Road Test Review: 2011 Bajaj Avenger 220 DTS-i

To make this Avenger test more realistic, I made sure that I fought with my father before leaving for the ride, browsed through my ex-girlfriend’s marriage album, asked the barber to give me a blade cut and a weird hairdo and gazed at ceased and crashed motorcycles. Still, even with its potent handling characteristics, more powerful engine and a few added mechanicals, the Avenger was far from making me ‘feel like god’ like the promotional activities claim. All it gave me was the same amount of pleasure that I would get from any decent motorcycle on any given Sunday.

Road Test Review of the 2011 Bajaj Avenger 220 by Rohit Paradkar for Motoroids.com. Photography by Eshan Shetty.

But if you are a city dweller who nods his or her head in disgust every time you see a power-ranger on a ‘plastic’ bike and at the same are not willing to put money down for a Royal Enfield because you doubt its reliability, then the Avenger will surely cut the cake for the cruiser-monger in you. At a price tag that is lower than Rs. 80,000 there is pretty much no competition for this bike. With a design established for over a decade and a new engine that is sure to give the other entry level performance bikes a run for their money, the Avenger 220 is definitely the cruiser to buy to enjoy the cityscapes and the occasional weekend ride. But if you wish to travel throughout the length and breadth of the country, then look for a motorcycle elsewhere…

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