Kiran Jonnalagadda’s Blog

Sunday, August 29, 2004

I know what this chap was thinking when he pasted that sticker. He was ensuring no one had any doubts what this hunk of metal on wheels was.

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  brainz — Aug 29, 2004 1:08:40 PM — # ↩

  Doh!
  
  Thats the name of the bike! Byk is a bike by Bajaj. ;/
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    Kiran Jonnalagadda — Aug 29, 2004 1:43:12 PM — # ↩

    Someone at Bajaj must have been feeling a little too hep.
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      themadman — Aug 29, 2004 2:24:49 PM — # ↩

      I hope they didn’t pay a “branding specialist” agency to come up with that name.
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  ashwinne — Aug 30, 2004 1:34:42 AM — # ↩

  Yep! It is a Bajaj bike. Have seen it mostly in rural areas, that must be this byk’s target segment.
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    v_k_b — Aug 30, 2004 3:17:23 AM — # ↩

    yes…and it is a very good bike as well…Rode it last year in the western ghats, and liked it a lot! Perfectly built for such roads…
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  vaishaksuresh — Aug 30, 2004 5:34:35 PM — # ↩

  It packs only 80CC engine, and looks more like a moped than a motorcycle!
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    v_k_b — Aug 31, 2004 4:44:35 AM — # ↩

    One interesting detail peculiar to the bike I rode…
    
    The accelerator spring was slightly defective, and so if I increased the accelerator and leave my hand, it did not automatically return to zero unless I turned it in the reverse direction! But this was an excellent blessing in disguise, since I could now ride on those traffic free roads with freedom to “give rest” to my right hand as well!
    
    I have half a mind to appeal to make this the default feature for all highway bikes!