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Hunk VS Karizma
Greetings,
I live in Port Blair, Andaman. This would be my first bike. I'm 5'9'' and weight 75 kg. I need the bike primarily for commuting to college and for weekend rides. The roads are mostly bad, the terrain inconsistent (lots of climbs and descents, so lots of gear changing and good torque required , no scope of sustained high speeds (average speeds in the range of 20 - 40 km/h, max about 70 km/h), lots of corners (not the good kind), and very frequent start-stop traffic. Oh, and it rains 9 months out of 12 here (read: rust and cold start issues). My budget is 80K. (Andaman is an UT so Karizma R is ~81K on-road
)
I wish to keep the bike for about 5 years, so i want a reliable bike with no spare issues (this is my first bike so i'm bound to kiss the asphalt). Yamaha is not an option as the only dealer here sucks. I had to choose between Hero, Honda and Bajaj. Spares are an issue here (the take months to arrive
) so opted out Bajaj bikes, Didn't like the Honda Dazzler, so the decision came down to three. I'm not really inclined toward the Unicorn as its only advantage over the hunk is its mono-shock. So the final decision came down to Karizma R and Hunk (don't like the CBZ much). Between the two which handles better? And which one is better suited to my needs. Please help.
Yours Gratefully,
Anirban
I live in Port Blair, Andaman. This would be my first bike. I'm 5'9'' and weight 75 kg. I need the bike primarily for commuting to college and for weekend rides. The roads are mostly bad, the terrain inconsistent (lots of climbs and descents, so lots of gear changing and good torque required , no scope of sustained high speeds (average speeds in the range of 20 - 40 km/h, max about 70 km/h), lots of corners (not the good kind), and very frequent start-stop traffic. Oh, and it rains 9 months out of 12 here (read: rust and cold start issues). My budget is 80K. (Andaman is an UT so Karizma R is ~81K on-road
)I wish to keep the bike for about 5 years, so i want a reliable bike with no spare issues (this is my first bike so i'm bound to kiss the asphalt). Yamaha is not an option as the only dealer here sucks. I had to choose between Hero, Honda and Bajaj. Spares are an issue here (the take months to arrive
) so opted out Bajaj bikes, Didn't like the Honda Dazzler, so the decision came down to three. I'm not really inclined toward the Unicorn as its only advantage over the hunk is its mono-shock. So the final decision came down to Karizma R and Hunk (don't like the CBZ much). Between the two which handles better? And which one is better suited to my needs. Please help.Yours Gratefully,
Anirban
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