The country’s automobile market was changing rapidly in the early eighties. Recently, the country’s most popular car Maruti 800 knocked in the market. At that time, the two -wheeler market was also going through a new phase and new players were constantly being entered. While in the case of motorcycles, bikes like Royal Enfield Bullets, Ambassador and Yesdey were filled, Bajaj Chetak had become synonymous with a scooter, which used to be the first choice of every middle class family. Meanwhile, a scooter in the country knocked, whose look-design and even driving style were completely different from traditional scooters.
Kinetic Honda Dx
We are talking about Kinetic Honda. In 1984, Kinetic Engineering launched the country’s first two-stroke automatic scooter ‘Kinetic Honda Dx’ in a joint venture with Honda. Even though this scooter was the result of the Japanese alliance, this scooter became famous as ‘Kinetic Scooter’ across the country. This scooter with stylish look, wide headlamps, wisors and automatic transmission was very popular among the youth in its time.
In the Kinetic DX scooter, the company gave a 98 cc engine, which used to generate 7.7 hp of power and 9.8 newton meter torque. It used Vario Matic, Continuous Variable Transmission (CVT) gearbox.
Kinetic was different from traditional scooters
Where the gear chamber on the handle needed to be stunned with strength to change the gear in scooters like Vespa and Bajaj present at that time. At the same time there was nothing like this in Kinetic. It should start the bus just like today’s modern scooters and the accelerator used to come with the moving system of twisting. Which used to make its driving asan. Apart from this, along with kick, a self-start system was also provided, with the help of which the scooter could be easily started.
If you remember, then there was a big problem of starting in old two-stroke traditional scooters. Many times people used to tilt him aside and kick it again when the scooter did not start. But this scooter of Kinetic used to relieve such problems. There were many such features, which used to make Kinetic different from the rest.
Maintenance spent just 21 rupees a month
Kinetic DX was not only easy to drive, but at that time the company also released an advertisement. In which the company claimed that the maintenance cost of this scooter is only 21 rupees a month. Which included both spare part and labor charge. However, it is a bit difficult to say that, in the true sense, how much people spent on the maintenance of this scooter at that time.
Returning again
The good news for Kinetic enthusiasts is that Kinetic DX is returning once again. This time the company is not in a joint venture with anyone, but the Firodia family is going to launch this scooter in an electric avatar. Recently, Kinetic Green had patented the design of this scooter and this scooter has also been spotted during testing on many different occasions.
When will the kinetic scooter be launched?
According to the information received by Kinetic Green, on July 28, the company is going to launch its new Kinetic DX electric scooter. The special thing is that, the company has retained the iconic retro design of this scooter to a great extent. Looking at the testing model, it is found that it has wide handlamps, stylish front aprons and long seats.
However, no information has been received about the powertrain, battery-pack or specification of Kinetic DX EV. But it is believed that the company will equip this scooter with advanced features and technology according to the market. In this scooter, the 4 decade -old experience of Kinetic will be clearly seen. In the market, it will compete with scooters like Bajaj Chetak, TVS Eye Cube, Hero Vida and Ola Electric.
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