test bike was hardly a few microseconds off
the company’s claimed timings – which in
itself speaks for Honda’s much talked about
Stuff Stats
reliability over other bike makers.
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The Experience
Rider: Rohit Paradkar (CBR400
RR)
Technical specs and features apart, when
you put forth wads of cash to buy such
Helmet: Icon Mainframe Subhuman
precision machinery, you are also looking
at an experience that justifies the whole
Suit: Fieldsheer Revo Sport
exercise. The Ninja as we mentioned in our
earlier tests, is one of the best (and probably
the only) quarter litre bikes out there. But I
Gloves: Spidi Strada Leather
personally feel that the bike is too mellow.
Though it performs exceptionally well for its
Boots: Alpinestars SMX-4
cubic capacity, it doesn’t demonstrate a zest
to compete. Its silent exhaust note makes
it look like a destitute kid muted by the
atrocities of some environmentalists. The
powerband, though err, powerful enough,
is as expressionless as a butcher’s cold eyes.
Contrary to these little shortcomings,
the 400RR comes across as a bike that is
dyed in the psychedelic ‘90s and which
hallucinates itself into believing that it’s a
litre-class junkie. It will shout it out while
you make an entrance - even if the needle
is hardly tipping the 40 km/h mark. It may
not have a powerband enough to break
your neck, but has more than enough grunt
to encourage you to go faster with every
passing lap. Your spine won’t chill with fear
when you are entering a corner, nor will a
distant spot suddenly turn into a truck in
the blink of an eye. At the end of the day
the 400RR gives you the experience and the
pride of owning a ‘superbike’ while negating
most of the risks involved. It has so much
flamboyance and eagerness to perform that
for a second one tends to forget that the
bike is over two decades old!
Verdict
And that brought us to the golden
question – which is a better learner bike
then, the 2010 Ninja 250R or the age old
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the 400rr comes across as a bike that is dyed in the psychedelic ‘90s and Which
CBR400RR? Well, the answer is simple. Yes,
hallucinates itself into believing that it’s a litre-class junkie
the 400RR even after a 20-year generation
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