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Bajaj Auto recently launched its much-awaited motorbike, christened “XCD 125 DTS-Si“. It claims to offer an unprecedented combination of 150cc features, 125cc performance and 100 cc mileage. Striving to be part of the buoyant executive segment, which includes Hero Honda’s hugely successful Splendor(+) and Passion(+) (both 100 cc bikes), it aims to wean away commuters from the 100 cc segment.
Wouldn’t be easy given Hero Honda’s stranglehold on this segment as both these bikes account for sales of over 1.5 lakh units each month. With TVS also set to launch 125 cc Flame, in the executive segment, the competition is likely to get intense.
So, who’s going to be the ultimate winner of this battle royale? Well, the commuter, who else! As bike manufacturers keep launching newer models to keep you interested, rest assured, we at Tolmol Autos would be the first to bring its features and specifications along with reviews from consumers. Just go ahead and compare the price, specs and features side-by-side and find the one best suited to your needs.

 Smile and Spread Smiles

Ready for the festival season of year 2007? Oh! you better be. Raksha Bandhan, Navrati, Durga Pooja, Dusshera, Karva Chauth, Deepavali, and many more festivals are just around the corner. So buckle up for the mast-mast mastee.

All festivals are exciting and invigorating. You’ll agree that the joy these festivals bring is inexplicable. Taking a refreshing break from these hectic lives of 21^st century. Celebrating some lovely moments with our near and dear ones. Completely getting into the mood and the thrill of the season. Every moment from the planning & preparation to the culmination is full of sheer fun and masti.

Choosing and buying gifts for these special occasions is also a fun exercise. Nothing could be more satisfying than seeing that someone, special to you, smile on receiving your gift. However, at times zeroing on a gift can become a colossal task. To make this festival season more fun, TolMol has brought a special gift for you - an all new “Gifts” category to choose gifts from.

We recently introduced “Gifts” category on TolMol. Now you can find an ocean of gift options on TolMol. Flowers, perfumes, gift hampers, collectibles, and we aren’t stopping here - we are continuously adding more to our gifts section. Find your gifts on TolMol. Save your valuable time and energy for a lot of laughter this festival season.

Cheers

Team TolMol

Why should guys have all the fun? On hearing it in a TV ad, even if the fun part doesn’t entice so much, thoughts might go across to the many difficulties faced while commuting. The overcrowded buses, fleecing auto drivers, requesting the man of the house to drop you to your destined place, etc. Isn’t there an option that sets you free without being too big a burden on the purse?
Wait, what was the product that was being advertised? A Scooter! Didn’t I see my Dad go through the routine of tilt and start before taking me to school when I was a kid? How am I supposed to use a Scooter for travelling! Well, somebody tells me that the new breed of “gearless” scooters are popular among young working women, college girls and even the elderly. So much is the popularity that the gearless scooter segment has emerged as the second largest category in the two-wheeler segment, after bikes with approx 4.8 lakh being sold every year. There’s plenty of choice as well, every major manufacturer has its offering in the segment: Kinetic Blaze, Bajaj Krystal, Honda Dio and Activa, Hero Honda Pleasure and Scooty Pep Plus from TVS. The designs have improved as well, having neatly sculpted side panels, a large alloy grab-bar and integrated brake and turn lights at rear. There’s ample storage, with a lockable glove box, foldable bag-hook, a flat floorboard and that under-seat space. Even the ride and handling is extremely safe at speeds of around 70kph.
Now, Catch me if you can!

While you can buy a Ferrari, Porsche and even a 4 crore rupee Rolls Royce Phantom off-the-shelf in India, the same simplicity does not apply to a superbike purchase. For some unfathomable reasons, the bike industry has not kept up with its automotive counterparts and the Yamahas and Hondas of the world seem content with selling 100cc economy motorcycles. Did I hear you say that come 2008 and we’ll have Yamaha’s R1/MT-01alongwith the Hayabusa and GSX-R1000 from Suzuki. Well, even I’ve heard such rumours. By the way, anyone remembers whatever happened to BMW F650, the price for which you could buy a luxury car then! Such arguments apart, amidst falling motorcycle sales a commuter “motorcycle” is still the choice of millions in India and they’ve got a plethora of choices too. Just take a look at the list: CD-Dawn, CD-Deluxe, Splendor, Splendor+, Super Splendor, Super Duper Splendor (isn’t it called NXG!), Passion, Star, Super Star(er! Star City), Boxer, Platina, Discover ….the list goes on and on and doesn’t even include similar offering from other lesser known manufacturers. You might ask a commuter motorcycle! Well, when you’re on on pothole ridden and flyover construction affected roads stuck up in a traffic snarl (seated comfortably in your car!!) doesn’t your subconscious tell you (and rightly so!), ‘What the heck, if you’d taken the bike, you’d already be at office/home, one coffee/beer down and feet up’.
Did I hear you say, ‘I need an an electrifying ride and extreme performance from my bike which has linear power curve and crisp feel giving instant response whenever I give the throttle a yank’. Well, in that case you’re bound to find Bajaj Pulsar, Apache RTR, Bullet Machismo etc to your liking. Even without any superbikes to choose from, Indian biking enthusiasts can still experience the “freedom” : The Freedom from the naive charm of passing through a place and never tasting the air there. Can someone in a car echo that!

cheers!
Om Prakash