Ride, Handling and Braking
Akin to most other commuter bikes, the Honda Dream Neo is built on a single downtube tubular chassis and employs telescopic forks at front and conventional twin ‘non-gas charged’ shock absorbers at the rear.
Talking about the ride quality, the suspension offers a ride quality which is decent enough on most surfaces that the bike encounters inside the city. However, you would wish for a tad more softness when the bike deals with some of the ‘mindlessly constructed‘ speedhumps and sharp irregularities. Overall though, the ride quality this bike offers is sufficiently decent and only those who have been looking for the proverbial “magic carpat” ride might be left disappointed.
The Dream Neo handles pretty well for an entry level bike and a kerb weight of just 105 kgs, along with a neutral suspension setup, makes the bike immensely flick-able. As we discovered, cutting through the slow traffic is almost effortless on this bike and this is something that will be appreciated by Neo’s target audience.
Wide (again, only for its segment) MRF tubeless tyres ensure that you would never want to wish for more grip. Like we said earlier, everything remains pleasing as long as you don’t have a craving to go apex hunting.
The Honda Dream Neo is endowed with 130mm drum brakes setup on both the ends and a front disc brake is not even available as an option on any of the variants. You would surely wish for more bite if you are used to disc brakes but otherwise, the brakes on the Neo are sufficiently effective to haul down the bike from even speeds north of 60kmph. ( But we would still love to have a front disc brake, thank you)
Ride, Handling and Braking – 3/5
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