Mahindra's debutant scooter, the Duro, is aimed at users who prefer serious city riding. It features a 125cc engine, comfortable seat, ample storage, and analog console. Priced around Rs 43,477, it offers good power for city use at a lower price than competitors. The Duro provides a sensible scooter for professional city commuting.
Mahindra's debutant scooter, the Duro, is aimed at users who prefer serious city riding. It features a 125cc engine, comfortable seat, ample storage, and analog console. Priced around Rs 43,477, it offers good power for city use at a lower price than competitors. The Duro provides a sensible scooter for professional city commuting.
Mahindra's debutant scooter, the Duro, is aimed at users who prefer serious city riding. It features a 125cc engine, comfortable seat, ample storage, and analog console. Priced around Rs 43,477, it offers good power for city use at a lower price than competitors. The Duro provides a sensible scooter for professional city commuting.
Mahindra's debutant scooter, the Duro, is aimed at users who prefer serious city riding. It features a 125cc engine, comfortable seat, ample storage, and analog console. Priced around Rs 43,477, it offers good power for city use at a lower price than competitors. The Duro provides a sensible scooter for professional city commuting.
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ROAD TEST
MAHINDRA DURO
M ahindra and Mahindra similar designs and specifications, however, are well known for their tractors the Duro is not like the ordinary models. It and commercial vehicles that roam features a 125cc engine with a comfortable desi roads. They are also famous for their seat, an easy to read console, ample storage SUVs, however, the two-wheeled segment is capacity and enough power to leave the an entirely new field for the firm. In their 100cc scoots behind. This scoot retails at initial innings, the company has launched around Rs 43,477 (OTR, Pune) making it two new scoots – the Rodeo and the Duro. cheaper than the competition. The first offering is for the fun loving rider Underneath the contemporary design, the whereas the latter scoot is for the serious and Duro is powered by a 125cc mill with quite a no-nonsense types. good amount of power. Taking a closer look at the details you realize that the proportions What is Duro? are well in order and nothing seems to be out Well, the Duro is a scooter with an attitude of place. The neat front end with vertically that commands respect on the road. It is mounted blinkers appears quite decent. The aimed at men and women who prefer to ride subtle layout of the front is evidence of the around the city doing some serious stuff like no-nonsense image of the scooter. This going to the office, dropping kids to school, subtleness is also quite evident in the grocery shopping and similar tasks. In analogue console that features a speedometer today’s world we notice a lot of scooters with and a fuel gauge. Continuing towards the
Sensible City Knight Mahindra’s debutant scooter in the market, the Duro is an ideal vehicle for city riding Words: Ravi Chandnani Photography Sanjay Raikar
50 51 India December 2009 December 2009 India ROAD TEST MAHINDRA DURO OVERALL 1111 Mahindra Duro ROAD TEST # 81 GEAR CHECK 1 2 PRICE Rs 43,477 (OTR, PUNE) Rider: Saeed Akhtar GENERAL DATA Helmet KBC Jacket Technik Gloves DSG
speedometer, odometer, fuel gauge and tell-tale lights
1. An easy to read console makes life easy FUEL ECONOMY 1111
while negotiating the Indian traffic situation 3 Overall* 41.5 kmpl Highway 50 kmpl 2. The smart front storage space is ideal for City 38 kmpl small items like gloves or documents Fuel Tank Capacity(usable) 6 litres Range 249 kms 3. The positioning of the tail lamp is quite nice *is 75% city riding and 25% highway as it is easy for the vehicle behind to notice you ENGINE 11112 Type 4-st,single cylinder, air-cooled 4. The Duro is an ideal candidate for the Displacement 124.6 cc ultimate city scoot Bore x Stroke 52.4mm x 57.8mm Valvetrain OHV, 2-valve/cylinder 5. The underseat storage can gobble up a full Comp Ratio 10.6:1 sized lid quite easily Fuel supply Carb Max power 8PS@7500rpm 6. The powerful and torquey engine is quite Max torque 9Nm@5500rpm Power To Weight 76.19 PS/ton smooth Ignition Digital CDI Starting Electric/Kick start rear, one can notice the flowing construction of the road. The powerful and torquey engine TRANSMISSION the foot board that merges quite well with the helps when negotiating steep inclines like the 6 4 1111 Clutch Automatic Centrifugal Type with torque sensor rear body panels. However, the overall quality ones in parking lots and flyovers with very less Gears Variomatic of plastics is satisfactory and nothing great. A stress on the engine. Performance is quite good Gearshift Pattern N/A huge seat with a stylish body colored grab rail as the scooter can reach a true top speed of Primary Drive Gear Final Drive Belt is comfy and can accommodate riders with a 87km/h and does the 0-60km/h run in 12.5sec. fat bottom quite easily. Ample leg space up With this kind of power you can load up the CHASSIS 1112 Type Frame high rigidity underbone front means that you can ride comfortably in footboard with goods and the Duro’s engine Suspension (Front) Hydraulic the city without worrying much about a leg will run smoothly without a protest. Suspension (Rear) Hydraulic singleunit shock absorber ache. However, tall riders might find it a bit The powerful motor starts pulling quite Brakes (Front) 130mm Drum brake uncomfortable as the handlebars may touch the nicely right from the start even with a Brakes (Rear) 130mm Drum brake knee while negotiating turns and U-bends lightweight pillion on board. The suspension is Tyre (F/R) 3.5x10” / 3.5x10” from a standstill because of the lowered nice and balanced as it absorbs road PERFORMANCE 1111 position. The rear end is attractive with a huge undulations without letting the rider know 120 tail lamp that has integrated blinkers. Storage is much about it. However, it may rock you ACCELERATION 100 in abundance on the Duro as it has a front when you hit a big pothole or a ditch. City storage box for accommodating your riding demands sudden acceleration with 80 knickknacks like gloves, scarves or documents constant braking so having good brakes 5 60 12.20 and the under seat storage space can gobble up becomes indispensable and the Duro provides a full size helmet with a little bit of space to you exactly that in the form of 130mm drum 40 5.70
spare. The Duro is available in six different brakes up front and at the rear. 20 1.71 shades and has minimal use of stickers to keep Time, seconds 0 the scoot looking decent and subtle. Verdict 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22
When you consider buying a scooter that will Standing Quarter Mile (0-400m) 26.01s@80.62km/h How does it handle? spend much of its life in the city you need to go ROLL - ON 30-60 km/h 8.53s Acceleration is good with ample power flowing in for a tough and durable machine that not only SPEEDOMETER ERROR True Speed Indicated Speed to the rear wheel when you wring the throttle. offers good quality but also value for money. A 36.8km/h 40 km/h Being majorly dedicated to city riding, the 125cc engine, a top whack of 87km/h, a 56.5 km/h 60 km/h 76.5 km/h 80 km/h Duro handles traffic without any hassles. The comfortable ride with loads of storage space and Top Speed 87km/h (True) 125cc engine develops 8PS of power and 9Nm fairly good suspension and brakes at a pretty BRAKING* of torque which is more than enough for reasonably price, makes the Duro a good value 60km/h to standstill 23.28metres / 2.62s (* Drum Brakes) negotiating crowded streets and tight spots on for money scoot to ride around in the city.
