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I use RTR 160 for my daily commuting, will be traveling avg 50 km per day & occasional touring. It is 15 mnths old & clocked 22000km. Its gives me avg 48-52 in city commuting. I generally fill 12 ltrs at a time. Only it rear tear has been replaced, just to have fine grip. Except for regular servicing between 2500 to 3000km, i havent spend anything else on it. Do regulaly change its & filter. Thats it

2008 P180UG3. Commuting for the last one year.Good for commuting. returns a FE of 40 to 42km per litre. I ride around 40kms daily.
Has enough grunt for city use as well as some fast highway runs.
Is flickable for zip zap zoom through traffic.

I use my R15 for daily commuting with an avg stretch of 30kms/day and occasional weekends G2Gs.
last time when i calculated my mileage
my bike returned 42.83 kmpl..
on aug 28th it will complete its one year..
done on 5k on ODO (for 4 about months i stopped biking due to some reasons).
my monthly fuel expense is near about 1-1.2k

P.S.- lets mention our monthly expenses on fuel consumption too..

Hi Mach50

Hi Mach50,

I ride a P200. These "Premium" bikes are not too different from the regular horses we see on Indian roads. Most of them share the same design principles, the few advantages being more horse power, torque, better handling, durability (though this is debatable), slightly better ride control/handling, and of course better looks. The only cons are that they are dearer in terms of cost,have lower fuel-efficiency figures, and in some cases, require more maintenance.

In terms of fuel-efficiency (on-road, Indian traffic conditions), the figures vary from a meager 25 KM/Liter to a respectable 60 KM/Liter. This varies from bike to bike, and depends largely on the rider. Mine gives me about 45-50 KMPL on an average.

With respect to maintenance, one is not expected to be a rocket-scientist with bikes, but a little knowledge will go a long way. It helps to go through the user-manual thoroughly, and understand the specifics of one's machine. Premium bikes nowadays, for example, come with open chains/sprocket sets, and hence need regular lubrication. These bikes are also a bit heavier than their commuter siblings, come with clip-ons, sportier seating positions and hence take time getting used to. The rest is the same as any other regular motorcycle. Tyre pressure, air-filter, carburettor, chain-tension/lubrication, wheel-alignment/balance (though this can only be checked in a SC), clutch-free play/lubrication, suspension etc. End of the day it all depends on how passionate we are about our babies, and how willing we are terms of time/money spent on them.

Hope my reply was of some help to you.

Cheers!

Using a Cbz-x for quite some time now.Daily commute comes upto 30 kms.Mileage is not bad considering the stop and go traffic enroute.Gives me around 48-50 kmpl.No major issues with the bike so far.So,can't really comment about the spares,though HH spares are considered quite pricey compared to the competition...that's pretty much about it.

I use Apache RTR refresh for commuting. I commute from first year of my college as i used to manage small things in my family business, i never used a small bike always premium bikes RXZ, Energy FX, GF125, CBZ etc, for two months in between i used a freedom but i liked more performance so never thought for going in for any small bike.
All the above bikes gave FE from 40kmpl to 50 kmpl. CBZ was the least fuel efficient though.

i use my p180 ug3 fro daily commuting...generally 20km a day..commuting to my college and back to home..and for sabji's nad markets..5km..thts it.

it returns me 42~40km/litr and at times 45..and after 1st servicing it gave me 50 ..
no issues at all.clocked 2300 km..

i USE MY Zma for commuting and travel 20 kms a day with long rides once every 2 onths.done 16500 kms in 14 months.

I used to take my P220 Dts-Fi to office daily until recently. Daily commute of around 50-75 kms if I take the bike to office.

Bike is 20months old and has clocked a litte over 40K kms.

Avg. mileage I get is between 30-38kmpl but I usually ride hard. With a gentler right wrist you can extract more.

Maintenance costs are actually depending totally on how much you want to do with the bike, if you care a little bit more your maintenance bill would be higher.

At first, just by seeing the topic I thought u are asking for the members who drive "superbikes" (R1, intruder...) as commuting...but viewing ur thread inside this is just hilarious.

If u call a 150cc bike as a 'premium' then what do u call a 500...R1 / Fireblade..50+ lakh Ducati 1098 S ? Well jokes aside. cool

I have a 'premium Pulsar 150cc' bike . 3 yrs old.
its a 3rd generation pulsar - the first with alloy wheels.
~24500 on clock !. Still Tyres are not changed as grooves are still in place.
Used extensively for Touring.
Mileage: 58 - 60 kmpl in a mixed environment..No I am not kidding this is true.
I Service it every 2.5K kms. but I change oil / Bardhal oil / Distilled water / Acid on my own.

I have a bad exp with the bajaj dealer as they usually neglect to change oil / acid - water for the battery. service may cost around ~1K but it depends upon the type of vehicle and problem / spare parts costs. sometimes the cost may be around 600 bucks. but it depends....

-> there is not much difference between the bajaj 150 / 220 maintenance. if u can afford 220 just go for it. currently its the fastest indian. Now I feel the power of my 150 is not enough...this may be the feeling of most of bikers and i wish to upgrade my vehicle too. the 220 is still a poser bike. the new 220 carb version sports all black and is a looker than the 220 FI.

-> some items like filter / spark plug should be changed every 10K which may add a few hundreds to ur service bill but note that the Hero Honda / Honda spares are i think the costliest of the lot.

-> despite the regular acid / water topping, u may need to change the battery after 2 yrs and it could cost around 2k appx.

-> chain / sprockets / clutch too need to be replaced after 20 - 25K and for R15 it should be replaced even more quickly (read this in a thread that r15 clutch should be replaced at 17K.. as an r15 owner complained that he exp some prob... and its suggested by L.P) these 3 parts may be more pricey than any other.

-> generally a pricey bike's spare should be more pricey. ex: r15.

-> fz/fzs' tyre may costs more than other "premium" bikes in the same category.

-> moeed crashed his master's karizma and it costs him around 32K. moeed I am right ?

Hope u got some idea regarding premium bikes

& I thought this thread was for guys who commute on Superbikes, & thought only Rossiter (Akhil) & Ken_Cool (Ken da) will end up posting here..

Anyways, I own an R15, & use it to commute to & from office, involving a daily commute of 35kms..
She returns me an FE of 40-45 depending on the riding style (mostly involves riding in pathetic bumper-to-bumper traffic that B'lore has become so synonymous with, atleast on weekdays)..

Its been just over 2.5 months since I bought it, & have completed just 1 service.. So I can't yet comment on the maintenance costs involved.. But yes, the chain is like a fussy GF.. Needs quite some attention..
I just love this bike! Nothing else will do (except the Ninja250 or better)..

I use two not so PREMIUM SEGMENT MOPEDs (a 2007 P180 UG3 and a 2003 GF170 Laser) for commuting on some weekdays and on most weekends.

Anything, below 250cc may not be classified as motorbikes and may be easily classified into different segments of MOPEDs as follows:

1) 0-50cc - Ekdum Low Class Moped
2) 51-99cc - Thik thak Moped
3) 100-125cc - Aspiring Moped
4) 126-135cc - God help Moped
5) 136-165cc - Oh I'm God Moped
6) 166-180cc - Just below the Premium mark Moped
7) 181-200cc - I'm still alone in this segment Premium Moped
8) 201-249cc - Uber Premium Moped
9) 250cc upwards - Humble Motorbikes

'Premium' bikes , what was the point of this topic can anyone tell me