sasen

The feedbacks leading me to believe the Honda CBR will be practical choice for me. This has better performance, hassle free and as per users equally good in city traffic as well as highway cruising.

BTW I don't mind a Ninja overtaking me on CBR. The guys deserves this against the 1.4 lacs extra that he had paid..

Looks like CBR it is.. But the Bull will remain in my heart...someday I will own that as well, unless I suddenly come across loads of money to get me a Harley

dreamseller

The bike can safely cruise at 120-125 kmph speeds all day long, as long as you are able to do it.
But again as I said before, both are totally different products. If someone overtakes you and you are in the mood for a drag, please don't buy the RE. Not that it will not be able to, but it's simply not made for that.

What I mean here is, both can cruise all day long at 110+ speeds but have very different cruising characteristics. You just need to know what floats your metaphorical boat.

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chicmagnet

Buy what your heart wants, not what we say!

rawpower_87

Same here... I double quote this..

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rakshit rana

Ya go with with what your heart says,otherwise if you see a RE500 on road sometime you might regret then.

me is rossi

Went through the exact same phase : But as they say left it on luck~!
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Secondly it looks tooo radical for the present environment, hence too eye-catchy.

I was worried about parts being stolen, i cant keep a check on it if i parked it at the railway station and left it there for the whole day! I can leave my different looking eye catchy yet a Bullet parked and not worry about road side taporis screwing around with the bike!!

I was honestly not convinced with the handling aspect in bumper to bumper traffic without gettting a cramp in my back or wrist pain after getting out of the jam!

I am sure spares of bullet are available like that of a pulsar! But i cant say the same thing about a CBR! Basically I dont know whether I will be able to find a mech for that!!

The on road assistance is upto 50kms radius of thane (From the showroom wherever I would have bought from!)

The sound of the of the CBR is not like I had expected, I guess it goes with the refinement

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J.Ravi

I am considering retiring my Suzuki Fiero and searching for suitable successor.

I like both RE DS and Honda CBR 250R ABS. Already I had test rides of RE Electra, DS and Honda CBR 250R ABS.

In the short test ride of DS I had yesterday in the busy afternoon traffic, I was taken aback by its power. The braking was superb. I had some difficulty in finding the neutral. I sourly missed the neutral-finder lever at RHS in the Bullets of yesteryear. The waiting period at HSR Agencies was 4 - 6 months. The test ride bike was nice and well-maintained.

After that I went to Planet Honda to test ride Honda CBR 250R ABS. I got the test ride bike after waiting for more than half-hour. The test ride bike was with a broken clutch-lever and without rear-view mirrors. When asked about the missing essential items, the person who accompanied me, replied that spares were not available! But, here also, I enjoyed the maximum speed that I could go in the busy traffic and awesome brakes. When I asked that person whether the cowl was to be removed for checking the coolant level in the radiator, he suggested me to go to their Ceeber-exclusive service centre at 8th main, Basaveswara Nagar, who would help me in the matter!

Although I liked both the bikes, I was not comfortable with the crouching riding posture of Honda CBR 250R ABS, which might tilt the balance in favour of RE DS.
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Yes, it did tilt the balance in favour of RE DS! Yesterday, my son booked a DS at HSR Enterprises, Rajajinagar, by paying Rs 1000 towards advance deposit with a waiting period of 4 - 6 months.

The One

Which bike did you finally bought? And how's your experience with it? I tested the Classic 500 and mannnn, it's mind blowing. Booked it straight away since just couldn't think of buying any other bike (unless I have money for a Harley 48 or a Diavel ).

aargee

Saar, adjacent to the clutch housing, you can find a black plastic cap/cover that need to be opened with a philip headed screw driver to check the coolant level.

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