CarWale owner reviews180 months5,000 kmSeptember 2019
6 months of detailed user xp. Hey folks,I brought hero glamour 6 months back. The only reason i choose this vehicle is sitting position. I don't want to bend my spinal-cord much on my ride . I had 13 years old hero honda passion plus and so i was looking for the same sitting position bike. After seeing so many bikes, i filtered out two bikes; thunderbird 350x and hero glamour. Due to bangalore traffic and wear-tear issues i filtered out thunderbird x.With my 6 months / 2200km ride experience , i am sharing my user reviews:Positives :-Good things are good break system and sitting position.Negatives :-Facing so many drawbacks, those are affecting my drive style and comfortability on daily-basis and those are listed one by one.Gear struck :- while changing from the 1st gear to 2nd gear, the 2nd gear struck (could not press the gear lever). It is required to release and hold the clutch few many times to make it work. I had report this on my first service, but the supervisor started teaching me how to change the gears. I have 15 years of experience on bike riding . This same issue is reported with other customers and so it looks like a known issue.Gear changing method: my previous bike was passion plus, in that by pulling the clutch i can change the gears from 4-3-2-1 and vice versa. But in glamour, it is required to hold and release the clutch for each and every gear change. This makes my ride uncomfortable during critical situations. Particularly while crossing the humps.Gear ratio :- the torque is very good in first gear, where as it is very poor on 2nd gear. With pillion rider, while crossing the speed humps it is frustrating. Especially annoying the pillion rider. For each and every hump i need to go to 1st gear. I never face this issue on my previous passion plus even it was 98cc vehicle, the 2nd gear pick-up was nice. I am seeing this as a design flaw. Performance with pillion rider :- due to low torque and struck of 2nd gear, the performance of the vehicle is almost half compare to single person drive . I am hot happy while driving with pillion rider.Idling after gear change :- while changing the gears, after acceleration, it is required to pull clutch. Meanwhile the engine speed is more and it is taking huge time to reach its ideal speed. Hope this should be a alignment issue, as of now it is not rectified by service guys. I am facing this issue after complaining the mileage issue during first service. Before my first service i was getting 35kmpl.Vibration at 50 :- the total bike is vibrating huge at 50kmph itself. My previous passion plus never vibrates even i cross 75kmph. Really i didn't expect this issue. Disappointed on this bike because of this issue.Mileage :- as of now i am getting 45kmpl on bangalore traffic. Hero is advertising for glamour's mileage as 81kmpl. I don't think so it is practically possible, at-least in bangalore. While selling my 13 years old passion+ bike, that was giving 50kmpl. So, this mileage is acceptable for me.Horn :- it is having very weak horn. The beep of the signal indicator itself louder than its horn.Useless digital display :- first i thought it is coming with advanced digital display, but later realise that is just for a name shake; the digital display is doing the same job what analogue display does. They suppose to provide a small watch that would be really useful for all when rush to office. Trip timer, distance to empty indicator, temperature indicator would be really helpful on digital display.Full head light as daylight:- in this >2018, most of the other brand bikes (even tvs-xl) are not glowing full head light during day time, those comes with only a small day-light. Here in glamour the full head light is always on for the day and night which is not making any sense, simply weaken the bulb soon. A separate switch for headlight can save 35 watts of power. Hero has to re-think on this design.Time chain noise :- there is a 'tik tik' time chain noise which is annoying always. I don't know what i have to do to stop this with a brand new bike.So, if you ask me about my opinion of this bike for purchasing, i am not in a position to recommend this bike. Better take a through test drive with pillion rider and decide by your own.Apart from that, it is doing its commuting job well. Since i brought this recently, i have to live with these niggles at-least for next 6-8 years. The above mentioned are my personal observations, those i am experiencing on daily basis. Rating Parameters ( out of 5 ) 3 Design and styling 3 Reliability 3 Comfort 3 Service experience 3 Value for money About the Reviewer Ridden for (If Owned) 0-5000 km Read More