THE CALCULATION:
FUEL AVERAGE
| 1. |
Bajaj
Boxer |
1130
km in 22.2 litres |
Average==50.90
kpl |
| 2. |
Kinetic
Boss |
1181
km in 22.7 litres |
Average==52.03
kpl |
| 3. |
Yamaha
Crux |
1159
km in 22.4 litres |
Average==51.74
kpl |
| 4. |
HH
Dawn |
1137
km in 24.7 litres |
Average==46.03
kpl |
| 5. |
LML
EnergyFX |
1136
km in 22.2 litres |
Average==51.17
kpl |
| 6. |
TVS
Victor |
1256
km in 22.5 litres |
Average==55.82
kpl |
BUYING PRICE (extrapolated five years @10% per annum compound
interest).
The Ex-showroom price of each of these six bikes on 22nd June 2002
are given below. If (as assumed below) we take a life of FIVE years
for each bike, then if instead of buying the bike if we had put
the money in fixed deposit @ 10% per annum (which is the current
actual going rate), then the money saved by not buying the bike
today would increase @10% per annum (compound interest). These figures
are also given below:
TODAY PRICES
| 1. |
Kinetic
Boss |
Rs.30,553/- |
in
five years becomes=Rs.49,206/- |
| 2. |
Bajaj
Boxer AT |
Rs.30,995/- |
in
five years becomes=Rs.49,924/- |
| 3. |
Yamaha
Crux |
Rs.39,581/- |
in
five years becomes=Rs.63,746/- |
| 4. |
HH
Dawn |
Rs.36,220/- |
in
five years becomes=Rs.58,333/- |
| 5. |
LML
Energy FX |
Rs.44,351/- |
in
five years becomes=Rs.71,428/- |
| 6. |
TVS
Victor |
Rs.41,866/- |
in
five years becomes=Rs.67,427/- |
COST FACTORS
For the sake of calculation, I am assuming a daily run of 20 km
for each bike and a life span of five years which works out to a
round figure of (say) 35,000 km over five years. Petrol in Pune
today costs Rs.33/- per litre.
Knowing the kpl of each bike (as measured earlier above), the petrol
cost of each bike for 35,000 km would be as follows:
| 1. |
Bajaj
Boxer would need 687.6 litres |
Rs.687.6
x 33 = Rs.22691/- |
| 2. |
Kinetic
Boss would need 672.7 litres |
Rs.672.7
x 33 = Rs.22199/- |
| 3. |
Yamaha
Crux would need 676.5 litres |
Rs.676.5
x 33 = Rs.22325/- |
| 4. |
Hero
Honda Dawn would need 760.4 litres |
Rs.760.4
x 33 = Rs.25093/- |
| 5. |
LML
Energy FX would need 684 litres |
Rs.684.0
x 33 = Rs.22572/- |
| 6. |
TVS
Victor would need 627 litres |
Rs.627.0
x 33 = Rs.20691/- |
FINAL FINANCIAL RESULT
Adding the above petrol money and the five years later value (@10%pa)
of today's buying price we get the Final outgoing cash expense per
bike over five years and 35000 kms running. These are, in descending
order,
| LML
Energy FX |
Rs.22572+Rs.71428 |
Rs.94,000/- |
| TVS
Victor |
Rs.20691+Rs.67427 |
Rs.88,118/- |
| Yamaha
Crux |
Rs.22325+Rs.63746 |
Rs.86,071/- |
| Hero
Honda Dawn |
Rs.25093+Rs.58333 |
Rs.83,426/- |
| Bajaj
Boxer |
Rs.22691+Rs.49924 |
Rs.72,615/- |
| Kinetic
Boss |
Rs.22199+Rs.49206 |
Rs.71,405/- |
The lowest figure is Rs.71,405/- for Kinetic Boss. Thus Kinetic
BOSS gives the best value for money among all the regular four stroke,
100cc, economy bikes in India.
CONCLUSION
 While
Kinetic Boss gives the best value for money, many other observations
and conclusions can be drawn from this shoot out.
1) The only bike that gave problems was Bajaj Boxer. Though except
for causing irritation and delays the problems were not major, yet
it has the makings of ruining a perfect shootout. I am not giving
any money value to this problem, because it is not possible to assign
any value to this OPPORTUNITY LOSS.
If it was a matter of life and death, what value can you give?
2) By and large, Indian motorcycles are of quite good quality and
reliable.
3) Even though Hero Honda Dawn is the cheapest of the HH models,
it is still much more expensive than Boss and Boxer. Energy FX is
the most expensive, followed by Victor, Crux, Dawn, Boxer and Boss,
in that order.
4) The govt. authorities need to do something very quickly and seriously
about getting rid of all the lumps of shit around LONAR crater.
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