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Went to Dugar Honda today and booked my CBR. I liked the dealership, Siddharth Dugar and his father attended me personally. So much so I ended up buying the ABS version. It burnt a huuuuuuuge hole in my pocket. Rs.1.60 lacs was a stress itself and going upto Rs.1.87 was kind of financial suicidal for meis. But two factors prompted me to take that decision. First was the test ride. Siddharth was kind enough to let me take a longish test ride. He had encouraged me to try the ABS version and asked me specifically to try out some hard braking. Incidentally while he was taking down the test ride bike from the display podium, he dropped it. This left the bike with a cracked left mirror and dented heat shield on the exhaust. This gave me the liberty to ride hard 
another drop won't really matter. So it went on like this. I was riding along the service road. I was doing some 50 odd kmph when I noticed this patch with loose gravel and sand. I decided to try out the ABS. As I approached this patch I said a silent prayer and braked like there is no tomorrow..but whoa the bike tracked true and straight and came to standstill in such a calm manner that I was literally taken aback. On that patch, at the same speed my GS150 surely would have created dramatics. I was sold on the ABS. The second reason was my wife. She stood firm and insisted that I pay those extra bucks. No compromise on safety if options are available. We did the same thing while we bought the VW Polo. We paid those extra bucks and opted for airbags and ABS. These things might or might not come to use but when they come to use normally it makes a difference between life and death and those moments can't be measured in monetary terms.
I booked the red one. Did not like the tricolor in flesh...not for my test..
Now looking forward to some cool rides
another drop won't really matter. So it went on like this. I was riding along the service road. I was doing some 50 odd kmph when I noticed this patch with loose gravel and sand. I decided to try out the ABS. As I approached this patch I said a silent prayer and braked like there is no tomorrow..but whoa the bike tracked true and straight and came to standstill in such a calm manner that I was literally taken aback. On that patch, at the same speed my GS150 surely would have created dramatics. I was sold on the ABS. The second reason was my wife. She stood firm and insisted that I pay those extra bucks. No compromise on safety if options are available. We did the same thing while we bought the VW Polo. We paid those extra bucks and opted for airbags and ABS. These things might or might not come to use but when they come to use normally it makes a difference between life and death and those moments can't be measured in monetary terms. I booked the red one. Did not like the tricolor in flesh...not for my test..
Now looking forward to some cool rides
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