The
first thing which strikes you when you look at either machine
is their size. Both are bigger proportioned machines than
anything else in their class barring the Kinetic Challenger.
Both bikes stood up well to the rigours of our testing over
almost 1600km and the only thing which caused us some grief
was the lack of a single key system for the handle lock,
the ignition switch and the fuel tank. There were two different
keys given to lock/unlock the tank, handlebar, etc and that
is not on in this day and age. LMLs lack of bike making
could be the reason. Then there are the antiquated switches
which have no place on a bike in this day and age. On the
positive side, they do all that is asked of them but ergonomically
and from a stylistic appeal they are lame ducks. The instrumentation
is comprehensive but dated in its packaged layout. Both
bikes have a speedo cum rev counter with a fuel level gauge
while the Adreno also sports a top gear indicator. Overall
build quality is robust with not many rough edges showing
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