City	63.44
Highway	69.69
Overall	66.56

The Boxer from Bajaj Auto has all along been promoted as a highly fuel efficient motorcycle and the Performance of the Boxer, both in the city and on the highway during the test, supports the manufacturer's claim in a big way. Not only did the Boxer post the highest Fuel Efficiency figures among all the bikes tested, it also maintained a fairly tight spread between its city and highway consumption. Just 6kpl separated the healthy 63.4kpl in the city to 69.6kpl on the highway, a feature which makes it a good all-rounder.
  
The Boxer was the only motorcycle to top 60kpl in both the city and highway runs and its Performance, particularly on the highway, was just a fraction short of 70kpl - noteworthy for a product which does not sacrifice Performance at the altar of fuel economy.

City	59.60
Highway	62.81
Overall	61.20

The hugely popular Splendor established itself at the top of the sales charts by delivering solid, reliable Performance and Fuel Efficiency, which in the days of its appearance bettered the competition (mainly two-stroke engines) quite substantially. Today the scene hasn't changed much. Admittedly the competition has caught up to a great extent and in some cases even bettered the Splendor's Fuel Efficiency. But the Splendor remains high in this fuel test, taking second spot with a strong overall figure of 61.2kpl. Apart from the Boxer, it was the only bike to register an overall economy figure in excess of 60kpl. 59.6kpl in the city and 62.8kpl on the highway are consistently close and with a bare 3km spread over the two runs, this is an ample indication of its overall efficiency.

City	53.78
Highway	65.50
Overall	59.64

The Crux is the result of the lessons that Yamaha has learned from its experience with the YBX. It would seem that in view of its comparatively inferior power/weight ratio as compared to the YBX, Fuel Efficiency-wise, the Crux would not match the YBX's Performance. Nothing could be further from the truth. The long-stroke engine develops its torque at a lower rpm and the engine /transmission harmony keeps the bike in efficiency mode. The result: 53.7kpl in the city and an impressive 65.5kpl on the highway.

City	49.89
Highway	68.16
Overall	59.02

A first effort motorcycle from the Pune-based scooter manufacturer, the 99cc Challenger seems to live upto its name, at least in terms of Fuel Efficiency. The Challenger in the city managed to cover just about 50kpl, which falls short of expectations but in similar fashion to the Energy, piles on 68.1kpl in the faster moving traffic of highways, gaining 18kpl. This clearly projects that the Challenger can be persuaded to deliver a good overall kilometre per litre figure. It misses out on the third spot by a mere 0.62kpl.

City	56.02
Highway	59.30
Overall	57.66

The latest offering from the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the country, the Joy shares its engine with the Splendor and thus is expected to emulate its Performance closely and it does. In an amazing parity, the spread between the city and highway figures are near- identical at 3.3kpl to the Splendor's 3.2kpl. The specific consumption for the Joy in the city at 56.02kpl and 59.3kpl on the highway emphasise the flexibility of the engine to deliver consistently the kind of fuel economy that customers have come to believe in.

City	44.78
Highway	64.42
Overall	54.60

The Energy suffers with the wide rear tyre and the low gearing, both of which conspire to limit its ability to cope with heavy start-and-stop traffic conditions in terms of fuel economy. The 44.7kpl in the city is low. But when set free on the highway the breathing efficiency of the three-valve cylinder head then takes over allowing the Energy to improve by almost 50 percent to 64.4kpl, where the stiction of the wide rear tyre and the penalty of using the lowest gear repeatedly during stops at traffic signals is not repeated often.

City	49.33
Highway	52.35
Overall	50.84

Bridging the gap between the small (100cc) and somewhat larger (150cc) engine capacities of the popular range, the YBX Yamaha's 123.7cc engine revs willingly, the relatively lighter overall weight helping it to overcome the low gearing to come up with decent Fuel Efficiency. In fact the low gearing helps it stay in a higher gear in town , which is reflected in the city figure of 49.3kpl. The advantage disappears on the highway though as can be seen from the relatively small improvement of just 3kpl over the 52.3kpl highway figure.

City	48.32
Highway	53.18
Overall	50.75

The Fiero is positioned a step lower than the CBZ in terms of specs. Lower engine capacity and lower kerb weight but almost similar bhp ratings combine to give it a marginal superior power/weight ratio. It also has a much higher fourth gear ratio compared to the CBZ's fourth gear and this, along with a good spread of torque from the refined engine, gives it the ability to spread its fuel over a greater distance. A result of 48.3kpl in the city and 53.1kpl on the highway should be enough reason for the Fiero user to keep smiling.

City	41.82
Highway	55.76
Overall	48.79

Lower down the engine capacity scale comes Bajaj Auto's Caliber. At close to 112cc with just 7.6bhp and a kerb weight of 115kg, it manages to overcome its poorer power/weight ratio, mostly by a wide torque delivery. Though its 41.8kpl in the city is somewhat disappointing, primarily due to its higher gearing, the Caliber redeems itself on the highway as it betters the city figure by 33 percent and gets to 55.7kpl. This should be acceptable but not enticing, if just Fuel Efficiency is to be the determining purchase criteria.

City	38.62
Highway	48.27
Overall	43.44

Understandably no CBZ buyer puts his money down for this high-profile bike for its ability to deliver Fuel Efficiency comparable to the likes of the smaller capacity motorcycles that are aimed at the economy-minded user. Its short-stroke engine and wider tyres focus on Performance and yet it managed a creditable 38.6kpl in the heavily congested traffic city test and went on to post a substantially improved 48.2kpl on the highway. Every CBZ user should be quite happy with such a combination of economy and power.