Seriously, if you were to buy this bike, would Fuel Efficiency be top of your shopping list or even a priority? I don't think so. But at the same time we all have our social obligations and a gas guzzling bike doesn't make a politically correct statement in these times of skyrocketing oil prices. And anyway wherever we took the bike to during the course of our test we had people ask about price and also Fuel Efficiency.

The Eliminator, to her credit returned a best mileage figure of 48kmpl and worst of 42kmpl. Very impressive considering her weight and overall cruiser package that cares two hoots for aerodynamics and such crap. In fact in the fuel consumption stakes, the bigger engined Eliminator gives better - by a very big margin - than what the Hero Honda CBZ delivers and on this count the Kawasaki engine makes the crucial difference. And don't forget the Performance that she is capable of. This Fuel Efficiency, eye-opening as it is, will definitely make the bike more appealing (as if she isn't appealing enough already) to prospective buyers who don't give a fig for biking nuances but just want a machine which suggests image and stature. The bike sports a 14-litre fuel tank that gives her a range of 630km between refills. Hasslefree Sunday morning rides then beckon the faithful, we all can see that!