Yes, I use the company cab to get to office everyday and during weekends, use my faithful scooter to get around in the chaotic traffic here.
But once every month during weekends, I travel to my in-law's who stay in a place called Nilambur (near Calicut) about 300kms from Bangalore. It's a 6 and a half hour journey on a route which has every kind of road surface imaginable -- expressways, village roads, forest roads and Ghat roads.
I have used the route as a test laboratory to test a variety of equipments and fitments -- cellphones, GPS navigation, alloy wheels and tubeless tyres. Luckily, since my wife was away having a baby I had a free hand (and a full purse!) to engage in my whims and fancies!
All said and done the Zen Estillo is a sad joke when compared to the old Zen. The performance and handling on long trips leaves much to be desired. Still, I haven't given up -- I still have to set up a K&N filter, free-flow system and strut braces. The rest is fate.
I'm planning to put up pics of my Bangalore-Nilambur trips under a separate thread. Will do it once I learn the ropes (read rules).
P.S:The Estillo was a wedding gift. |