Hello my fellow xbhpians,

About me:

Age- 19 soon 20

Weight - 73kgs (bone weight, im not fat)

Height - 5'7"

Occupation - engg student 3rd year cse

Travel - occational college runs (20% highway+80% city with medium traffic), few weekend outings nothing over 200kms in the cards now.

Experience - learned riding on my dads pulsar 150 dtsi (2004 model) , 2+ years riding maestro and dio, 124kms ride on friend's unicorn 150, short rides on: fzs fi, duke 200, classic 350, 200ns (kinda tall for me).

Now Im going to buy a bike for myself and yeah my dad is going to buy it for me and that is what is making this really hard.I'm hailing from a middle class family so Im not that financially sound but my father wants me to take a 150cc bike and that is going to be expensive like a 75k to a lakh( the discover 150 duos are out of the question). But I dont want to because 150cc have poor milage and maintenance and One of the things I hate is going to my parents for money for maintaing my bike and fuel, after all they spend nearly a lakh yearly for me and my sister's college fee, so I'd like to keep those things to a minimum, that is, I need a bike with good milage and very low maintenance.

I have a really bad weakness for the awesome KTM duke 200, so as soon as i get a job, ill be selling this motorcycle after using it for maybe 5 years maximum, so I need very good resale value too and it should have sufficient looks as after all Im a college goer and yes Im a safety freak so Ill be investing in every riding gear I can seem to afford.

Kudos in advance.
Please help me.

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A 125cc bike is what you are looking for then? Good mileage, decent looks and light on the pocket. Ride it till you finish your education and then upgrade to something better with your own money.

By the way, I like the way you think

All the best!

I've looked it up, a really good bike, looks decent too and within my budget too. do you have any idea about its mileage? And do the new yamaha bikes have good resale value?

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Thank you archer, the up and down distance between my home and college would be about 37kms.

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Yeah vedavyas this is my first bike, oh 65kmpl , Im no expert either but dont you think that is a bit low considering, saluto has a 125cc mill producing 8.5 bhp and 10.1nm torque that too coupled with a light body and blue core tech.

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Hey what about hero glamour fi/non fi , ignitor?

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yeah present generation glamour (carb/fi ) will also be a good option to consider. my brother in law was totally disatisfied with glamour and its maintianance when it was hero honda.

now hero might have made it a better machine, one of my colleague recently bough glamour carb version and he is happy with it.

also watch out for the after sales support/spares as well.

not sure on the ignitor, personally i don't like the looks of it and also have no exp riding it.

and please use 'reply with quote' so that one will get notified and can answer your queries better