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Its not even a year since ABS has been introduced in bikes in India. It might be an essential for some one getting their first bike but shouldn't be a deal breaker for folks who ride up and down the city every day. I have used my brothers CBR 250 R and i dint see the ABS being deployed even at 60 KPH with hard breaking. Anyways its just my thoughts on ABS.Originally posted by sushanth View Post
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Skill is what keeps you on a Motorcycle
Awareness + Skill is what keeps you out of harm's way
ATGATT + Awareness + Skill means you might Live To Ride another day
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The video in which the duke is being tested has a guy saying "16 ka mileage mila"(the mileage we got is 16)Originally posted by aryapradana View Postreally? i thought it will be around 30 kmpl, thx
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I don't understand as to why should it be as low as 16-20 kmpl!! ?? As i have mentioned earlier, I don't know much about bikesOriginally posted by Shubz View PostYou are expecting! and I am really hoping/wishing/praying!
At 16-20 - Duke's life will be very short lived (a la RD 350)
. Is it because of the high power output ? Because as far as I think a 200cc engine that too fuel injected, should give some decent FE figures! 
Help me out here, as to what are the reasons that could lead to such low figures!
When life gives you Yamaha, make it RD350 not R15. :D
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Sir chill relax! I was just kidding! the test bikes may not have been tuned for the streets yet. So the guy in the video may have said "16".Originally posted by Abhishek2255 View PostI don't understand as to why should it be as low as 16-20 kmpl!! ?? As i have mentioned earlier, I don't know much about bikes
. Is it because of the high power output ? Because as far as I think a 200cc engine that too fuel injected, should give some decent FE figures! 
Help me out here, as to what are the reasons that could lead to such low figures!
Secondly - the "16" is not the absolute mileage. It could have been "16" so far. Just like in the cars, half way through if you were to check the average FE it could show a figure that could cause a mild heart attack. But once a whole tankful of fuel has been consumed, thats when the real average can be known.
Am sure Bajaj folks aren't that brainless to release a bike in the market whose FE is close to the SBK's
It sure would be in the range of 30 kmpl - a few kmpl this way/that way.
Don't kill me for the 16-20!
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Poor you ShubzOriginally posted by Shubz View PostNeither. From what I have heard so far on these forums.
I can only recall Payeng's statement on such forums. I stopped spreading about such false claims 
Think about this...20 Kmpl with 11L tank, add to that its a FI & should have atleast 2 lts in reserve, that makes 9 X 20 = 180 Kms range. Is that all a modern day bike will have??? Even the humble old Rx had 10L tank with 1 lt reserve with 35 Kmpl with a range nothing less than 280-300 Kms, which is what every bike manufacturer targets.Skill is what keeps you on a Motorcycle
Awareness + Skill is what keeps you out of harm's way
ATGATT + Awareness + Skill means you might Live To Ride another day
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Lol! This is like dipping one's hand into an ant hill and then hopping mad! It wasn't a claim that I made. I just mentioned it in jest.Originally posted by aargee View PostPoor you Shubz
I can only recall Payeng's statement on such forums. I stopped spreading about such false claims 
If I were to be using a bike and then claiming falsely, you could call it false claim. The bike is yet to hit the Indian roads. Till then we could all go speculating the way we want. Free country you know
I would even say Hey you know what - I got to know from one closeeee source withing BAL that the FE is around 40. price is around 1.3 lakhs for sure etc etc and what not!
You are one different threads too - so you know very well how the speculating world goes!
Surprised that people are willing to lap up anything that is put out.
Sorry gentlemen - I have no confirmed knowledge about the Duke's FE! Nor does anybody else out here.
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Last edited by aargee; 01-14-2012, 12:45 AM.Skill is what keeps you on a Motorcycle
Awareness + Skill is what keeps you out of harm's way
ATGATT + Awareness + Skill means you might Live To Ride another day
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