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5 Best and 5 Worst names of Indian Bikes!!

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  • #181
    Best Ones

    Monster
    Intruder
    Rocket
    Machismo
    Apache

    and many more
    Dont want to get into the alphanumerics of CBR, GSX, ZX etc.

    Worst

    Star City (oh yea and Star Village for the rural population?)
    Stunner (What next, Pacifier?)
    Pleasure( With the tag line 'why should boys have all the fun', it sounds like some kind of means of personal physical gratification)
    Libero (Seriously, why?)
    Alba (Wait there's Simpson and Biel too!)
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    • #182
      favs of an 18 yr old kid.....
      1)Avenger (just simply great!)
      2)Karizma (like the grunt that automatically comes when you speak it)
      3)RE Thunderbird
      4)pulsar ("bajaj pulsar dtsi" say it to believe it)
      5)Apache RTR

      Worst names
      1)Hayabusa(dont know the meaning and all but it sure sounds funny "hay hay busa")
      2)R15, fz16 Rd350 cbr etc (names of bikes or some sort components of electrical circuit?)
      3)Hh passion
      4)bajaj platina
      4)all hh names which have an adjective imposed like
      passion "pro" , cd (deluxe), "super" splendor etc.
      Men who still dream of being a pilot or an astronaut are yet to ride a motorcycle.

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      • #183
        Here goes the likes and dislikes of a 19 yr old.

        Good ones
        1. Intruder. (simply awesome)
        2. Avenger
        3. Thunderbird
        4. Pulsar (One f the bent names actually, but lost its lust due to over usage)
        5. Karizma

        Bad ones
        1. Java
        2. Passion
        3. Hunk
        4. Apache (the tribal bike )
        5. Wind, Victor, Splendor...
        MOTORCYCLING IS AS MUCH ART AS IT IS SCIENCE

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        • #184
          My Best
          1. Bullet
          2. Night Rod
          3. Apache "RTR"
          4. Hornet (Honda CB600)
          5. Suzuki Samurai - Defines what is says "No Problem"

          ~| WORST ONES |~
          All the revised version of Hero Honda Bikes i.e Passion -> Passion+, CBZ-> CBZ Extreme

          Bajaj's few bike name sucks as XCD, Platina
          Libero
          Gladiator
          R15

          What i find is naming is done with perfection but bike is so unperfect for the name.
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          • #185
            Worst

            1. Karizma: Is that Karishma said by an ad agency guy pretending to have an Italian accent? Or is it Charisma spelt by a dropout with Dyslexia? Even today, the only thing I hold against that bike is its name.
            2. Mojo: The WORST advert for a bike owner ever. Makes a guy feel like he's lost his Mojo and can only find it in the bike.
            3. Passion: The least likely bike to excite passion ever.
            4. Machismo: Done by a little, skinny, nerdy, geeky guy who'd been watching Razor Ramon on WWF for way too long.
            5. Adreno: Really?!
            6. Eliminator: What a pretentious name for a sub-200cc midget-easyrider. The only thing it eliminated was itself from the market.
            7. Hunk: Should've been called CHUNK for its ridiculous looks.
            8. Enticer: Far from enticing.


            Best

            1. Yezdi: Has a strangely exotic but masculine name to go with its tank-like build and Eastern European heritage (I'm biased of course but I bought it much after I liked it)
            2. CBZ: Rolls off the tongue like no other bike named with model nos. ever has.
            3. Thunderbird: Great name. Sadly, the name would've been more applicable to the Standard and the rest of the Enfield range (pre-UCE) than this one.
            4. Pulsar: Very decent name actually. Become a bit common and jaded through use over a decade but still a great name.
            5. Comet: Excellent name for a bike which really did look and perform the part.
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            • #186
              Originally posted by sooraj_vs View Post
              Here goes the likes and dislikes of a 19 yr old.

              Good ones
              1. Intruder. (simply awesome)
              2. Avenger
              3. Thunderbird
              4. Pulsar (One f the bent names actually, but lost its lust due to over usage)
              5. Karizma

              Bad ones
              1. Java
              2. Passion
              3. Hunk
              4. Apache (the tribal bike )
              5. Wind, Victor, Splendor...
              What s wrong with apache
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              • #187
                Originally posted by kantu View Post
                What s wrong with apache
                Apache is the name of an American Indian tribe. Sounds ok to me.

                But I wonder how many guys actually are aware it its true pronunciation.

                Americans pronounce APACHE as, "Aaa - Paa - Chi"
                I have heard everybody in India pronounce it as "Aaa - Paa - Chey".


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                • #188
                  Originally posted by Ray13 View Post
                  Worst
                  1. Adreno: Really?!
                  2. Eliminator: What a pretentious name for a sub-200cc midget-easyrider. The only thing it eliminated was itself from the market.
                  ROFL
                  I thought Adreno was something to with adrenaline


                  Originally posted by payeng View Post
                  Americans pronounce APACHE as, "Aaa - Paa - Chi"
                  I have heard everybody in India pronounce it as "Aaa - Paa - Chey".
                  some even call it "Aaa - Paa - Ssshhhey"
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                  • #189
                    Originally posted by kantu View Post
                    What s wrong with apache
                    Buddy..be cool.. If I dont like a name, its my very personal feeling. That word 'Apache' doesnt sound like a bike at all to me.

                    Originally posted by payeng View Post
                    Apache is the name of an American Indian tribe. Sounds ok to me.

                    But I wonder how many guys actually are aware it its true pronunciation.

                    Americans pronounce APACHE as, "Aaa - Paa - Chi"
                    I have heard everybody in India pronounce it as "Aaa - Paa - Chey".

                    The aborigine tribe of North America, the Apaches, are known for their aggression, endurance and that they never give up. The US Military's top attack helicopter is named Apache. They pronounce it as a-p-aa-chi.
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                    • #190
                      Originally posted by sooraj_vs View Post
                      Buddy..be cool.. If I dont like a name, its my very personal feeling. That word 'Apache' doesnt sound like a bike at all to me.
                      He he am cool only da , just asked the reason for not liking it you had not mentioned that , when i told to my dad i will buy this bike he laughed and said it sounds like apppachi(in kannada literally meaning something that will flatten)
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                      • #191
                        Originally posted by Manoj76 View Post
                        Slingshot(WTF!)
                        +1 hahaha!
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                        • #192
                          My favourites:-
                          1. Thunderbird
                          2. Graptor
                          3. Apache
                          4. Fury
                          5. Pulsar

                          Worst:-
                          1. BYK (The Bajaj BYK)
                          2. Star City
                          3. Hunk
                          4. Karizma
                          5. Boxer

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                          • #193
                            Apache is also the name of a war helicopter, I think.

                            Best 5 names->

                            Ninja, (now its made in India, right?)
                            Pulsar,
                            Karizma, (True that its got "K" instead of "CH" but that's what makes its uniqueness)
                            Splendor, (Commuter or whatever, but the name resembles its experience, for the target group atleast)
                            Apache (it sounds great to me, if I forget the american tribe thing)


                            Worst 5 names-

                            1. Jojo Momo ... I mean, Mojo.
                            2. Hunk ... feels Gayish if you sit on your Hunk...
                            3. CBZ Xtreme ... There's nothing Xtreme about it. Also, its too long a name.
                            4. Gulsar ... If they had to copy Pulsar, they could have given it a better name "Pulsate" or "Pulse" or something...
                            5. Slingshot ... feels kiddish.
                            6. Passion ... Passion for what? Mileage or reliability? The damn name doesn't resemble the machine at all!
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                            • #194
                              Worst names--
                              1.Glamour ( bike seems to be more glamorous than the rider)
                              2. Hunk
                              3. Passion pro (what does pro means?) professional passion
                              4. Stallio (doesn't match with the looks of the bike)
                              5.Star city
                              & d worst of all of them-------- d award goes to Karizma.

                              Best names--
                              1. Pulsar
                              2. FZ
                              3. Ninja
                              4. Rtr(hyper edge)
                              5. Yzf-r15.
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                              • #195
                                What I like ??
                                When they characterize a bike by giving proper name.
                                e.g. Karizma, Bullet, Thunderbird, Avenger

                                What I don't like ??
                                CD100, XCD, and anything that league.
                                I feel, mere combination of alphabets & digits convey nothing about bike but engine cc.
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