If you're searching on the internet, what the word Avenis means, you probably won't
find anything because Suzuki are saying that it's derived from the word 'avenue', which
is sort of a strange call, but that's what they have decided to name their new 125cc scooter.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the Avenis 125 and here's what you need to do about it.
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Just to set a little bit of context, when you look at the 125cc class, and when you
look at the offerings, it's clearly divided.
You have got the massy products in the form of the Activa 125, you've got the Jupiter,
you've got the Fascino, you've got the Access 125, but there's a different flavour that
will cater to the younger crowd, so you've got the Grazia which looks different, looks
sporty, you've got the RayZR, you've got the Ntorq, a scooter that we really love at PowerDrift
and finally, to fill that gap, Suzuki has gotten the Avenis 125.
Now if your question is, why not the Burgman?
Well, the Burgman is sort of a pseudo-maxi scooter and with the price that it comes at,
it sits at a premium and even when you look at Suzuki, it's going to sit at the top between
the three scooters.
Now, the Access formula for Suzuki has worked really well, both as an offering as well as
sales numbers for the brand, so mechanically, what the Avenis carries is the same engine,
which means it's a no nonsense engine which has been loved by people who have bought it,
which means the same 125cc engine, makes the same amount of power
and the same amount of torque as well.
This is a classic case of platform sharing, which means a lot of the components that you
see on the Avenis have actually been carried on from the Access 125 as well as the Burgman
including the same set of suspension, including the 12-inch front that you see on the Burgman,
the 10-inch at the rear and the same brake setup as well.
Now the Access is offered in a steel wheel variant but the Avenis is only going to come
in as an alloy wheel variant.
A couple of differences between the Suzuki lineup of scooters, of course the Access weighs
at 103 kilograms, the Burgman is going to be a lot heavier because of the bodywork that
it has, the Avenis is going to come in at 160 kilograms.
Now the reason why it is weighing three kilos more than the Access is going to be because
of the bodywork that the scooter has.
Another point to note is that the Access gets a five-litre fuel tank, the Burgman gets a
5.5-litre fuel tank but the Avenis gets a 5.2-litre fuel tank.
As far as features go, it gets the right connectivity, option two, which means you're getting the
same display, you're getting Bluetooth connectivity, and you're getting navigation as well.
The other features include an external fuel filler cap, about 22 litres of under seat
storage, there are hooks on the front apron as well as under the seat where you can carry
your onion and potato and you've got USB charging as well.
The social media world is already abuzz with how the Avenis looks because if you go and
see the comments on our Instagram page at the @PowerDrift, a lot of the comments, a
lot of the people are saying that it looks similar to the Ntorq 125 and judging by the
pictures online, yes, it does look similar.
When you look at it from the front, you might say, 'oh, I've seen this somewhere', when
you look at it from the side, you might be reminiscent of the sharp lines that the Ntorq
carries and I really wish Suzuki did a better job at giving the Avenis 125 a unique personality
of its own.
But, I'm going to reserve my judgement and not decide based on the pictures that I see
on the internet, I'm going to see it in flesh and then give you an informed verdict.
Okay, when you look at pricing Rs. 86,700 for the standard version, if you pay Rs. 300
more, you're getting the race edition.
Now the race edition is essentially just a racing livery, but the mechanicals are going
to remain the absolute same.
When you compare it to competition for us, the benchmark, the scooter with the most feel,
the scooter that we have enjoyed the most in this class is going to be the Ntorq and
even the Ntorq Race XP edition is about Rs. 2500 cheaper than the standard version of
the Avenis 125.
Would you like to see a comparo between the two and would you like us to maybe drop in
a couple of more scooters like the RayZR for example or even the Grazia 125 or even the
SR 125 for that matter, which is of course going to be above a lakh, but that story is
going to be for later.
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