I just finished an impulsive 1800km round trip on the Aerox over 3 days, from Jan 5th to 7th, from Bangalore to Pune and back with errand pit stops en route in Belgaum and Kohlapur. The scooter’s cubic capacity is dismissed as boring for highways, fuel economy as a hindrance, ride quality as harsh, ground clearance as risky, wind buffeting as intrusive…and so on.
When work presented an opportunity to head far, on a road I knew, I thought I’d learn about Aerox’s proper long-distance ability first-hand. The same day Left Pune at 4 pm and rode back to Hubli, reached by 12pm with 3 tea breaks and 4 fuel stops. I can understand for those with ortho chair jobs or long hours seated careers or conditioned to commuting car rears, ride complaints would be butt obvious, pun intended. Ghat bends or long sweepers on the highway, this goes where you point it, with no deviation from holding its line.
Will the low overall silhouette of the vehicle be imbalanced by my upper body weight and loaded top box? There was zero turbulence from heavy vehicles rushing past or the famed crosswinds that operate the Chitradurga windmills. It’s also to be noted that this scooter keeps the wind completely away from feet, legs and lower body thanks to its faired construction. As a parting point to this category, I’d like to mention a thought that kept reoccurring – I never seemed to reach the limit of this scooter, where it gasped for performance. Agreed no Himalayas, but over the mild western ghats I crossed en route, there was no change to performance described above. There were several heart-in-mouth moments where I would pass a pump for being inconveniently off the road, only to encounter tens of kilometres without a next one and my gauge indicator asking me why the hell wasn’t I refuelling.
However, it took away less than 5 minutes each time to identify a pump without any queue and swing into it, flip that conveniently located flap and ask for 500 ka fuel, a note I kept ready to quickly hand over in my upper jacket pocket. I actually found the coincidence of ATMs dispensing 500 notes, the price of fuel in India today and the 4 5 – 5 litre refuelling I did, to be a happy, convenient reason I could speed in and out of pumps in minimal time. The two most relaxed parts of me were my hands and legs, enhanced by having nothing much to do with the controls and being in positions that offered leeway for change and little to no stress. I could vary my feet position forward or rear by about 6 inches, enough to keep me comfortable the entire way.
The seat, however, angled me such that I could not move many fronts or back on it, which over a long duration caused ample pinprick sensation to the rear. I did not find my knees fouling with the front apron even while braking hard, something that most reviews I’d seen, keep harping on.
What was really worrisome was when coming downhill, at an angle of above 20 degrees descent, the rough track took the scooter out of its line very rapidly and the gearless nature meant it picked up speed on its own while doing so. Extra spacious under the seat, that fantastic Givi top box and a natural body to hold saddle bags mean the Aerox is really practical to pack in a lot. How desirable is this scooter to me, measured by whether I turn back to look at it after parking each time, and how long I would keep it, given I rotate my vehicles each year? The first one I can answer immediately to myself – I didn’t look at it too much anywhere I parked, nor was I inclined to take pictures of it in assorted dramatic highway landscapes. Even though my scooter is in arguably its loudest colours, orange wheels etc, I still found its modern silhouette aka Dio-styled looks, to be not as endearing to my retro favouring sensibilities. There was good curiosity out there though about the scooter, but my gauge is that this is a fairly under-the-radar looker which doesn’t turn heads for style.
Since that has no implication on reasons I keep or sell my bikes, the second aspect, of how long this will stay with me, is still open to experiences ahead. For me, post this comprehensive ride experience, the Aerox appears to be great for – Solo airport runs where I park there for fly-out-n-back day work trips.
Solo trips for errands that require me to bring back or ferry goods, thanks to that cavernous luggage capability. For the monsoons, the Aerox will be ever prepared with all the raingear in its under-seat storage and keeping some splashes away with its body style and fairing.
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This ensures you can finally cruise on an Indian scooter at 90-95km/h all day long and still have enough grunt in reserve for hitting in excess of 110 km/h easily. Likewise, 13.9 Nm of torque comes in handy on uphill terrains, as I found out during the climb to Kufri, about 8000 feet above mean sea level. I stand 6 feet tall with a rather healthy build and scooters aren’t my taste merely due to the fact that I like two-wheelers that can handle my load. Happy to report that the Aerox exceeded my expectations, both for extended city runs as well as prolonged highway stints.
Second, the suspension is sorted and though slightly on the firmer side, soaks up bad roads and undulations pretty nicely. Apart from the ‘motorcycle’ like floor board area that removes the possibility of keeping any luggage here, the under-seat storage space comes handy.
From changing lanes at triple digit speeds to chewing up miles on the curvy sections of Himachal Pradesh, the Aerox even handles snow and black ice easily. Fuel economy, if you are in high speed mode, is down to low 30s which means the 5.5 litre tank leaves you with a real world, safe riding range of about 140-150km only.
Next, the ‘motorcycle’ type floor board does eat up into your practical or storage space and this is one area every other scooter performs better in.
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