Around 9 months back, here in this blog I posted my anger and desperation of the unability of purchasing a vehicle in Mumbai/Pune or broadly in Maharashtra. Situation was grim, even after producing all the possible identity proofs to the showroom I was not successful. Well I thanked Mr Ajmal Kasab for all these. Finally here I am maintaining my promise I made at the end of that post, The beast is finally mine. You can view the post I am referring to by clicking here.
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| The beast has a name. |
Past September 2012 I relocated back to Bangalore and two months later I debuted my vehicular journey by purchasing the most underrated Hero MotoCorp's Hunk 2012 single disc variant (http://www.heromotocorp.com/en-in/hunk). As the organization rightly refers, this is not a bike but a beast. You can feel the roaring vibration. I am not going into reviews now as there would be an extensive shootout of the bike in near future. This beast in his first month has been successful in stealing stares at traffic jams, hearing praise at petrol stations and needless to say answered a couple of "kitna deta hai? (whats the mileage?)" queries too. :)
To the rest in simple words, Hero Hunk is a 150CC bike, not a racing one, very good for city as well as highway rides, shares a slightly differently tuned Honda Unicorn engine with fluctuating mileage figures.
Below are a couple of snaps of the beast with a brief specification details.
Hero MotoCorp Hunk 2012 with Kickstart.
Type: Air cooled, 4 - stroke single cylinder
Displacement : 149.2 c.c
Max. Power: 10.6 kW (14.4 Ps) @ 8500rpm
Max. Torque: 12.80 N - m @ 6500 rpm
Gear box: 5 Speed constant mesh
Front: Telescopic hydraulic shock absorbers
Rear: Swing arm with nitrox GRS (Gas reservoir suspension)
Front Brake: Dia 240 mm Disc
Rear Brake: Dia 130 mm
Ground Clearance : 145 mm
Fuel Tank Capacity: 12.4 litres
Kerb Weight: 146 kgs
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| The beast and me. |
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| The beast waiting outside my office, for darkness to fall. |
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| Night is the time for the beast to prowl. |
Thanks for reading this post and for being a part of my happiness. Ting!
Bricks or flowers all welcome!
Debaroon Gupta
