The latest entrant on the biking scene is the Hero Honda Hunk. I swear I am not making this up. Hero Honda has gone ahead and given the very good looking bike a very, very gay sounding name. For all those who were hoping that the Indian biking scene would improve this brings yet another disappointment. The initial impressions seem to put it in exactly the same place as the CBZ Xtreme with all the same specs. So in effect what we have here is yet another 150 cc. wannabe.

Hero Honda also seem to have taken a step backwards with the omission of a digi-dash and LED lights which have become very popular since Bajaj started using them on the Pulsars. The reason given is that since this is a 'Macho' bike they have omitted the 'Delicate' parts. YEAH SURE.

The Hunk takes on bikes which have been around for some time now and are quite popular.

• The HH CBZ-Xtreme - This seems like a really stupid move by HH as it has a very good chance of cannibalizing the Xtreme's market share.
• The HH Achiever - No real news on this bike. I think it bombed, so no competition here.
  
• The Bajaj Pulsar 150 - The undisputed market leader. Almost every third bike on the road seems to be a Bajaj.
  
• The Honda Unicorn - By far the most refined bike in this segment. A reliable and smooth ride have ensured that this Honda has a good following who swear by the stability and comfort offered. It seems to have the least market share and judging by the crappy updates the company has provided it might just disappear soon. A good bike that would have been great with a peppier engine.
• The TVS Apache RTR - The latest upstart on the block. A good bike backed by one of the most aggressive, in your face marketing campaigns ever seen in India. The RTR followed on the heels of the Apache with some good improvements which really caught the eye of many people. TVS also has a FI version lined up so hopefully we will get much more out of this. The Apache is the bike that a lot of people have their hopes pinned on.

Guess we can count the fact that this is not just a sticker update among our blessing, but all said and done we are sick of getting repacked engines too. When will HH come out with an 'All New' bike. All that remains to be seen is if the Hunk can take on the might of the Pulsar, the Xtreme and the RTR without fading into oblivion.



Images taken from Rearset.
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