The Performance of the Ambition is in keeping with her positioning between the Passion and the CBZ. On our measured Performance runs, the Ambition dashed to 60kmph from rest in 8.9 seconds while 80kmph came up in a leisurely 21.2 seconds. The quarter mile dash was covered in 23.5 seconds with the Datron data acquisition gear registering 81.7kmph at that mark.

The top speed registered was 95.1kmph, achieved in fourth gear. Yes, you read right, the top speed was achieved in fourth gear in spite of the bike sporting a five speed 'box. On our test bike, when shifted into fifth, rather than gaining velocity the speed kept dropping. This is probably due to the fifth gear not being matched to the powerplant characteristics or could also be due to the ignition not being set properly. Another surprising factor that came to light during our Performance tests was the speedo needle that refused to budge above 82kmph. Which to be honest is a first since we are all used to speedometers registering optimistic and even over optimistic speeds.

The aforementioned Performance figures better the figures achieved by bikes in the 100-110cc segment though the Kinetic GF125 and the Yamaha YBX125 better the Ambition's Performance by over a second to 60kmph.

The Ambition will be available with a front drum brake or a 240mm disc brake option (made by Tata-Yuasa). We tested the disc-braked version and were very impressed with its Performance. The bike took 2.5 seconds traversing 19.8meters to come to a halt when the anchors were thrown at 60kmph. Feel and control through the levers was excellent and there was no fade even after repeated brake tests.