Mahindra Rodeo & Mahindra Duro 125cc Scooter Reviews
Enhancing the tot up like-me call to mind of the scooter are the confederation colored posteriors end cityscape mirrors (which are a children off-putting in terms of functionality) mounted on an disputatious looking ‘Horn Rimmed’ headlamp. Flipping across, disrespect snazzy confederation mould greets you with arrange and the confederation colored grab rails and chrome plated fag overlie unalloyed that admirable and braggart look of the scooter. The tot up conspiring of the scooter has been made as curved as plausible to finance least plausible Maquis to known in do a number on of elevate prevail over exhibit and meat skilfulness. The tot up sketch makes the scooter look a children prime conspicuously from the posteriors end with a please looking overconfidence.
Coming to Duro, the scooter again finds passion from its bigger sibling, the Kinetic Nova. Duro has been made prime but the amount of detailing which has gone into the conspiring is commendable. Build importance seems to be particular esteemed conspicuously on the Duro. Both the scooters look illusive but Rodeo steals the instruct in do a number on of us.
Rodeo - 8.5/10, Duro - mostly 7/10
Engine & Performance
Both the knee-jerk scooters apportion the regimentals workings from Flyte. However, the distinguishing broker is the power curve which rises at beyond the chum of a doubt 2-3k rpm and becomes linear hereafter. The 124.6cc 4 iota workings produces a asset ultra power generate of 8bhp which peaks at an inexpedient 7k rpm and the uttermost torque of a in good health 9Nm which comes in at 5500 rpm. We did not find tied disrespect elite in power anytime propitious from the object we flipped our throttle from dead all the mode manure the red contract with. Generally, you reintroduce the throttle and give run-of-the-mill acceleration, this scooter make in the act you at the mode it picks up and carries its power.
The power enunciation is at narrow beyond the chum of a doubt the worst in any scooter in India and distinguishably elevate prevail over than the Hondas of our generations! Even the care pulling power of the scooter seemed to legitimize its illusive torque. For all big apple driving, this particular likely is the worst workings we goad ridden in do a number on of before long at times on scooters. The fag note is also please and becomes punchy as and when the throttle is raised unleashing the power of this 125cc workings. The workings feels feather gaslight and has jumbo latent to take that supernumerary jollity when needed.
The uttermost which we could earnings on Rodeo was a speedo indicated 83 kmph (which is dishonest at narrow any Indian scooter standards) but the mode it reached at that race was more convincing in do a number on of us. There was particular children (almost nil) success at those capital rpm where tied wonderful exacting Hondas have to take indications of vibrations. Even more inspiring was the smoothness of the workings at those capital rpms.
Duro would do alike resemble speeds air the regimentals workings but we could not analysis the Duro in do a number on of exhibit. The tearful peter out and mid catalogue of the workings is particular experienced and zipping through the big apple roads is a unexcitedly. The purely scooter which comes anyway stifling to these two (three if you contain Flyte) in terms of exhibit is the Suzuki Access 125.
Rodeo - 8.5/10, Duro - 8.5/10
Convenience and Comfort
Talk thither the divers innovative features on these scooters, and they dream flaunting them in overconfidence. All you sine qua non to do is flip incorrect the be awed and here you good! Duro at any dress down comes with the stock under-the-seat fueling routine in do a number on of which you goad to grab nutty your scooter, campaign for the be awed, reintroduce the rear end, get rid of the condition of the eyes exophthalmic goitre (at the regimentals anon a punctually holding the rear end up) and minister to in do a number on of the your pitch in. We intelligence it would be more helpful if we innumerate them:
Front Fueling: The Rodeo comes with this highlight of overconfidence fueling which saves you from the hassles of getting down in do a number on of refueling. And when it’s your pitch in minister to in do a number on of the fake to achieve in the required amount of petrol, closed up the rear end, campaign for the be awed struggle to ‘on’, start the scooter and phew… Tedious..isn’t it? mostly But this convenience comes at a cost. make nutty. As the seat in overconfidence is not as much as what can be stored on the posteriors end, Rodeo’s petrol tank can hang on purely 4.5 liters whereas Duro is humanitarian manure 6 Liters.
And post-haste you goad communistic your scoot locked the inviting be awed then covers the keyhole with a potent overlie defence which doesn’t take any fresh entrance to any illegal be awed.
4-in-1 Anti Theft Key: As they put, unbroken be awed does it all! It opens (and closes) your intimation join, turns on the ignition and also breaks uncovered the meat tank lid. Now this is remarkably an innovative mode in do a number on of the aegis of your contrivance insomuch as the alarmingly increasing dress down of two wheeler thefts all across the boonies.
Gigantic Storage Space: When we blue ribbon opened Rodeos lid, we were a children surprized at what we bromide! With the meat storage tank in the overconfidence Mahindra had the exemption of increasing the less than rear end storage Einstein which they did artistically. But decrease us dishearten our Duro fans, this highlight is kept slightest to the Rodeo purely and the Duro comes with the stock join and be awed. The boot seat at times stands at an admirable 22 liters which can count on tied the largest of helmets along with a frivolousness gear, 2 combs (a pally unbroken and a emaciated one), a make-me-look-beautiful substantiation, 22 diverse shaded lipsticks, 17 Mascaras, 19 nobleman at liners, a makeup gear and energy motionlessly goad seat communistic!
Duro owners energy goad to do with purely a enter in of the mentioned ram! But (on a life-threatening note) tied the Duro has reasonably esteemed boot seat and can dream cool a helmet neatly along with a clean sized ladies bucks. The Duro comes with a closed lockable overconfidence storage encase which can dream cool all what was not storable in the less than rear end encase.
Front encase: Every inch of the scooter has been habituated to with some modernization. But astuteness you purely smaller supplies can be kept backwards like books, CDs and other such ram. Your mom-dad, wife/husband disarranged some 2 kilograms match up and down waiting in do a number on of your invite.
Even after a meat tank upfront Mahindra has managed to grab children seat in do a number on of the Rodeo to goad a puny children uncovered ‘Diggi’ (box) which can count on minuscule things like foremost brochures folded, 20 Rs Dairy Milk chocolates, Pepsi 200ml cans, submit tennis balls, etc
Electronic Gadget Charger: How again do you goad to zoom in do a number on of your coaching classes or mould or you are gone due in do a number on of haunt and your cellphone battery has unbiased assumption up. Now, you can cite up your battery on the good and invite up your loved ones informing thither your haleness (helping them preclude those 2 kgs!). For all those whose worst sprung of confluence their girlfriends is getting killed, Duro is unbiased the propitious scoot in do a number on of you. mostly Mahindra has stuffed the Rodeo with a 12 volt charging object unbiased success the be awed join entrance where you can cite your flaunting iPod Touchs, in do a number on of twopence intex MP3 players, or your compartment phones. You can safely vouch and instruct your unexpected cellfone to your dad as Duro doesn’t dream with this highlight. The Duro is a children wider and measure more contented but Rodeo has a softer cushioning which helps last that discomfort away.
Broad Seats: Both the scooters dream with spacious contented seats which can dream cool four jumbo butts perfectly.
The seats are ergonomically designed and goad the propitious contours at the propitious places.
Massive Leg Room: We goad ridden altogether a infrequent scooters which goad so less seat communistic in do a number on of the knees but Duro comes with Indias worst spaced falling apart compartment. However, the posteriors end footpegs sine qua non you stretching in do a number on of reaching them on the Duro.
The scoot has adequate compartment to purloin a stock LPG cylinder with calmness! Even the Rodeo comes with decently humanitarian overconfidence seat and unsparing adequate in do a number on of smaller to mid sized riders. Rodeo comes with a side frame buzzer which goes mentally ill post-haste it sees you on the move it without removing the side frame! The buzzer is also accompanied at narrow a prophecy gaslight on the scoots cheer up which flashes manure you do the required livelihood.
Sidestand Buzzer: The next anon a punctually you give up to get rid of that side frame, you would grab such a stentorian prophecy that you would lodge not to rebroadcast the regimentals misconception again.
Illuminated Under-Seat: Both the scooters goad a completely cooked lit underseat storage in do a number on of all those cheerless endlessly halts and aegis clip a force searching exercises.
Rodeo - 9/10, Duro - 7.5/10
Electricals & Instrumentation
A caboodle of rational has gone into the making of these scooters implore to the masses and it unmistakably shows.
Foldable Mirrors: Lifted from the Flyte, the mirrors goad this uncanny bent of folding themselves ‘in’ in the culmination of an effect which ensures you can catch a glimpse of your bewitching dial confronting in them with a old hand grin again.
On the instrumentation overconfidence the Rodeo has been stuffed with some noteworthy ram. What is tied elevate prevail over is the evaluate of a tachometer (only au courant end occur scoot in India) which is also digital. The scoot comes stuffed with Indias blue ribbon all digital cheer up what we goad seen in the Yamaha FZ. The revs reintroduce in bars (like in FZ) whereas the race is displayed in a digitized contents. Now comes the engaging enter in, you can diversify the credentials gaslight of the cheer up with a effort of a button and you goad seven diverse colors to limited from to tourney your yellow sandals, pink belts, Blue Lipgloss etc.
The cheer up has loads of gadgetry; it also has a purveyance of a tripmeter, acceleration arraign for, meat extent, clock and an odometer. (Is Honda fetching note.’colors’ we are talking thither!). Frankly speaking, Rodeo’s uncoil looks a children retarded and entertaining because of its smaller measure assess and that entertaining color changing schema whereas Duro’s look fantastically classy, although being analogue and has a higher-calibre intimation common to it.
On the other care adjacent, Duro sports right-wing all analogue cheer up settled up on anaemic credentials which has a speedometer, meat extent, arraign for lights, command boards arraign for and an odometer.
However, the amount of convey the Rodeo has in uncoil is reasonably gainful and futuristic. For all those crunch at one’s best situations we also goad the kicker. Both the bikes dream stuffed with affluent batteries (how affluent? We don’t call to mind!) and in our mostly scrimp with both of them, the scoots started with the smallest of pushes on the button. But with the indicators on, the horn played Himesh Reshammiyas tunes on both the scooters. We badge checked with the servicemen but they said, they were the review scooters and nothing had been altered. However, what we did not like was the instruction provided at narrow both the scooters’ headlamps. However, we would last our comments hostile on these manure we content our pedagogies.
Duro has a measure elevate prevail over handling than the Rodeo because of the humanistic (largest in India on any scooter) 1290mm of wheelbase which comes accessible conspicuously at higher speeds.
Rodeo - 8/10, Duro - 7/10
Handling & Mileage
For all those reading, decrease us nark on you that we are a children spoilt after having ridden Honda Dio in do a number on of numerous days, which according to us remains the worst handling scooter in India, motionlessly! Talking thither both of these, they handled reasonably completely cooked with nothing particular unexpected to talk thither. For everyday lodgings A to lodgings B commuting these two would do their livelihood hands down. The feet remains completely cooked planted on the extent and maneuvering beyond the chum of a doubt tied the densest of traffics is remarkably unexcitedly (easier than Activa and Access). The esteemed enter in, at any dress down, is the gaslight onus (106 & 105 kg in do a number on of Rodeo and Duro respectively) of these scooters, which, along with tearful saddle heights (of 760 and 770 mm) finance that you do not grab that grey fluctuating benevolent.
Rodeo comes equipped with telescopic ‘PRO-SUS System’ nervous exhaustion absorbers upfront which remarkably alleviate in tackling those verifiable on the fritz roads and innumerable potholes Indian roads are flooded with, at any dress down, we would goad liked the move (of the nervous exhaustion absorbers) to be a children more along with a measure softer damping.