Bike Query Approved

Unicorn seems to be a good bet for you.

Hunk or GS150R will suit your reqirements well..though if you can slightly increase your budget & can compromise a bit in mileage then i'll suggest you to go for ZMA..

For your body weight, I suggest you get something with good torque. GS150R would be my suggestion. The bike will suit your frame better (compared to what you have mentioned).

Else, If you can compromise on the mileage front and with a bit of extra money, ZMA, P220 will be good.

Go for impulse, it fits all your bills and requirements ..!!

Bhai, I feel ONLY bullet will be suitable for your size...
But as you said, as a beginner, start with GS150 first.

(A) to match your frame-

• Karizma ZMR
• Bullet (anyone)
• P220

above are best options- and after that following-

• Pulsar150, Hunk, CBZ, Unicorn, GS150r, fazer, fz-16. etc

ofcourse we have excluded CBR 150 because of cost constraint.
out of the 150 CC optionsbest will be fazer, i guess.

(B) can handle rough use by clumsy beginner- this point is subjective and will depend on how well the bike is maintained (serviced).

(C) can weave easily through heavy traffic.-

out of the best 3 options listed above P220 wins easily.

out of the rest of options- almost all are equally capable.

(D) good mileage (45+) - none from best three options and anyone except yamaha from 150 CC.

My opinion- point (B) & (C) does not matter- as when you own the bike you love, and when you get used to it, those two points hardly matter. Now, (A) & (D), if mileage is a very strong factor, then and then only go for a 150 CC, coz i too weigh 95 kgs and i am 6 feet tall, my P150 gets bogged down by my weight, specially when there is a pillion onboard. also it looks pretty small for our frame size.

so conclusion is, if you can afford, plz don't go for a 150 CC bike, choose anyone from top three available options or you can also wait for P200NS, though its price is not declared officially yet.

if you must buy a 150 CC only- choose the one that touch your heart, although i will give you a few pointers-

• P150 is an old bike now and is outperformed by most other 150 CC that came much later, also it the bike of every tom, dick and harry like me.
• CBZ, Hunk & Unicorn bikes does not have any X-factor associated with them and are mostly purchased by sedate riders (last part was my perception)
• yamaha fazer, fz-16 are good bikes, looks hot, performs good, weaves through traffic with ease (fz-16) and is the best bike if mileage is neglected.
• gs150r is not sold in good numbers, and therefore not recommended. ( low resale value, may be spare parts problem a few years down the line etc)

if i would have been in your place and not have money for top three bikes, i would have gone for fz.

me too a little bit overweighted like u. I bought a cbz xtreme 3months back.

I bought it because in 150 only cbz gives a descent look for a guy like me.

But my first choice then and now is enfield bullet .. classic
i droped it because i need to commute 80km daily require abt 2.5l of petrol

cbz xtreme because its the heaviest in 150 categery and gives a huge look

so go for n enfield or if in 150cc, go for cbz

cbz : reliable, not so common, suits ur body lang, 45 is the worst milage , 50~55 on mine
pulsar : not reliable, too common, but good milage(55~60) n technology
unicorn : not good looks, but reliable good milage(55~60)

don't do eligibility test n under estimate ur self before buying a bike, u will become over eligible in a week after riding any bike.

In that price bracket and mileage ; i would suggest you to go for P180 or CBZ Xtreem. Also these two will suit your physique..

How much do you bench? :P anyways considering your physique i'd suggest you zma/p220, if you're ok with 35-40kmpl mileage and costly spares of zma. Else gs150r/cbz x/hunk/p180. Rest all look small on you.

Thanks for all the suggestions. Now I would love an Enfield too but I am ruling it out because it seems to require a lot of attention and know-how which is beyond me at the moment.
GS150R also ruled out because I've read on this forum itself that its got a lot of problems, spare parts availability etc.

I dont really wanna stretch my budget, cos at it is I feel guilty about being a noob and buying a first-hand bike (though buy a first hand bike I must). And no I dont HAVE to go for a 150cc bike, I just arrived at that conclusion based on what I read on the What Bike forum- 100/125cc being the best bet for beginners. But then again, I feel guilty about buying a 220cc, so I will go till 180cc or a cheap 200cc. Can anyone suggest some good bikes in that range? And as for Fazer/FZ, I thought it was smaller than the rest, correct me if I'm wrong.

I bench 90kg, though hav been stuck on that number for 2 years now. Now that I have a good job, gonna buy my 1st jar of protein powder after I buy my 1st bike.

you don't have to feel guilty and such. Fz/fazer might be comfy but it looks small, and it's the best bike for begineers. Period. But still i would suggest you karizma R. Learning isn't difficult, people in foreign countries consider 250cc as begineers bike. So you can imagine.

i barely bench 50kg (i'm still 17 though). I seriously need to get some creatine to boost myself. Anyways let's end this off topic stuff.

How about adding the Pulsar 200 NS to your wishlist its a tall and long bike and mileage is around 58 km/pl according to Bajaj you can expect that to drop to be around say 45 to 50!!