chauhan_saurabh

No, my father may not wait till Auto Expo or even the 2nd week of Dec

got the big bike feel, and is powerful too! [/QUOTE]
That's the problem, it is also a bigger bike . Height could be a constraint for this.

Yeah that is the first in the list but has a wait period.

pratham.phadnis

as per your requirements, you can go for following bikes :
1) honda shine - good average, low maintenance.
2) discover - good average.
3) gladiator - its from yamaha so i need not tell further.
4) passion pro - its actually 100cc but nice average.

HydBiker

Since Honda Shine has a waiting period you may buy the Suzuki Zeus if you/your father have liked it. In fact for me the Zeus is better than the Shine.

Instead of the HH Glamor you may buy the HH Passion Pro. Lot of complaints from the mechanics about the HH's 125cc engines giving up very early unlike the 100cc engines they have seen so far. And the Passion definitely looks better than the Glamor.

BTW, the Gladiator is not taller than the others. The feel and the way it moves is like that of a big bike.

Don't you want to try the TVS Flame DS and/or the Jive?

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chauhan_saurabh

In a turn around event, my father bought a Mahindra Duro because of multiple reasons.

Thanks guys for all your comments and suggestions.

HydBiker

Beautiful. I am sure your father and the whole family would relish the new purchase. Good choice I should say.

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chauhan_saurabh

A quick update about Duro: I got a chance to ride it during my recent visit to home, here are some pros and cons:

Pros:
1) Really goodunder seat space
2) Really usable broad foot board
3) Good peppy engine. As compared to my sis's pleasure it had noticeable more power and smoother ride.

Cons:
1) Too soft shockers setting -- not sure if it is the case with our bike only, would love to have a help on this from all you bike gurus.
2) Very bad ground clearance(partly due to sockers bottoming out) -- for a sub urban places, even with small/medium size bumps cause underbody getting a hit. Seems like middle stand is a makeshift fitment down there.
3) Very very poor plastic quality

Overall, it is a good ride for smooth rodes but with even a slight bumpy condition it is just an unmanageable piece of crap specially with pillion.

ravi@17bhp

Duro has very bad ride quality and you cannot do anything. And, I still do not understand how you coose Duro over many good scooters.

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chauhan_saurabh

You make mistakes and then learn from them, that's how humans evolve

Anyways choosing it was another story altogether.