All three bikes are competent pieces of tackle in the most demanding class of them all. Expect this class to see some crazy action this year with not many manufacturers making any sort of sensible money from this segment of bikes.

What the Dawn, Boss and Boxer bring to the table is a no frills approach with tolerable levels of ride quality, some basic suspension, a sprinkling of zest and fairly long durations between visits to the petrol stations. Each bike has its virtues but it also requires a man on a budget to exploit them and thrive on them. If you are the sort who revels in the Victor or the YBX, then the Dawn-Boss-Boxer class of bike would be very bad for your health and mental well being - I say this in all seriousness and sincerity. But having a duty to do, thanks to being suckered into making a choice for Bertie and Aspi, I can only comment that all one will need to be a sadist to own anyone of these three but that wouldn't do for Bertie even though Aspi saw the light of the day. So for you and you alone Bertie this is what I have to say if you can catch the drift:"Dusk or Dawn, the Boxer shows all who is the Boss!"

It is a long standing tradition and belief in this magazine that the cars and bikes we get for our tests are genuine production machines in a state-of-tune and build which are representative of the ones you and I could hope to buy in a showroom. Somehow we haven't seemed to be getting consistent results from products made by a particular manufacturer whenever we buy these from their dealer showrooms. The bikes provided to us for the test come up trumps but when we cross check the same with another example/examples taken from the company's dealers we find them lacking in many respects. While we have shared our apprehensions with that particular manufacturer, we will from now on, whenever possible also do a check on a machine taken from the market - without the manufacturer's knowledge - if we have had an example provided us for the test by the OEM in the first place. I think that this is the only way we can do justice to our readers who value our findings. If more than 78 per cent of our readers refer to the findings published in our magazine before making a buying decision (the ORG-MARG readership survey states this quite emphatically), I think it only right that we adopt this slightly costlier not to say time and labour intensive but appropriately satisfying approach to the game. I hope everyone will appreciate our concern and commitment to the cause.
Adil Jal Darukhanawala