No
pain, no gain is an oft-used maxim in our business and it
is in the Fuel Efficiency that
the Energy and Adreno lag somewhat behind their rivals from
Hero Honda and Bajaj Auto. A number of factors conspire
in this and ironically these are the same which contribute
to their fine Performance and
road manners: larger proportions, higher kerb weight, high
rolling resistance from the larger rear tyre, etc. I managed
to extract a best Fuel Efficiency figure of 61kmpl for the Adreno and a 62.1kmpl figure for
the Energy but in hard city riding in and around Pune city
both bikes ended up delivering 48.6kmpl. Nevertheless thanks
to their 14-litre fuel tanks - again the largest in class
alongwith the Kawasaki Caliber - both the Energy and Adreno
have a very high operating range. |