Guys,what should i do?
Whether i should go ahead and buy a ZMA?
The JV has ended,i am concerned whether i will get spare
parts or not..

You will get spares easily(by the way why you need them ) ...it's a trusted bike from years.. go ahead

It is a good bike no doubt about it. If you have made your mind then go for it.

I think it's a machine and you cant trust any machine. It can face any problem at any point of time. It is not a pacemaker where you cant afford to have defect.

I remember one of my friend who has a ZMA is still seraching for the padding in the fairing that too in Mumbai for last 6 months. SVC doesn't have it and just assures him that they will get it. If this is the condition right now just imagine what will happen when the JV is no more and also the cost of spares after it.

This is not related to bikes but would like to mention one incident here. One of my friend has a Ford IKON which is a very good car as per enthusiasts but has terrible cost of ownership. The spares cost a fortune and since this January the car was taken out of production. Finding the spares before moving out of production was a mamoth task at a huge price then imagine what will happen 2 Years down the line.

Altough I think Car manufacturers provide spares till 10 Years after the model is discontinued but finding spares now also is a huge task. Now he is forced to buy duplicate spares from Kurla. Just imagine his situation .

they have give you so many innovative products like splendor, passion, cbz and karizma....
infact i must say biking culture in india is just coz of hero honda otherwise people were happy with bajaj chetaks and lml vespas....
just wait a bit i am sure they will bring definately bring new products in market...
they dont believe in releasing 4-5 bikes with same design with diffrent engines or vice versa....

Agreed whole heartedly..... but the sooner the Indian manufacturers realize that they need to move on from basking in past glory, the better for all.
HH cries about bringing the biking culture,
Bajaj cries for bringing performance to the masses and taking it to the next level,
TVS cries about brining new technology and its 'racing dna'
Yamaha cries about it pushing the 'performance' segment to the next level
Honda cries about quality of the world standard..
Suzuki just cries about being an international player...

at the end of the day, its all cries and nothing else.. what is relevant is the present and not the past.

they do believe in releasing 4-5 bikes with same engine with diffrent design...

Fixed it for you.

Yeah they are the pioneer's.

many cars and bike manufacturers use same engine for different designs...
linea, sx4, manza, desire, punto, indica vista, palio, swift all r using same engine but all are diffrent is charecter and tuning...
at least they are not installing 4-5 engines under same design like bajaj is doing with their discover and pulsar range and tvs is doing this with apache...
they have maintained the charm of their bikes like karizmas and cbzs....

WTF .... !!!!!

I'm missing a thumbs Up button here!

Its true. They all use Fiat's Diesel engine (I guess MJD ). Just the tuning is different.

it seems that Fiat makes great engines....why don't Bajaj get a engine from Fiat...

Except the Palio all are true...

But do you think no one does the same design and different engines? Really? I have many... but just 1 example... Porsche sells the 911 with the same design and 13 different engine options... Wanna confirm...? Check this site

Porsche 911 in India - Porsche 911 Price, Porsche 911 Reviews | CarDekho.com

Another example the Indica Vista... Same design and 11 engines...

Tata Indica in India - Tata Indica Price, Tata Indica Reviews | CarDekho.com

And thats just the V2... Add to it the different engine options under V2 turbo, Xeta, Vista and V2 Xeta...!

And chuck these two massive lists... Every Model has 2-3 engine options...

Yeah they do make great Diesel engines.

Thats what I said all the engines are same but the tuning is different. I am not an expert in this but AFAIK car manufacturers sign a licensing agreement with Fiat and need to get it approved from them. Many of the MJD models which are there in todays cars have a cylinder difference. Some have 3 while some have 4.

TATA wont worry that much with the licensing agreement with FIAT as they are partners in India . I guess thats the reason you see so many Indica Diesel models.

OT yes there are too much Indica's....and it's hard to differentiate between them.....though i like the styling of Manja