Hero Karizma R
I think this is the time to write a honest review of my bike Hero Karizma R 2014 model,B'cus i clocked 10k kms. This is the Version 2 of karizma with many changes after 2007.I got mine at may 2015.I have post why i go with karizma R in my blog. Karizma is my first higher CC and HP.
After my first test ride, The feeling i felt was "No word to explain".I hope you all understand that feeling which is common for the all 100cc bike owners. I brought my white beauty without second thinking.
Good,Better,Best of Karizma R:
1.Riding Comfort - Good
2.Performance - Better
3.Look & Style - Best
Fair,Bad,Worst of Karizma R:
1.Breaking (missing dual disc break) - Fair
2.Head Light Visibility at night - Bad
3.Vibrations at higher RPM - Worst
Lets Start with best of this bike,
Look and Feel : It has so fresh look compare to all its segments. We never get style with this price tag. I definitely say this bike has absolute head turn style.People on the road will see you until you off from their view.
Hero says this is the premium sports bike, It has the look like Hero's EBR Sports Track Bike.This model has the two head light one for low beam and another one for high beam. The problem i found was we cannot Switch on both at the same time and it has 35W bulb for lightening which is not sufficient on the indian roads.
Karizma R in white is best in look (from my view).The rear suspension with Red springs gives attractive look.At sudden look this bike gives look like super bikes which cost more than 5 laks.
The front wind visor do better job for splitting wind blast away from the chest. The black alloy wheel with tubeless tyre fit nicely with the design. Anyway this style is not got much appreciates but it is more good attraction when bike is on road.
Performance : I have done more than 10k kms in this bike and done many trips more than 15 different places in tamilnadu which i have posted in this blog. Cruzing @ 90 or 100 or 110 kmph all day, No issue. Wanna enjoy empty road at higher speed,it can take you upto 130 kmph without issue.This bike has live from 5k rpm to 8k rpm.
Engine: This machine is powered by 223cc which have capacity to produce 19.2bhp@7500RPM and 19.35nm@6500RPM.
Speed based on each RPM:
1.@4000 RPM at 5th Gear - 60 kmph.
2.@5000 RPM at 5th Gear - 80 kmph
3.@6000 RPM at 5th Gear - 90 kmph
4.@6500 RPM at 5th Gear - 100 kmph
This bike have max 8000 RPM.
It can do 0-60 kmph with 3.8 sec.0-100 9.3sec approx/-. If we can ride bike at 80 to 90 kmph in highway we can get 40 - 45 kmpl mileage.
Lets talk about bad of karizma R,
Head Lights: Twin lights for low and high beam separately with 35w bulbs is worst in the way of lightening road for confident riding at night.From my experience i found this light is only good for city riding, it is not shoot for highway riding at night in some times opposite vehicles with low beam can make karizma riders blind illusion because of less brightness.Fitting of extra auxiliary lights is also difficult job in karizma r.
Breaks: Karizma ZMR have dual disc breaks but its not in karizma R. Anyway it have good bite at front wheel.
Vibrations: We can feel vibrations on handle bar from 4k RPM. Even though rubber coated on foot rest we can feel the vibrations at more than 6k RPM. Riders definitely feel the vibrate irritation if they ride bike without hand gloves. I have marked this issue in all my service time but i couldn't solved.
All these problems are acceptable for this price range we couldn't expect more than this package.
Over All my karizma R satisfied me in all the way. It can keep up with duke 390 without issues in our most of the rides. I am really proud to own karizma R, It has Style,Performance & Comfortableness in Riding what not in karizma. So it is undoubtedly one of the awesome bike in this segment.
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