the FZ 16 for the prototypal instance at the Auto Expo in Jan 2008. The toll of the FZ16 is modify than most due – that strength wage it a move start.

Official aggregation from the consort uses the text ‘Macho Street Fighter’ in the advise release, that seems to be a statement of the motorcycle, not its name. FZ 16 is every we crapper encounter on the website of yamaha India.

The Yamaha FZ 16 cycle boasts of a 153 cc air-cooled, four-stroke, single-cylinder broad force engine, single-axis balancer and mono-cross suspension. Other feaures that become with cycle that sports street-fighter looks allow 5-spoke die-cast impureness wheels, brake of 267mm azygos cross-drilled airy armature with 2-pot callipers and 130 mm study and a render cell with a 13-litres capacity.

According to consort crowning brass, FZ 16 has every in it to wage Amerindic cycle enthusiasts with both a wrinkled and brutish countenance as substantially as a destined subtlety. Expected to be a cycle that could be picked up by every cycle enthusiasts who fuck the thrills of biking, the FZ 16 is existence offered by the consort in in threesome hues, Lava Red, Midnight Negroid and Flaming Orange.

As farther as masculine looks go, the Yamaha FZ 16 cycle beatniks every another motorcycles safekeeping down. The organisation is that muscular, in whatever structure the Antarctic oppositeness of that another beautiful cycle from Yamaha, the YZF R15.

Yamaha Bharat hopes to delude at small fivesome lakh FZ 16s in assemblage 2009, which feat by the looks and features haw not be a thickened task. Reviewers of the cycle hit said that the street plane looks attain Yamaha FZ-16 the prizewinning hunting unclothed cycle in its collection Further, the masculine tank, battleful face onerous attitude and the side analyse attain the FZ-16 a staleness acquire in its category.

Yamaha Bharat hopes to delude at small fivesome lakh FZ 16s in assemblage 2009, which feat by the looks and features haw not be a thickened task. Reviewers of the cycle hit said that the street plane looks attain Yamaha FZ-16 the prizewinning hunting unclothed cycle in its collection Further, the masculine tank, battleful face onerous attitude and the side analyse attain the FZ-16 a staleness acquire in its category.

KAWASAKI NINJA 250R Specifications Review

KAWASAKI NINJA 250R ENGINE
The liquid-cooled 249CC parallel twin with four valves per cylinder makes 33.5PS at 10,000rpm but will rev on to 14,000rpm. It’s been designed to peak at 33.5PS rather than being limited to 33.5PS, so it doesn’t feel artificially stifled at the top end. The fuel injection throttle bodies feature dual throttle valves to make the throttle response feel like CV carbs. This makes the engine very smooth when you’re getting on and off the throttle.

KAWASAKI NINJA 250R CHASSIS
The tubular steel frame, combined with a 154kg dry weight, makes it easy to flick the 250R around, a quality that new riders will appreciate. They’ll also appreciate the low 77smm seat height which, together with high bars and low pegs makes the riding position very comfortable.

KAWASAKI NINJA 250R SUSPENSION
The 250R is built down to a price, which explains the simplicity of the suspension. The conventional 37mm forks are right way up and non­ adjustable. The shock is basic too, and adjustable for preload only.

KAWASAKI NINJA 250R BRAKES
Like larger Ninjas the 250 gets funky looking petal discs front and rear. There’s a single 290mm disc at the front with a twin-piston caliper. The rear uses another twin-pot caliper, but this one bites on a 220mm disc. The brake lever is non-adjustable.

KAWASAKI NINJA 250R DESIGN
Even though they had to keep the price down, Kawasaki have tried to make the 250R resemble the rest of the KAWASAKI NINJA 250R range. Viewed from the side, the aggressively styled fairing looks very similar to those on bigger bikes in the range. The six-spoke wheels also contribute to the 250′S sporty appearance.

KAWASAKI NINJA 250R QUALITY
This is a budget bike built in the same factory that builds the ER-6n and ER-6f in Thailand, and it seems to be very well put together, although a British winter might tell a different story. All the panels match up perfectly and there’s the same look of quality you’d expect from a Japanese-built bike. The components aren’t of the highest quality individually, but work well together to create a perfectly functional overall package.

Yamaha YFZ R15 150cc Review in Cities

Are you buying the Yamaha YZF R15 just to race it on the track? If yes, don’t read this, just go ahead and buy one for there isn’t a better indian bike for the purpose. More than ninety nine percent of you, however, will probably never take the bike to the racetrack. It’ll more often be used for dropping your girlfriend to college and sometimes to disappear quickly into the traffic when her father spots you with her.

They say there’s no substitute for cubic capacity and while technology is trying as hard as possible to negate the notion, the saying generally holds true till date. The Yamaha YZF R15 is no exception. Putting out a commendable 17PS of power from that puny 149.8cc milL the Yamaha YZF R15 decidedly suffers from a lack of grunt lower down the rev spectrum. The pull from the engine isn’t too strong below 7000rpm and is somewhat disappointing below 3500-4000rpm. Of course, the engine won’t die down below that rev point, but you won’t be overtaking anything but bicycles convincingly. That said, you can easily live with the new Yamaha in the city if you aren’t the true blue commuter who has never revved his bike more than 3000rpm. Extra heavy traffic scenarios where you have to move at crawling pace may be a bother, but once the traffic starts flowing the new Yamaha feels at home.

Just because the Yamaha YZF R15 has beaten the bigger 220s around the circuit doesn’t mean that you should expect it to be as tractable, torquey and commuter friendly in the city as well. To extract that blistering performance from that small motor, some of the low end grunt had to be sacrificed, and it’s evident. The bigger bikes will surge forward with reassurance even at low rpm in higher gears. Even the normal two valve air-cooled 150s will feel torquier below a certain rpm. The Yamaha YZF R15, however, gets substantially stronger after 4000rpm. At 7000rpm and above, the bike comes into its own and leaves everything behind. The acceleration figures upto 60km/h are very marginally slower than the bigger 220CC bikes, but the Yamaha YZF R15 catches up with them in the o-100kmph timings. The true top speed of about 130km/h with an indicated (exactly the same as we had anticipated) 140km/h is better than any other Indian bike by a good margin.

Fuel efficiency, as our standard test figures suggest is a very reasonable 39.2kmpl on city streets and 52kmpl on the highway. Even with some spirited town riding, we don’t expect the fuel efficiency to drop below 35kmpl – a reasonable enough figure for a performance bike. A very important aspect of a bike you intend to live with on a day-to-day basis is its suspension quality. On that front, The Yamaha YZF R15 features probably the best suspension on any Indian bike. The rising rate mono suspension, supple and comfy at low speeds gets stiffer as the load increases lending brilliant dynamics to the bike when pushed hard through corners. It manages to deliver the best of both worlds, almost making the suspension on most other Indian bikes look agricultural. Even with a heavy pillion on board, the bike’s suspension doesn’t lose its poise, offering a pliant ride and bottoming out only when ridden over extreme bumps at high speeds. The riding position is comfortable, though purebred commuters are sure to experience a mild pain in their wrists and shoulders before they get accustomed to the relatively sporty riding position. The bike is a breeze to manoeuvre even at extremely slow speeds, something very unlike what its sporty appearance suggests.

The tyres look absurdly narrow for a bike this sporry and distort the appearance a bit. Functionally, however, they’re just pedect, offering superior grip with minimum drag.

Riding on the highway, the smaller size of the engine makes itself more evident. At speeds of around 70-75km/h where the bigger 220CC bikes will pull strongly in fifth gear, this Yamaha will feel slightly wheezy. Shift down, bring the revs up and it charges ahead. A tall sixth gear aids economical highway cruising, but requires you to downshift during quick overtaking manoeuvres. The sixth gear isn’t entirely non-functional in the city as well till the time you just with to flow along with fast (50-60km/h) moving city rraffic. Twin headlamps provide fantastic illumination during the night, though the Yamaha YZF R15′s horn isn’t the best or the strongest sounding among Indian bikes.

The city verdict? The Yamaha YZF R15 is reasonably easy to live with in the city, if it’s not an out-and-out comfy, commuter bike that you’re looking for. If you’re an enthusiast, and don’t mind shifting gears a bit more than your regulation torque laden 220, then you should be able to happily rev your way through even the more congested streets. The fuel efficiency is good, the ride quality is superb and the riding position is just right – in a nutshell, there’s nothing that should stop you from buying this one if it’s a performance bike that you are looking for!

Derbi Terra Adventure 1

For all you adventure touring lovers, Derbi has recently added the Terra Adventure 125 motorcycle to their ’08 range. It comes with a tiny 125CC four valve liquid-cooled single cylinder engine, enough for a good 15.2PS of power at 9250rpm.

The speculated top speed of the bike is approximately 128km/h, which should be more than enough for those not looking at seriously long endurance trips. It features a 11-litre fuel tank which may seem small for a touring bike, but offers a comfortable range of around 300­ 350km. On the braking front, there is a 300mm diameter disc up front and a smaller 220mm diameter disc at the rear. The wire wheels with knobbly tyres enhance the off-road performance, allowing you to ride comfortably in the dirt.

The design of the bike mimics bigger capacity bikes like the BMW 1200GS and the newly launched Yamaha XT660 Tenere. The Terra weighs a mere 117 kilos making it a lightweight machine. The suspension consists of 41mm hydraulic forks up front and a mono­ shock with adjustable spring preload at the rear. The handlebar has a mount for GPS. For extra luggage there are optional side mounted aluminum cases.

The Terra Adventure is priced at Rs 2,50,000, comparatively cheaper than a bigger capacity touring bike. This small and affordable tourer will entice those who love adventure riding but can’t afford a KTM, BMW or a Yamaha.

Yamaha YZF R15 Specifications Modify Modification 150CC

Brake lights take a new meaning on the race track. On the road, you would want to decelerate the moment the bright red LED flashes on the Yamaha YZF R15 bike ahead of you, but while taking a tricky corner on a race track, the converse is true. It’s about waiting a bit more-before squeezing the lever. The ability to brake late;’dip into a corner with elegance and accelerate hard out of the apex as early as possible is usually the difference between a good and a not-so-good racer. Apart from the skill, it’s imperative that the Yamaha YZF R15 bike that you have between your loins supports your bravery, or it won’t take long before a courageous soul turns into dead meat. The RrS supports the fearle rider, and like no other Yamaha YZF R15 bike available today!

The link type, rising rate Monocross suspension of the Yamaha R15 has been extremely well tuned to facilitate superior r holding without having to compromise on t’ ride quality. The link-type mono suspension makes sure that the forces acting on the damping unit are manipulated through decreased leverage to make the suspension become stiffer as the forces working on it ge~ more vicious. Effectively, the arrangement works incrementally to prevent the suspensi from bottoming out when it gets loaded, ensuring great composure around corners and reliable road contact. The advantages of this bit of machinery are evident when you are holding the machine by its neck, powering it around corners on the track. The ease and elegance with which this Yamaha YZF R15 bike leans down and gets up again to change directions is amazing to say the least. The front suspension is equally well sorted and doesn’t dip precariously under braking. The Yamaha R15, as Aspi and I discovered after circling around the Madras Motor Sport Club race track for about 30 laps, is the best mass produced track tool available in India. The delightful link type mono suspension is supported in the handling department by the superb Deltabox frame that offers great longitudinal, lateral and torsional rigidity.

While the chassis and suspension are brilliantly sorted out, what took the cake for us, owing to their Indian connection, were the superb 80/90-17 inch front and 100/80-17 inch rear MRF Zapper IT and Zapper S tyres. Yamaha have developed these tyres exclusively with MRF, based on the testing data they acquired at the Sugo circuit in Japan. Yamaha didn’t want to compromise on grip and they didn’t want to use meaty tyres either, as it would have eaten into the performance of the bike. So they custom built these new soft compound tyres in association with MRF to equip the Yamaha YZF R15 bike with superior traction, without making the acceleration and top speed suffer. Even under hard braking, the skinny looking front rubber defies is diminutive width by providing loads of grip and assurance.

This superb trio of the link type mono suspension, Deltabox frame and gluey new Zapper rubber has been mated with an equally wonderful 149.8cc, 17PS liquid-cooled engine to create a peerless riding experience. The synergy makes itself evident by giving the rider a feedback that tells him exactly what is happening between the Yamaha YZF R15 bike and the road. You know when you’ve reached the limit while pushing the bike, and should we say, you have to go quite some distance before you get there. The R1S is an immensely forgiving machine and lets you correct your line mid-corner if you’ve committed a mistake while approaching or entering it.

By the looks of it, the YZFYamaha R15 appears to be a difficult machine to ride, what with its full fairing and an extremely sporty stance. Swing a leg over it and you’re in for a pleasant surprise. The riding position is comfy and relaxing. It’s adequately sporty without being uncomfortable or cramping. As admitted by the bike’s Japanese development team and in particular the project head, Takayoshi Mizuno, Yamaha didn’t want to lose sight of rider comfort while still aiming to provide a reasonably sporty riding position to allow for spirited cornering. The seat-foorpeg-handlebar position distributes the weight of the rider equally on the machine to facilitate a fatigue free, yet exciting riding experience. Dab the electric starter button and the tacho needle swings energetically towards its right, before settling on to a relatively high 1200­ 1400rpm mark – hinting at the revvy character of the engine. The tacho dial has 12000 as its final marking and is redlined at IOsoorpm. The peak power of 17PS is produced at 8soorpm and the peak torque of IsNm kicks in at 7soorpm. The S7 x s8.7mm engine is mildly under square and unlike most of those high revving mills, has a slightly longer stroke than bore. Fuel supply is through an electronic fuel injection system and the ignition system is a Tel unit.

Wring the throttle and the exhaust emanates a muffled sound – no sweet music here, thanks to the emission norms. But slot the Yamaha YZF R15 bike into first gear and it lurches forward with an urgency that’s quite uncharacteristic of any other I50CC Yamaha YZF R15 bike in the market. And even though we didn’t carry any data logging gear with us, we’re quite sure that the Yamaha YZF R15 bike will match the bigger nocc boys in terms of acceleration. Expect a 0-60km/h sprint to happen somewhere in the region of 4.5-5 sec. This is guesswork, but there’s no doubting that this machine is quick.

Shifting through gears reveals that the spread of power has been fabricated to provide sufficient grunt to trundle through the lethargic city traffic without any real issues. We tried pulling the Yamaha YZF R15 bike in sixth gear from as low as :woorpm at 20-25km/h and the engine didn’t lose its breath. Of course, it was not pulling convincingly at that rpm but it wasn’t really spluttering either. We’re sure the Yamaha YZF R15 bike won’t be a hassle to ride in the stop-start city traffic at all, though how practical it eventually turns out to be in real life is something we’ll be able to honestly comment upon only when we get the Yamaha YZF R15 bike for a thorough road test.

While survival power and torque is available at the bottom of the pile, the power really starts building up nicely only once you’re past 5500­ 6000rpm, after which the tacho needle just leaps towards the I0500rpm redline. It’s easy to hit the limiter often as the engine doesn’t mind being revved hard at all. Third was the lowest gear I shifted in, even around the tighter corners. There always was enough power on tap to slow down considerably and accelerate out reassuringly without having to shift down any further. The Chennai race track doesn’t have a very long straight, which meant that it wasn’t a wise thing to use the sixth gear. But Aspi registered a top speed of a very healthy I28km/h on the speedo in the fifth gear. With one more gear to go, this Yamaha YZF R15 bike seemed very capable of hitting the 140km/h on the speedo on a long straight aided by a slight tailwind and the rider properly crouched in. The engine performance, most definitely, is at par with the bigger 220CC bikes, whether the Yamaha YZF R15 bike manages to outclass its bigger counterparts will be clear only when we bolt our data acquiring gear on it and let the figures do the talking.

Apart from the sprightly performance, the new Yamaha is capable of winning over fans by virtue of its looks alone. We’ve seen the Yamaha YZF R15 bike for long enough now to appreciate every detail of its fully faired structure. One very interesting detail that we came across while inspecting the Yamaha YZF R15 bike is that the heat shield and the end cap on the exhaust are made of plastic. We are sure the material provides better heat insulation than metal, just that we don’t want to see it melting or cracking with time. The only visual letdown is probably the tyres which, had they been wider, would have made the Yamaha YZF R15 bike look aesthetically even more appealing. However, Yamaha India has made sure that the MRF rubber they have developed for the Yamaha YZF R15 bike provides more than adequate grip and is functionally the best option for the job. Without doubt, theYamaha R15 is the most stunning looking Indian made Yamaha YZF R15 bike around today and the fact will help Yamaha attain the targeted 25,000 sales units between June to December 2008.

Yamaha are claiming a fuel efficiency figure of about 35-38kmpl even with some spirited riding. We think, these numbers are fair enough for a Yamaha YZF R15 bike as fast and fun as the Rr5, and it won’t be a deterrent in buyers’ decision to shell out the money for it. At Rs 97,000 ex­ showroom, India, theYamaha R15 most definitely is an expensive bike. It’s substantially more costly than the bikes it intends to compete against. But then, it has the technology, the looks and most importantly the performance to justify that price tag. We’re sure that there are a whole lot of enthusiasts who’ve been saving up for this machine ever since it was introduced at the Auto Expo. And after having ridden the Yamaha YZF R15 bike exhaustively, we can assure all these friends that if they go in for the Yamaha R15, it’ll be money well spent. Yamaha are back to where they belong, and this time, they have a winner at hand.

Third Generation Honda 600RR

The Honda 600RR continued to evolve with major changes for the 2007 model year. At first glance, the bike looks quite subtle as compared to the rakish, sharp and aggressive looks of the earlier generations. The pseudo­ RCS1 (Honda’s coveted AMA race bike) ram­ air intake system integrated between the headlights looks radical though not as fresh with the Yamaha R6 having introduced a similar design the previous year. Even to the naked eye, the bike looks considerably smaller as compared to the earlier generations. The paint schemes are fresh with vibrant colors especially the Blue-Metallic Silver (my favorite). The taillight is mounted on the rear fender instead of the rear cowl thus facilitating an easy removal for track usage. The floating panels that make up the front fairing are one of the primary design elements that set this bike apart, visually, from its earlier counterparts.

The moment I cranked up the bike, I noticed that the exhaust note on idling rpm is considerably muted as compared to the earlier generations. But in the quest of complying with various emission norms, the bike hasn’t lost out on performance. This fact is evident right from the word go as the engine feels extremely responsive to throttle input, especially compared to the previous model. Honda’s primary focus for the’ 07 RR had been weight reduction and this has been achieved very well. The engineers have redesigned every intemal component to save as much space as possible resulting in a mill that is one of the smallest and lightest units in the entire 600cc segment. The smaller lengrh engine has allowed a longer Unit Pro-Link (UPL) swingarm setup to be integrated into the bike without havin to increase the wheelbase. The chassis too has grown slimmer with varying metal gauge at various points to ensure rhat there’s no loss of rigidity. The floating panels for the front fairing’ have been redesigned not only to reduce weight but also for better aerodynamics. The bike is at home when riding in the ghats.

The liner power delivery of the bike was evident with the smooth acceleration and the superb throttle response. The mid-comer handling of the bike is really cnvincing. I dared to enter some comers at 9,000rpm and whacked the throttle open on the exit without having to be wary of unintentional wheelies or mid-comer wheelspins. The incorporation of the Honda Electronic Steering Damper (HESDh) helps in reducing headshakes caused due to mid-corner bumps while also enduring great stability at high speeds in a straight line.

Since its launch, the 600RR has won most races it has participated in, and it’s easy to understand why. After all, when was the last time you heard a stock 600cc bike do a sub- 10 second quarter-mile? The ’07 600RR is very much capable of doing those times and at the same time hitting a top whack of over 2sokm/h (provided you find an empty stretch of road). Overall, the’ 07 600RR is big leap over the past generations and the results of Honda’s hard work are evident with championship winning 24 podium finishes for the 2007 season and a comfortable championship lead for the 2008 season of the World Super Sport championship.

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