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Old 8th June 2005, 15:11   #1
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kinetic s italjet scooters

read in news about kinetic bringing in exciting models from italjet from 50cc to 250cc and all kinds of revolutionary stylings...

anyone have pics or more details???
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Old 8th June 2005, 15:51   #2
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One of the scooters expected from the Kinetic - Italjet scooters is a 160cc, 13.2bhp FI, liquid cooled scooterette named Blade(Originally Italjet Dragster, its renamed as Blade) with a mileage in the range of 50-70kmpl & guess what, its expected to cost around 47k :-) It will also have disk brakes at front.

There are a few more exciting models which are expected, one of which is Jupiter which will be a 22 Bhp monster with disk at both front & rear & costing in the range of 80K :-)

Am just waiting for the official announcement by Kinetic & which is expected anytime this month.
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This series was shwon by Kinetic in Pune Expo
the figures were really impressive

however what I am worring is that since they are non-geared a kid having 16years liecence can ride them & that really scares me.
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hey adya
according to the law 16 year olds can only ride bikes less than 50 cc.so right now also when they ride kinetics they are disobeying the law !!


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hey adya
according to the law 16 year olds can only ride bikes less than 50 cc.so right now also when they ride kinetics they are disobeying the law !!


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the same debate I had with my sister when I got 16 liecence. & when I went to get my permanent liecence along with me 15 other kids gave exam on Kinetic Honda & I askedthe officer couple of times as is it legal & he said yes.
Then next two years whenever cops stopped for liecence checking I kept on repeatedly asking about the same issue & they kept on saying yes.
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Old 9th June 2005, 13:29   #6
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yeah I think you can ride gearless vehicles at 16 and geared only after 18
but i also think it varies from state to state ...
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Down here, its only 50 cc bikes for below 18 year old non gear licence holders.
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Down here, its only 50 cc bikes for below 18 year old non gear licence holders.
correct thing according to me

since new non-geared vechicals put geared ones to shame
Active has better pickup than Splendor (100cc model) which is too much raw power for a kid of 16

they should rather scape 16 liecense & keep age only 18
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No guys I dont think so , they should impose a 60cc restriction for 16 year olds. I got a TVS champ when i was 16 without which transport would have been a nightmare for me .
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Old 10th June 2005, 09:06   #10
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hi guys i have some pics of one of those scooters kinetics planning to launch taken at pune expo- check it out



in this just look at the disc in front -


this looks pretty hot in profile
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very cool scooter! wow
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Old 23rd June 2005, 00:54   #12
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Hey Did you think that Kinetic is capable enough to manage the standards & quality of italian range. So far kinetic has done good job on product design & evolution but somehow they lost on quality & reliability issues.
Whats your suggestins?
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Besides the above concerns the biggest concern is whether they'll be able to give ASS because thats their weakest area. My friend who owns a Comet(tbhp id- soulreaper) is finding it hard to get spares even in pune.
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