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| ESCORTS
- YAMAHA YD 125 |
7th |
| With
its second bike amongst the top 10 vehicles on PPM ranking as well
as having two bikes in the top three is a creditable performance by
Yamaha-Escorts. Where the YD 125 falls short of its stablemate, the
YBX, is in areas of the instrumentation and locks while the engine
and transmission have a similar number of problems. |
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| BAJAJ
SPIRIT |
9th |
| The
second scooterette in the PPM has 32 more problems per 100 vehicles
than the winner. Considering that the category average is 150, the
Spirit is much better. The areas where the Spirit is poor are the
handle and switchgear. The transmission, though complex, has surfaced
with problems which are less than one-third the scooterette category
average. |
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| TVS
SCOOTY |
10th |
| The
first TVS product to makes its appearance is the Scooty, at a lowly
10th place. The best-selling scooterette has very few problems in
its engine and transmission but a large number of problems with its
locking systems and in the miscellaneous items. This has pushed its
PPM score to 128 problems per 100 vehicles. |
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| TVS
CHAMP |
11th |
| The
first moped makes its entry at number 11 in the overall list. A good
overall package is badly let down by the problems in its engine even
though the there were no problems reported for its transmission. The
problems for the engine of the Champ were 128 per cent of the moped
category average. |
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| TVS
FIERO |
13th |
| We
had expected to see the Fiero much higher up in the rankings but owners
of the motorcycle seem to think otherwise. Even though it ranks 4th
amongst the bikes it comes in only at the 13th overall spot. The bike's
problems are equally distributed amongst all parameters with slightly
more incidence in switchgear, instrumentation and miscellaneous items. |
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| HERO
HONDA CBZ |
14th |
| The
flagship of India's largest bike manufacturer manages only 14th place.
Above category average problem incidence in instrumentation and an
industry equalling problem incidence in the handle bring down the
rating of this top end model. Even the engine is not free of problems
with an incidence of 70 problems per 100 vehicles, which is close
to the motorcycle category average of 78. |
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