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Bike advice for Service Personnel
I need to buy a few bikes for our service guys.
The travel routes are all trucking routes around Mumbai, like JNPT Road, Bhiwandi area, NH4, NH8, NH3 etc. They often have to travel 75-100 KM and sometimes at night. Cannot completely rule out rainy season travel also.
I need bikes with following qualities -
1. Must be safe to drive. This is very important. Most of the service guys are 20-27 years of age and posses certain amount of hero attitude. They are expected to undertake risky maneuvers every now and then. So, the bike needs to have enough power to accelerate out of situations. Need to have powerful brakes and good tires.
2. Riding comfort is also important as they have to do some head grinding work after travelling. So, lesser energy sapping the ride is, the better it is.
3. I would love to get the max possible fuel efficiency, but not at the cost of an unstable ride.
4. Service and maintenance should be easy, reliable and not very expensive. I am not looking for cheap service though. I would prefer 360 degree serviceability at authorized service centers with genuine parts.
5. Headlight should be strong and have a properly focused beam suitable for night driving among high glare of on coming trucks on two lane roads.
I was as such thinking of about 50-55K, but I can spend another 10-15k more for a better option.
Although common sense tells me to buy the least powered bike available out there, for the best fuel efficiency and least herogiri quotient. But that may not be a good idea, keeping the safety in perspective. On the other hand, all these bikes will be GPS Tracked and our back end team will monitor speeding with acute focus.
Please suggest a few good options for this kind of usage.
The travel routes are all trucking routes around Mumbai, like JNPT Road, Bhiwandi area, NH4, NH8, NH3 etc. They often have to travel 75-100 KM and sometimes at night. Cannot completely rule out rainy season travel also.
I need bikes with following qualities -
1. Must be safe to drive. This is very important. Most of the service guys are 20-27 years of age and posses certain amount of hero attitude. They are expected to undertake risky maneuvers every now and then. So, the bike needs to have enough power to accelerate out of situations. Need to have powerful brakes and good tires.
2. Riding comfort is also important as they have to do some head grinding work after travelling. So, lesser energy sapping the ride is, the better it is.
3. I would love to get the max possible fuel efficiency, but not at the cost of an unstable ride.
4. Service and maintenance should be easy, reliable and not very expensive. I am not looking for cheap service though. I would prefer 360 degree serviceability at authorized service centers with genuine parts.
5. Headlight should be strong and have a properly focused beam suitable for night driving among high glare of on coming trucks on two lane roads.
I was as such thinking of about 50-55K, but I can spend another 10-15k more for a better option.
Although common sense tells me to buy the least powered bike available out there, for the best fuel efficiency and least herogiri quotient. But that may not be a good idea, keeping the safety in perspective. On the other hand, all these bikes will be GPS Tracked and our back end team will monitor speeding with acute focus.
Please suggest a few good options for this kind of usage.
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