The Honda Grazia has been launched recently, and it hopes to increase the sales figures of the 125cc scooter space. Currently the numbers in that segment are made up by the Suzuki Access 125. However, for the price of a Grazia, the Honda showroom itself gives you a couple of options. Let’s have a look at them.
The Honda Activa 125 is where the company hoped customers would go when they wanted to upgrade from their Activas. It also builds on the Aviator’s snazzy European looks, and it is instantly recognisable because of its LED DRLs. It sports telescopic front forks, and offers the option of alloy wheels, or alloy wheels and a front disc brake with Honda’s Combi Braking System. These are the same options offered by the Grazia. The CB Shine also has three variants on offer, but they offer slightly different additions. The base Shine also has alloy wheels, but doesn’t have a front disc brake. One step up is the addition of a disc brake, and finally the top variant offers the CBS brakes.
The CB Shine and Activa 125 both sport instrument clusters with digital elements – dominating the cluster is an analogue speedometer. The usual suspects are present: a fuel gauge, odometer and a trip meter. The Grazia offers a never-seen-before twin-pod, all-digital instrument cluster that combines both the ‘reverse LCD’ and regular LCD types of display. It also is the only one here with a tachometer, which is unique to the scooter segment. The Grazia also offers a 12V power socket and LED headlamps.
The CB Shine has a four-speed gearbox while the other two have CVT gearboxes. All three use a single-cylinder air-cooled engine displacing 125cc, and the scooters produce 8.5bhp. The Shine produces 10bhp.
All three Honda products retail within a few thousand rupees of each other; the Activa 125 costs ₹ 63,700, the Grazia ₹ 64,500 and the CB Shine, ₹ 63,300, ex-showroom, Delhi.
