Honda X Blade ABS
Price in Bangladesh

Most of the time Honda steps forward when their product demands are on top. Same goes for Honda Xblade. Honda Xblade seems to be one of the responsive product inside the market and for that reason Honda just add on more extras. Honda X-Blade 160 ABS is a sports commuter by Honda. The sports commuter segment in Bangladesh is one of the most popular bike segments. The youth of the country look for a bike that can be both fast and save money by burning less fuel. Honda has tried their best to bring a strong contender to the Naked Sports category by introducing the Honda CB Hornet. After introducing Honda X-Blade 160, the craze has arisen up more. And now it has more twist.

This new edition Xblade comes with more attractions like ABS. this machine comes with naked sports category outlook and to put more impact it has few specialties as well, which is not seen very often at any other bikes of Honda. Countries like ours where we are retracted with cc limitation we can have all the fun of sport type bikes with X blade type of machine which Honda is offering. The Honda X Blade is another product based on the compact 160cc platform that also similar with the CB Unicorn 160 and the CB Hornet 160R, but based on the features and looks it might put an extra ordinary impact among the users. So, let us checkout the new things of this newly introduced Honda Xblade 160 ABS.

Attractive features Honda XBlade 160 ABS:

- Robo face LED headlamp

- Fresh new graphics

- Street tech digital meter

- Dual outlet muffler

- Razor edged led tail lamp

- Aggressive-sculpted tank design

- Wide rear Tyre with hugger fender

- Powerful 160cc engine

- Groovy grab rail

- Hazard switch

- Low maintenance seal chain

- ABS braking with dual Disc

Design & look.

Most important an interesting part of this bike is the design and the ingredients of Honda Xblade 160 makes the design exceptional. This is an impressive 160 bike for sure. Starting with the "Robo-Face" LED headlight to the RAZOR EDGED LED T-shaped tail light it is seen that the X-Blade looks strongly shaped bike and very together despite being such a busy design like the fairing models. For that the rider can leave a mark on the ones following them in the street. Honda XBlade has a full unique body design with aggressive shape. There is not split seat but the rear position of the seat is quite higher. There is attractive exhaust and rear Tyre has an attractive Tyre guard. There is no engine guard attached which has a sporty handlebar and front headlamp. The design is not only exceptional, but also muscular and aggressive. The fuel tanker warped with body kits carefully placed to make it look good, the seat is a mildly stepped unit not split, Groovy grab rails which Sharply designed to highlight the rear side, dual outlet muffler which enhances the sporty looks all are the new added things to make the design extraordinary. Not only them five step alloy and excellently deign of the disc plates, wonderful color combination makes the bike gorgeous and eye catching, on the whole, the newly added graphics for the latest ABS edition makes this bike easy and slick to go with.

Dimension and chassis:

This exceptionally constructed Honda Xblade 160 ABS from Honda is built in a diamond type chassis. And talking about the overall body dimension we can see X blade ABS has the similar dimension like the previous model. Which has 2013 mm length, 786 mm width, and 1115 mm height. Ground clearance of this bike is 160 mm and the wheelbase is 1347 mm. the muscular size fuel tanker holds 12 liters of fuel and including all these the over body weight of this bike is 140KG.

Engine and transmission:

Mainly the base engine in the X-Blade ABS is the same as its older variant. Powering the new Honda X-Blade Honda has used 162.71 cc HET single cylinder, air cooled engine. The power output has been developed slightly which gives out a maximum power of 14.12 BHP @ 8,500 rpm and develops a max torque of 13.9 Nm @ 6,000 rpm. The engine is mated with a 5-speed gearbox and Honda says that the engine has been specifically designed to deliver good low and mid-range performance. Because of the HET (Honda Eco Technology) this bike will offer good mileage and speed as well without hampering the smoothness or longevity of the engine. Compression ratio of this bikes engine is 10:1 and the bore is 57.3mm and 63-093mm stroke. Viscous Paper type air filter is placed at this bike. And to start up the engine this engine has both kick and electric starting options.

Suspensions and brakes

Nothing new at this side from Honda, Xblade ABS bike also comes with the same features like the previous bike has. Telescopic type front suspension and Mono shock rear suspension is paced for the smoothness and comfort for the users.

For better controlling and safety ABS was expected at this new edition and here it is, with a single channel ABS at the front both side Discs are placed for the new edition Xblade ABS. 276 mm diameter disc plate is seen at the front side and 220 mm rear Disc brake is located at X blade ABS.

Tyre and wheels

Both side 5 step alloy wheels and tubeless tyres are placed and for better gripping. To make the cornering perfect wider tyre is seen at the rear side with hugger fender for Xblade ABS. At the front side 80/100-17 – Tubeless tyre and at the rear side 130/70-17 – Tubeless Tyres are seen. So the handling and controlling might be the same as expected after watching the siblings of this bike like Honda Hornet.

Meter panel and electrical:

The X-Blade ABS gets all-digital instruments that look good and that is also called street tech digital meter like the previous Xblade. It is easy to read and the features are, RPM meter on top, there is a gear indicator as well as the speedometer is on the right side, a clock, two trips and an odometer and the fuel gauge is also seen at the Xblades meter panel.

Taking about the electrical side we already said this bike has the Robo face LED headlamp and Razor edged T shaped LED tail lamp as well. On the other side new added important features is Hazard lamp it is a flashing indicator that lights for low visibility conditions when the rider needs. Without that all the necessary electrical features are here and to function them 12V 4Ah (MF) battery is placed for X blade.

Verdict

Actually this new edition has ABS, New color graphics, and Dual Disc as a base variant. it is now clear that Honda always gives their effort to improve and listen to the customers need. It has 3 new colors for the riders and comes with single channel ABS for a must. Let’s hope for the best and expect it will perform better than before.