Bikes: Avenger vs. Karizma
Ever since I sold off my own bike, I have been riding different ones of my friends. The biking trips do not seem to get deterred and we keep riding kilometers over kilometers. Let's first visit some fast facts; I am always afraid of sitting pillion because of two reasons. I do not know how to sit comfortably as pillion and I believe more in myself as the rider rather than leaving my life in the hands of the other rider. But then, I cannot keep riding all the time. So recently I rode a Karizma and an Avenger and here is my take on these two bikes. Had been, occasionally, riding that Karizma for some time, now. Yesterday was no different. As ever propounded by Hero Honda, Karizma is one powerful bike with good looks. It rides high and fast but even after riding it multiple times, I could never get the hang of this bike. The very first problem that it poses is the sheer height of this thing which moves the CG very high. The bike never seems safe to me above 80 KMPH. It's not that