Query approved.

Have you shortlisted any bike as yet, have you taken any test ride?

I'd suggest fz for city use. It satisfies you on comfort but it's a little bit underpowered. And it's a most fun to ride bike in the city. I suggest you take a test ride and decide and if you can wait look for pulsar 200.

@sunilg , not yet

@w4rrior , even I was thinking about FZ , is it so underpowered compared to P220 , RTR 180 , r15 .

and about pulsar 200ns , wont that be beyond 1 lac ?


some of the bikes I can think of are - FZ , RTR 180 , P220 ,

not in the list due to budget problem - duke 200 , r15

FZ is 14Ps, R15/ RTR180/ P220 are 17Ps/ 17.5Ps/ 21Ps. But I wouldn't call it underpowered since you will be using it only in the city and it is only the Highways that the FZ feels underpowered.

No it won't.

Any reason for Not considering ZMA-R? Fits all 3 requirements quite well.

RTR won't be comfortable considering your height. And yeah zma is a proven commuter and tourer and it's pretty comfy too! I wouldn't suggest you pulsar220 as new pulsar is better than the current one. And new pulsar will be priced under a lakh. But you gotta wait for it atleast 2-3 months.

Its nice to know you are looking forward for a new bike. I always suggest people to go for a new bike rather than an used one. Generally people look towards some particular company. But if you ask me whether its Tata or Toyota, I will say lets drive em both and see which fits me instead of following everyone else, I prefer to be "Hatke"!
You budget apt for a good bike for city ride, you clearly are out of having an R15v2 or even yet to launch Pulsar200NS clearly for their ride position, you will be getting back those pains and will have to sell the bike, which i really want you to think before deciding to buy. As for pulsar when it does get launched, it will be with a huge waiting list until by june/july2012.

Now with consideration for average mileage, good pickup, and max budget of 100k on road the options you have at hand are:

1. TVS Apache 180 (extreme man power, be very careful not to go by looks, many have under estimated and had fall if they cant control this beast which is why ABS came in to the rescue.)
Advantages: powerful, trendy, apt mileage (around 40+), looks and comfortable pillion seats.
Disadvantages: vibrations, spare parts durability, poor grip tvs tyres (you can get those changed and will cost you another 2k for some good MRF Nylogrip tyre).

2. Yamaha FZ16 (good bike for a newbie who wants a powerful bike with superb grips)
Advantage: Good Looks, comfortable ride position, absolute smooth ride without any clue of vibrations, sexy silencer sound, wide rear tyres for awesome grip on any roads, peppy engine with extreme low torque to pull you from start line and has an higher end power punch too.
Disadvantage: Less mileage considered to other bikes in its 150cc class, tyres are wide so can easily attract nails and get punctred(but are tubeless so not a headache unless you ride on roads strewn with more nails), rear seat is too narrow and horrible experience for someone to sit behind for long.

3. Suzuki GS150R (Awesome kind of an great tourer)
Advantage: Mileage 50-60/lt, 6-speed gear box, top speed, engine stabilizer for no vibrations at top speeds.
Disadvantages: Looks and performs like unicorn, its slow and steady wins race policy so you cant actually race this bike, very few service centers, and spares are nightmare as service centers themself dont have stock, forget getting them outside,. Bike looks too plain. Although this was a good bike, I choose to keep away as I want some bike for atleast 5yr+ and keeping in mind how suzuki changes bikes, and difficulty getting parts and small issues that service centers dont check I decided to keep this out, but you can go for this if you travel a lot and dont intend to keep bike more than 2yrs.

4. Bajaj Pulsar 135LS/150/180
Advantages: Cheaper spares, truly indian motto of looks, power, and mileage all bundled in low cost.
Disadvantage: Same as above, cheaper spares are also cheap in quality and don't last too long. The mileage is at par with any other bike out there. Hard gear box, poor ride quality and poor eurogrip tyres, rusting silencers, and almost the entire bike becomes aged after 2years. Its too expensive to keep upgrading/repairing parts for bike, athough it coes cheap, frequent visits means you are wasting your working time at office, and using auto or other means and I rally get irritated if bikes stop half way to work! Also since everyone has a pulsar, nobody even gives a new bike second look.

5.Hero CBZ Extreme/Impulse:
Instead of CBZ, I rather suggest to buy Honda Unicorn! What I really feel is Unicorn is every penny worth the buy, i.e if not for your hunger for power and pickup coz i feel its like riding elephant and not a horse! The costly spares and some small glitches that service centers cannto easily find out or rectify doesnt justify CBZ to me. Impulse is too tall, its a great bike for off roading and city alike. With great suspension you have less chance to complain if you hit some pot hole! Do see if it feels comfortable on it. Karizma on the other hand is great, but its more of an tourer, good stable ride and comfort, but mileage is less and it doesn't justify to buy this for city alone unless you like it.

thanks for the replies

my height ,is around 173- 185 cms , very bad that I dont know my height ..

@antz.bin , w4rrior - I dont see that many ZMA around , so didnt think about it
and what is the expected price of 200 NS ? and has booking started ?

@prajnyan , thanks for the detailed analysis

Wont ZMA and R15v2 (I am not considering this ) be tough to handle as theyt are heavy ?

@w4rrior ,are u sure that RTR wont suit me , my weight is around 80 kgs ? and What about FZ and my height ,will it be ok ?

go for rtr abs eye-closed.you won't regret it latter.r15 is not heavy.you can also choose fz for city-ride.you built will suit rtr,it's just matter of time you will get used to it.

As prajnyan told that R15 V2 will give you back problems since you have treatment for the back so keeping that on one side you will face the same with RTR as its known for its vibrations and considering your height if you are 185 cms it will be like a toy for you.

The only bikes suiting would be pulsar 220, Zma/Zmr. Also you can take a look at Fazer as its a pretty good bike for tall people and the windshield helps a lot for touring and city use.

EDIT : R15 V1 or V2 will never give back problems or wrist problems, as its just question of adjusting to the sports bike posture which majority of them avoid or say negative as they are used to commuter style.

may I ask one ques , all of thema re saying ZMA is a good choice ..then why is it that I dont find that many as other bikes like rtr ,r15 .. i m from Chennai

Those people owning R15 / RTR / etc have requirements different from yours. Everyone's requirements are unique,, thats the reason we have so many bikes that sell so well. For your requirements, the ZMA is a very good bike and thats the reason it was recommended to you.

Maybe everyone is reluctant to take a Hero Honda bike since the partnership is at its end now.

that's a lame reason for not buying a tried and tested product.

ok, just because you don't see ZMA's around doesn't mean it's bad. People buy according to their requirements. It's actually a very good bike but mileage is bad, and spares are costly. And about pulsar NS- can't be said anything now. You gotta wait atleast 3-4 months.
R15 isn't heavy, if fact it's one of the lightest bikes in it's segment and yeah ZMA's bit heavy but handling isn't bad.
Trust me, rtr isn't your bike if you're looking for comfort. And yeah fz is comfy but bike looks small on tall people.