It’s been an eventful couple of months for the little Aerox. Since its homecoming journey from Pune, the place I took supply, to Mumbai, it has achieved greater than its justifiable share of metropolis runabouts, gotten its first service and oil change achieved, impressed me on a few freeway blasts, attacked some twisties, and even partaken in just a little little bit of racing! The solely actual hiccup up to now has been a shoddy service job by Dolphin Yamaha at Mumbai, which noticed the transmission oil filler cap improperly fitted, resulting in a small oil weep at that location.

CARVING IT UP: Large wheels and grippy tyres supply assured dealing with, permitting you to push laborious within the corners.

The 155cc engine continues to be a spotlight of the scooter, and with recent oil, I may lastly take it as much as some correct freeway cruising speeds. In the corporate of a lot bigger, faster bikes on the way in which to the occasion at Aamby Valley, the Aerox held its personal on the open freeway, sitting fairly at 100-110kph with just a little left in reserve. But this high-speed blast delivered to the fore one of many Aerox’s shortcomings – its somewhat small 5.5-litre gas tank. In the town, it sips by means of its tank somewhat frugally, however at sustained excessive speeds, the gas gauge dropped somewhat shortly, and the 100km distance to Lonavala required about half a tank.

From that time on, it was twisties all the way in which to Aamby Valley, the place as soon as once more, the Aerox was fairly blissful to go toe-to-toe with bikes which can be constructed to be nook carvers. Of course, it didn’t fairly have the grunt of one thing just like the Trident 660 and even the RC 390 that have been alongside for the trip, however like a decided little ant, it was all the time clawing again floor within the twisties. The solely caveat is that it’s good to ensure you carry your butt off the seat just a little whenever you encounter mid-corner bumps – the Aerox is rarely unsettled or pushed broad by them, nevertheless it does ship the jolts by means of to you fairly sharply.

CRYING OVER SPILT OIL: Poor service job left transmission oil filler cap improperly fixed, resulting in a small oil weep.

Managing your physique weight is one thing it’s good to do on the freeway as properly, as a result of the Aerox’s already sloped-forward seat has been made much more difficult by my addition of the Yamaha accent seat cowl, which has turned out to be fairly slippery (a obligatory evil because the cats had already begun to sink their claws into the seat). This signifies that you end up sliding forwards quite a bit, particularly underneath braking. My workaround is to wedge my toes in opposition to the entrance of the floorboard and use my legs to carry myself in place.

What additionally robs you of just a little confidence at excessive speeds is the underwhelming braking set-up. Initial chunk is sort of spongy and you actually need a robust tug on the lever to significantly shed pace, and even then, it’s nearly ample. Thankfully, there’s a huge aftermarket for this scooter, owing to its astronomical recognition in South East Asia. A fellow Aerox proprietor just lately swapped to a bigger entrance brake rotor, and there’s even the potential for changing the rear drum to a disc. Bigger gas tanks, higher suspension – there’s an entire world of prospects. I feel I’ll begin off with a smaller step although – extra aggressive brake pads. Watch this house to see how issues pan out.

Also see:

Yamaha Aerox 155 long run overview, first report