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**xionite** · 09-24-2010, 03:44 PM

Originally posted by xionite View Post

- is expecting a true top speed of 165-175kmph reasonable?

that was a question...

i was being unrealistic.
sorry.

Originally posted by xionite View Post

come to think of it... this bike will prolly go to about a true 145kmph. ish.

that's what i really think.

Originally posted by MG_Biker1806 View Post

Honestly people have high hopes from this product. I'm not expecting anything above 150 as true top speed. 145-150 to be more specific

yup.

**bprags** · 09-24-2010, 03:47 PM

+100 to what @MG says couple of weeks back, I was ripping my car and I was doing somewhere around 170, I opened the sunroof and just put my hand out, ooof, the wind blast was so much that, my watch belt (Stainless Steel one) just came off, lucky the watch did not fly off.

**chicane1879** · 09-24-2010, 03:55 PM

Originally posted by MG_Biker1806 View Post

Honestly people have high hopes from this product. I'm not expecting anything above 150 as true top speed. 145-150 to be more specific

Will that be enough as we have our very own Bajaj claiming 144km/hr top speed for the P220 DTSi!!

PS:I know the Mahindra will reach there faster but still!!

**niks_devil666** · 09-24-2010, 03:57 PM

Originally posted by anhil8tr View Post

is it?? correct me if i am wrong, did the rd 350 have a fairing. Dude get real, 180-200 is no break neck speed that a naked bike can't handle. Plus the faired bikes we have here aren't exactly aerodynamic.

Windblast actually is tougher to handle in case of our faired indian bikes. 170 -180ish is a very real top speed to expect from this bike IMO

tried 150+ on an RD long back and u need seat belts at those speeds !

Originally posted by MG_Biker1806 View Post

Honestly people have high hopes from this product. I'm not expecting anything above 150 as true top speed. 145-150 to be more specific

Ride a naked bike at that speed and then comment!!

yup , we shud not expect anything more than what a comet used to do at a smilar price.

Originally posted by bprags View Post

+100 to what @MG says couple of weeks back, I was ripping my car and I was doing somewhere around 170, I opened the sunroof and just put my hand out, ooof, the wind blast was so much that, my watch belt (Stainless Steel one) just came off, lucky the watch did not fly off.

roll down the windows after 100kmph and also notice the drop in FE by a big margin :P

**darkknight** · 09-24-2010, 04:01 PM

Originally posted by riazmomin View Post

If it can cruise (i mean it) at 120kmph...thats great for our roads. I think apart from Ninja 250R we dont have bikes that can CRUISE at 120kmph barring the bigges..

ok..coming to topic...
waiting for 29th...! and my bid is still on 2.25lacs onroad.

The R15 does "cruise" comfortable at 110-115 kmph continuosly for really long distances without any problem.This is the true speed --the sppedo indicates otherwise

**shrinathrao** · 09-24-2010, 04:17 PM

@MG - you know so many things still you are quiet, something big is cooking or is it something opposite

@ xionite - I dont think any normal individual will really rip the bike at 100 + speeds every hour or day apart from the one who rides for long distance of 100 + kms, again if know royal en-field had launched the Electra 4s where the actual bhp was 22+ but the top speed was locked at 100, though the speedo showed 120 as they followed the standards of Indian law.

So i think mahindra may also do something like that.

Correct me if i am wrong but i think the R15 can comfortably cruise at 130+ km speeds comfortably.

MG · 09-24-2010, 04:21 PM

Originally posted by shrinathrao View Post

@MG - you know so many things still you are quiet, something big is cooking or is it something opposite

I don't know anything. Just putting forward some simple facts. That's it

**xionite** · 09-24-2010, 04:31 PM

Originally posted by xionite View Post

- is expecting a true top speed of 165-175kmph reasonable?

well... i was taking about top speed. that's it.

windblast... cruising... comfortably cruising etc. was not the point.

expected top speed... that was the question.

**riazmomin** · 09-24-2010, 04:53 PM

Originally posted by darkknight View Post

The R15 does "cruise" comfortable at 110-115 kmph continuosly for really long distances without any problem.This is the true speed --the sppedo indicates otherwise

I can say it as below 110kmph for R15 with my experience on my R15 and others too. Not to argue, but just my opinion.

and lets not confuse people more here

Originally posted by xionite View Post

well... i was taking about top speed. that's it.

windblast... cruising... comfortably cruising etc. was not the point.

expected top speed... that was the question.

+1, its like framing questions around the answers.

**Sarvajit** · 09-24-2010, 04:57 PM

Originally posted by shrinathrao View Post

Correct me if I am wrong but I think the R15 can comfortably cruise at 130+ km speeds comfortably.

The R15 can maintain high speed for long due to its 4 valve engine&being liquid cooled, but obviously it is working at 90-95% of its engine potential at that speed. The FE which drops down to low 30s is a clear indication of that, though the engine does not overheat.
As Riaz says, I found the real cruising speed of the R15 ideally between 85-105kmph. It returned about 48kmpl once when I stuck to that limit.
Ideally, if a bike can cruise at around 120kmph&still have about 20% juice left in it, it will fit the bill for cruising on most of our highways, IMO.

**chicane1879** · 09-24-2010, 05:02 PM

Originally posted by Sarvajit View Post

The R15 can maintain high speed for long due to its 4 valve engine&being liquid cooled, but obviously it is working at 90-95% of its engine potential at that speed. The FE which drops down to low 30s is a clear indication of that, though the engine does not overheat.
Ideally, if a bike can cruise at around 120kmph&still have about 20% juice left in it, it will fit the bill for cruising on most of our highways, IMO.

Make that 30%.

If a bike has a top speed of 100km/hr then it feels at its best at the speeds of 70-75km/hr.Ideal cruising speed/range should be 70% of the actual top speed of the bike.Anything more than that and you are actually straining the engine and not exactly cruising.

**D Coolest 1** · 09-24-2010, 05:10 PM

Originally posted by chicane1879 View Post

Make that 30%.

If a bike has a top speed of 100km/hr then it feels at its best at the speeds of 70-75km/hr.Ideal cruising speed/range should be 70% of the actual top speed of the bike.Anything more than that and you are actually straining the engine and not exactly cruising.

+1 Agreed, a nice comment IMO.

I hope it should do at least 130 kmph cruising speed

**darkknight** · 09-24-2010, 05:10 PM

Originally posted by chicane1879 View Post

Make that 30%.

If a bike has a top speed of 100km/hr then it feels at its best at the speeds of 70-75km/hr.Ideal cruising speed/range should be 70% of the actual top speed of the bike.Anything more than that and you are actually straining the engine and not exactly cruising.

That's right too swagat & sarva-- so mahindra it is now

**Devilpulsarian** · 09-24-2010, 05:17 PM

As clearly visible in this topic....

"Its the Grand hopes that kill a product rather than the product itself...."

Don't blame Mahindra if your 'evaluations' do not come true...

**xionite** · 09-24-2010, 05:23 PM

Originally posted by Devilpulsarian View Post

As clearly visible in this topic....

"Its the Grand hopes that kill a product rather than the product itself...."

Don't blame Mahindra if your 'evaluations' do not come true...

ah.... the R15 survived... it was supposed to be an RD350 killer et all...

this bike hasn't seen half the speculation the R15 had.

the mahindra should do twice as well... R15 + R15 = 300cc

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