hats off to HH for making us laugh in this period when recession is killing everyone....

thanks HH for the laughter movement
and yeah i wonder how many people will buy the new xtreme which is xtreme in many sense
and yeah HH lives with boneheads not off the edge thats why it coming up with thses kind of sh**

OT:
Just to throw some facts at you, Bajaj is the second largest two wheeler brand in India. It has a production capacity which cant be matched by anyone. By exercising good operational allocation techniques for production, they can work around the inflation by maintaining lower levels of inventories, having said that they would require to push out thier existing products faster... Which is why they now have spot finance options via Bajaj finance.

Banks moving out of the showrooms are a old story... guess about 4-5 months old, there are a lot of reasons to it... these are sub prime lending, and i guess everybody is aware of the potential risk that caused the crisis. Another major reasons to it is inability to close the credit decisioning on the spot... a lot of banks work on a hub n spoke model. This opens up a window for fraud and increases the TAT, thereby again screwing up in case of delinquency.

The benefit that Bajaj Finance has is that it can catch the customer during the transaction and an ability to have the decisioning right then and there... however having said that they are still vulnerable to subprime risks... however they are hedging their risks from one business to another!

Bajaj still has a very low down payment.. 20-30% afaik...! lower than anyone else... but that again, I guess is an attempt to flush out the inventory....

I have seen the nex CBZ Xtreme in flesh two days back. I checked the bike thoroughly and I did not find the bike to be that bad. In fact, it looked better to me than the older version. The graphics are really cool. The chrome finish on the headlight and the clear lens indicators at front have changed the look of the front drastically. Overall the bike looks better than the older version.

Regarding the sales, from last year, HH posted 5% growth in sales. Bajaj sales dipped whopping 37% from last year. Same case with TVS too, but better than Bajaj.

yes, even i saw a new xtreme with black color which has its tail finished in bright red....it does actually look better now!!! and yes, i m starting to see new xtremes on the road!

Me three! Though initially the twin color alloys appeared distasteful to me, when I saw it in flesh, I kinda liked it!
Is there a price hike?

OT: Any further news on the Karizma FI?? I am holding on to my CBZ* till then.

Yup! coming soooooooooon. I know CBZ* is a good bike and you can hold on it for more years.

New Xtreme is good only in those colours which dont have dual colour alloy wheels.

HH ppl have all fools in their advertising department. New X treme ad is really pathetic. Thumbs down!!!

It really doesnt matter fella that those guys are fool or not but if they can manage to lure the intendend audiance in becoming their customer, purpose is served and that seems to happen.

I took some photos of a flashy orange colored new cbz xtreme today...

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For me, body colored alloys for rear wheels is a turn off.

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I do not want to comment on the whether it looks good or bad as I have not seen in flesh, but the bike looks toooooooo flashy.

I fell off my chair watching the brilliant combo used by the Hero honda's Graphic designing team!!!
Whats wrong with them?? man it looks like a villagers bicycle which is decorated with different colors and type of plastic flowers.. yuck!!!!
A big thumbs down for the design!!
This is my personal opinion, please dont fire at me..

haha perfect for courier guys

No dude, Why should we fire you? In fact, at least someone raised the truth...

We all know Honda is aiming for the Big Cities & HH is aimed at penetrating the Real India, including rural areas ...

Now, I know what they meant by this statement ...