A good link about C-ABS:

Honda Worldwide | Motorcycle Picture Book | Electronically Controlled Combined ABS

i think he's lying!

rather, i think he has replied to his question by quoting his avatar, as something is mentioned in it :P

Even Ninja comes exclusive because of its price. If Ninja was manufactured here and was costing less than 2 lac , would you call it as exclusive or will compare to the pretty girls in Delhi or Chandigarh

Lets assume Onroad cost of CBR 250R is between 1.4 lac to 1.7[ABS] . It is a big money for majority of the Indian Middle class family. It will be exclusive at-least for some time , but may not be as exclusive as Ninja.

When ZMA was launched it was exclusive even in Bangalore, but not now.
Same would be the case for Ninja 250 and CBR 250R in a few years to come.

How do you define exclusivity? Price? Then, my friend, you are swimming against the tide of greater opinion on xbhp, which has been clamouring for a 250 cc at an affordable price. And now the CBR 250R seems to be a bike which meets that criteria - if speculations are to be believed.

If it is exclusivity is what you so seek, a Ninja 250 and upwards is what you should aiming at, not the CBR 250! Or move to a city where you are the only guy who can afford a CBR 250R!

That was the essence of my post - that price makes most of the things 'exclusive' or not. Since people were expecting exclusivity in a relatively affordable sportsbike, I was just pointing that out...

Even Ninja comes exclusive because of its price. If Ninja was manufactured here and was costing less than 2 lac , would you call it as exclusive or will compare to the pretty girls in Delhi or Chandigarh

Lets assume Onroad cost of CBR 250R is between 1.4 lac to 1.7[ABS] . It is a big money for majority of the Indian Middle class family. It will be exclusive at-least for some time , but may not be as exclusive as Ninja.

When ZMA was launched it was exclusive even in Bangalore, but not now.
Same would be the case for Ninja 250 and CBR 250R in a few years to come.

C-ABS does not do the braking for you. Firstly, it doesnt do anything when the bike is being ridden....its just sitting there idle waiting for your wheel to lock. Secondly, it doesnt do anythinng EVEN when you are braking...even under heavy braking it sits there idle doing nothing.
It only comes into picture when you are LOCKING EITHER OF THE WHEELS.

So when riding..if you use the front, front wheel will stop the bike...if you use the rear, rear wheel will stop the bike. Now while using either the front or the rear(we are talking of brakes here) if you act like a noob (aka under panic situations) and grab a handfull of the front lever or if you stand on the rear brake lever THEN AND ONLY THEN the C-ABS will be triggered to prevent any sort of wheel lockage. Thats Honds word...and you can verify that by going straight and grabbing a handfull of the front lever. The bike will stop vehemently killing your kids but the wheel will not lock and hence not skid.
Now try doing the same thing(grabbing the front lever like a maniac) on any non C-ABS bike and you would have crashed you bike already.

C-ABS has nothing to do with the speed at which the bike is being ridden.
But the system is activated above a decent speed threshold. Theres a C-ABS lamp in the instrument cluster which remains lit untill about 15kmh, once you are above that speed C-ABS lamp switches off telling you that its now active and is waiting for a wheel to lock(notice being active is................................................ ....

@tenhut:-
if C-ABS is that necessary then why isnt it provided in the ninja 250 ?? It is more capable than the CBR 250 to achieve high speeds of 150kmph+.

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i think he's lying!

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rather, i think he has replied to his question by quoting his avatar, as something is mentioned in it :P

CBR 250R is going to be a touring bike. Does that mean its acceleration will be lesser than lower displacement racing bikes like R15, Apache, p220 etc. ?

CBR 250R is going to be a touring bike. Does that mean its acceleration will be lesser than lower displacement racing bikes like R15, Apache, p220 etc. ?