Honda CB Unicorn

Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India Private Minimal (HMSI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Japanese Honda Motors Minimal. The Honda team experienced been building two-wheelers in India considering the fact that 1984 as a joint enterprise with the Hero group. They have founded their very own company the Honda Bikes and Scooters India Non-public Restricted in 1999. The Honda brand is the 2nd most well-known brand name in India. They have bikes with capacities 110 cc to 1300 cc in their Indian portfolio. The Honda Unicorn is a 150 cc commuter bike with product sales around 10,000 units per thirty day period.

The Honda CB Unicorn released in 2005 is priced Rupees 65,012 ex-showrooms. The first variation had been with spoke wheels and having kick commence facility only. To make the Unicorn more competitive specific modifications have been finished in 2010.

The bicycle has a solitary standard variant with an electric starter and alloy wheels.

The Unicorn will come in colors of pearl igneous black, pearl sienna red and space silver metallic with graphics on the entire body. The console of the Unicorn is a blend console. The speedometer, the tacho meter and the one journey meter are analogue style and the gasoline gauge is digital. There are very low gas and small oil indicators also on the console. The bicycle has a 7 Ah battery with multi reflector 35/35 watt head lamps, LED tail lamps and brake lamps, switch indicators and pass light-weight.

The CB Unicorn is powered by a 149 cc, 13 bhp and 12 NM torque motor with carburetor form gasoline procedure and electronic CDI ignition. The 5 equipment manual transmission has a damp multi plate clutch and chain travel for the last choose off. The Unicorn offers mileages of 60 kmpl. The bike will take 6 seconds for to 60 kmph acceleration and the major speed is 108 kmph.

The actual physical proportions of the Unicorn are 2095 mm duration, 756 mm width, 1100 mm top, 1340 mm wheel base and 179 mm floor clearance. The bike weighing 146 kg has a gasoline tank of 13 (1.3 reserve) litres capacity. The Unicorn has innovative diamond body variety chassis with telescopic suspension at the front and mono shock suspension at the rear.

The Unicorn has 18″ alloy wheels with 2.75×18-42P tyres at the front and 100/90×18-56P tyres at the rear. The brakes are 240 mm disc sort at the front and 130 mm drum form at the rear.

A clean engine, the mono shock rear suspension and a cozy using position are beneficial for the bicycle. Absence of a electronic console and out-of-date style and design are the weak points of the Unicorn. The competitors will come from the likes of Bajaj Pulsar, the TVS Apache and the Honda CB Shine.