Hello everyone,
This is my first post here. I am going to buy my own bike for the 1st time and i believe i am noob about bikes. So need some help and suggestions from you guys.
Let me tell you few things about myself. I am 28 yrs old, height 5f 10" and athletic build. I am from Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
My budget- upto 90k
my requirements- dont visit daily. I am at present at home preparing for higher education after my mbbs. So mostly remain at home. I love photography so love to travel my nearby places occasionally including different terrain farms,mountain/hilly,forest, river plains.
- Though i dont like fast biking/cornering in city/traffic but love good pickup and some time love driving fast but below 100 kmph.
- I do visit alone but also need to carry my mom and fiance to different places like market etc (so also want comfortable pillion seat, atleast for some distance)
- of course, would love to have good mileage (atleast 50km/l, more is better), but as i dont visit much daily so i can compromise 40-50 km/l)
- Reliable engine/bike
- My dad will also use my bike sometimes
- though i dont mind large tank but none in my family members including fiance like protruded belly

So considering above features my initially shortlisted bikes were-
Honda dazzler,
hero hunk,
Yamaha fazer sports
Yamaha fzs/fz16.
Personally don't bajaj bikes (except avenger) specially pulsar. I know its good bike but they have been so common everywhere. so no offences bajaj/pulsar guys.

I consider above list before searching in internet. But after reading different forums, reviews and specially here in xbhp reviews i narrowed my list to
Honda dazzler and i included TVS Apache 180 with ABS. I never even thought of TVS. In fact i used to think that TVS people can just make scooties but when i came to know
about apache 180 with ABS, I started loving this bike. They are providing quite good package for the price. Actually the ABS seems quite attractive, specially watching some youtube videos about rtr 180 ABS. As my registeration was not yet approved in xbhp so i could not ask anything earlier and i decided to try test ride bikes today morning.

I initially went to 1st TVS showroom (Balaji TVS) in my city (we have just 2 TVS showrooms here) and surprisingly they told me that they cant get RTR 180 with ABS. In fact none here in this city will be able to bring this bike with ABS as there is no service for the ABS verion in this city. I asked that if you can bring one ABS version on customer's order ? and they again said none in bilaspur (my city) may bring that. and if i want i can try to get from the showrooms situated in our capital city Raipur (120 km from here) I dont know what he meant or was his problem. So i decided to go the 2nd (Chandra TVS). They had already 160 and 180 versions but not the one with ABS. But he said they can can bring one with ABS on my demand. Accepted. They offer me the test drive of one rtr 180 (non abs) and i really liked its handling. Though i rode for just a km that too in bad road withing traffic so could not taste the speed but still it was good experienced. I am getting 180 ABS for 90 k (on road price) and i think its good.

Then i went to Yamaha. Though the salesman was quite busy in his cell phone he could afford my testdrive on Fazer with handing a petrol bottle as probably it has no fuel in its tank. nevermind. Bike was good but was bit uncomfortable as when i turn handle, its fairing remain steady. I mean like inside an auto, driver just moves handle inside and auto turn. so it was making me quite confused. Pickup was bit slower than rtr as it was 153cc. It has also kick and electric start like RTR and it cost around 87k.

Then i went to Hero (all these showrooms are next to each other here) I wanted to try hunk atleast. They tried to make one available but one hunk had battery discharged, other one had fuel or something leaking, and 3rd one has no pressure in rear tyre so finally i came out with a pamphlet of hunk.

Lastly i went to honda for dazzler. It cost around 79k (if i remember correctly what the sales person said) but as it had been lunch time so he could not provide a dazzler for test ride.

So with all these experience i am leaning to RTR 180 ABS. Still i want to know frank opinions of all you guys. And still i am open to all option within my budget 90k. Again guys let me say i am very inexperienced person regarding bikes and all so please consider that.