Honda CBR 150R

Honda CBR 150R

I am a great fan of bikes and I often go on tours with friends by bike . I am too excited in sharing my experience of CBR150R.
It has been past 6 months since it joined hands with me on road. I called it with name "Partner".

Since childhood I have been dreaming to own a bike. Things we like to do are not available at ston's throw always , if they do we don’t normally crave for it. Similarly, owning a bike before 18 years of age was indeed a herculean task. I had only three choices in my mind:
#CBR150r
#R15 V2.0
#Duke 200

Firstly, R15v2.0, I simply love the twin headlamps of it. But the pillion seat and the aggressive riding position were only reasons I ruled them out from my wish list. As I prefer faired bikes than naked ones, I didn’t like Duke 200 on the first note. Adding on, I feel comfortable riding a clip-on than a straight handle bar. And finally, my baby blade CBR150r is more like a sports tourer, and comfortable for long rides. I chose my Partner (dlx palm green colour).

It was indeed a big task for me to convince my parents when I proposed my desire of owing a sports bike, I explained them all the advantages and my passion for riding after great efforts, I succeeded in getting it.

On jan 9th my family accompanied me to the showroom to book my dream Partner(CBR150R) and the shocking news was that the delivery period of my bike being 2 months , I decided to wait for its arrival, which was the most longed wait of my life. Finally, I got it into my hands on march 20th.

The part is the run in period during which I was asked to maintain the bike at 60 to 80 kmph for first 1000 kms. Once the first service was done I hit a top speed of 120kmph.

As I mentioned I love travelling on my bike. My first trip was to lucknow.

And second was to varanasi to meet a childhoold friend. .

The best thing about it is that it does not burn my pocket for fuel. It gives a mileage of 42kmph in city and 47kmph on highways with ease.


And the maintenance of the bike is considerably less.

ENGINE AND PERFORMANCE

Being a high revving engine its performance is better after 7k rpm. And it has a 6 speed gear box which helps us to cruise at higher speeds with lesser vibrations and reaches a speed of 120kmph at 11500 rpm.

LOOKS

I go nuts over the dlx green color but it is also available in SPORTY RED, VIBRANT ORANGE, and BLACK. The pilot lamps are stunning with short stubby exhaust.

COMFORT AND HANDLING

It has been 6 months, but there have been no issues so far. Even at great speeds, bike seems to be totally in control. But during cornering provides less confidence as it has a hard component tyre. The NISSIN disc brakes provide sharper braking.

PROS AND CONS

Abiouslly all bikes have pros and cons.
PROS

*It has a high revving refined engine
*Sharper brakes
*Very comfortable seat for both pillion and the rider
*Mileage

CONS

*SOmewhat Poor switch gears and foot pegs
*Sluggish performance at lower RPM

On the whole, CBR 150r is a perfect sport tourer and I hope my experience that I have shared helps in making wise choices. And I would like to thank BikeDekho.com for giving me an excellent opportunity to review my ride.