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Re: Honda CBR 250R vs Suzuki Inazuma GW250
My Pick would be CBR 250 ABS as ABS is very much a necessary in Indian conditions. Quality is not that bad and the recent batches have seen great improvement on CBR.
On what the safe speed for india is, i completely disagree with 120+ is not safe. Safe speed is all relative to the road and bike you are using most importantly.
Even 60 + is not safe on some roads in India and some of the expressways its ok for upto 130 - 140 too. The more powerful the bike is, the safer it is. See the point is to handle more power/ speed, the more powerful bikes come with better chassis, better tyres, better brakes, ABS etc etc. Its more safer anyday to do 125 on CBR/Duke compared to 120+ on say Karizma/pulsars which comes with antique brakes, bad tyres and bad brakes.. Back down my memory lane when i had boxer/splendor i used to think how can people do speeds like 100-110 when 80kmph feels so dangerous, the thing was it was all relative to splendor/boxer capacity. Now with P220 i feel upto 120-130 i'm comfortable and feel safe in sustaining that speed for a long time. Similarly a guy on Busa would feel upto 200-220kmph is safe and comfortable to sustain, those massive brakes, technology and sticky tyres makes all the difference. Hope you got my point.
My Pick would be CBR 250 ABS as ABS is very much a necessary in Indian conditions. Quality is not that bad and the recent batches have seen great improvement on CBR.
On what the safe speed for india is, i completely disagree with 120+ is not safe. Safe speed is all relative to the road and bike you are using most importantly.
Even 60 + is not safe on some roads in India and some of the expressways its ok for upto 130 - 140 too. The more powerful the bike is, the safer it is. See the point is to handle more power/ speed, the more powerful bikes come with better chassis, better tyres, better brakes, ABS etc etc. Its more safer anyday to do 125 on CBR/Duke compared to 120+ on say Karizma/pulsars which comes with antique brakes, bad tyres and bad brakes.. Back down my memory lane when i had boxer/splendor i used to think how can people do speeds like 100-110 when 80kmph feels so dangerous, the thing was it was all relative to splendor/boxer capacity. Now with P220 i feel upto 120-130 i'm comfortable and feel safe in sustaining that speed for a long time. Similarly a guy on Busa would feel upto 200-220kmph is safe and comfortable to sustain, those massive brakes, technology and sticky tyres makes all the difference. Hope you got my point.
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