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  • #16
    A water pump set mated to a gear box... ... interesting??? Na, I don't think so....
    Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window.

    Multum in Parvo - Much in Little

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    • #17
      one test ride and no one is gonna buy them, the diesels wont even be anywhere close to Petrol engines in refinement and revvablility. When people here keep cribbing of RTR's vibrations, wonder what they would have to say about the diesel engine vibes.

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      • #18
        Diesel engines these days are on par with petrol engines when it comes to refinedness, acceleration.. But then launching a 400cc beast in diesel doesn't make sense.
        Lets hope for the best.

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        • #19
          hope this doesn't become an EPIC blunder
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          • #20
            Hero group has all the money in the world to make an epic blunder.. even if this achieves nothing.. at least it will make the world take notice and the other manufacturers will be made to think differently from their current strategy of introducing 15 variants of the same 100cc bike..
            Advice is a form of nostalgia.
            Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.

            Antz Travelz!! | South India Exploration Ride | Leh Triplog (Work in progress)

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            • #21
              lol.
              anyways, lets hope for the good. would be nice to see another pure indian bike on the roads
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              • #22
                A 400cc turbo-diesel engine generating 60 horses and 100nm of torque.. sweeeeet
                Street racing is for Squids trying to make up for their small equipment

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                • #23
                  May be a CRDi Engine... I hope i4 diesel
                  A quote by a toilet, " use me well, keep me clean, i would never tell anybody whatever i have seen.." :P

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                  • #24
                    highly unlikey this will see the light of the day anythime soon
                    It all begins with a thumb-start -- Oh, wait, I forgot the kill-switch

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                    • #25
                      That reminds me about diesel bullet.
                      There's lot to it other than saddle....


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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by antz.bin View Post
                        Hero group has all the money in the world to make an epic blunder.. even if this achieves nothing.. at least it will make the world take notice and the other manufacturers will be made to think differently from their current strategy of introducing 15 variants of the same 100cc bike..

                        Very well said.. Started off with splendor and currently running with splendor + splendor - etc.. lol.. same with passion and super spelndor... I burst out when i see glamour has it had several colours in it
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                        • #27
                          SO, at last "DHAK DHAK GO" is gonna become "PHAT PHAT GO".. Wonder what Hrithik will do for this bike in the ad..? Probably haul a bunch of people, smiling like a donkey..?
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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by antz.bin View Post
                            Hero group has all the money in the world to make an epic blunder.. even if this achieves nothing.. at least it will make the world take notice and the other manufacturers will be made to think differently from their current strategy of introducing 15 variants of the same 100cc bike..

                            Exactly!


                            Hero is seeking redemption post separation!
                            I sincerely hope they come up with something as inspiring as the original CBZ.


                            But wondering who will be the target audience for these bikes. enthusiasts or otherwise ?
                            Will they ultimately end up being "Chakkdaas" - the desi crossover of motorcycle & 3 wheeler made to carry passengers and cargo mainly in Rajasthan and Kutch.


                            I remember when bajaj was breaching the 180cc barrier, they were trying to "come up with a powerful bike targeted at use mainly in markets where 2 wheelers are generally used to carry a lot of cargo and passengers" (atleast at that time)


                            Thanks to that effort now we have our 200s and 220s, so hoping for the best from Hero!
                            Before - Waiting for 150 KMPH+ Indian bike

                            After - DUKEd !
                            Pulsar 180 DTSi (sold) | Duke 390

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                            • #29
                              Now i call this DIFFERENT THINKING Hope for the best for them....
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                              • #30
                                In the last episode of NDTV CnB show, Siddharth speculated a DIESEL TVS bike coming this year.

                                But, Diesel H bike is some surprise. Any news of mass-producing 100cc Diesel Bikes?
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