Performance is not the M80's forte and she doesn't make any horse power pretensions either. Initial acceleration is very good and lifting the front wheel is pretty easy. But slotted into second, Performance starts to taper off. The needle takes its own sweet time to move while the engine tries its best to deafen the rider.

From rest, 20kmph comes up in 1.9 seconds while she takes all of 13.4 seconds to touch 60kmph. After 60, Performance tails off and she needs another 13 seconds to get to 70kmph. Top speed is 76.7kmph and one may fear going deaf at this speed (thanks to the engine noise). Speedo error isn't alarming, the needle hovering near the 85kmph mark at top whack. Quarter mile comes up in 27.4 seconds at which the speed registered was 71kmph.

The engine has been tuned for driveability rather than Performance. This manifests itself while riding in the city where constant gearshifting isn't called for. She pulls cleanly in all the three gears from little over crawling speeds. Getting to 60kmph while riding in the city is near impossible anyhow so driveability is what counts and here she scores with a distinct advantage even in the fuel sipping stakes.

Braking is just about adequate, a trait inherited from its predecessor. The front forks don't aid weight transfer to the front wheel and this inhibits braking Performance. She took 27 metres and 3.4 seconds to come to rest from 60kmph. The front brakes feel very vague and could do with more bite. Larger diameter drums at the front could help the braking Performance.