Thread: Suzuki Access Vs Honda Aviator-Handling,Ride Quality And Braking

The Aviator is taller and feels it. When you hop off the Suzuki and onto the Honda, the latter feels just a bit awkward, sort of like watching a seven-foot man walk¬ing into a posh restaurant. Ridden alone. you don't notice it as much. In town, either scooter is perfectly at home making time through gaps. More power allows the Access to feel a tiny bit more stable, although the rubber on the rims would suggest that the Aviator has the advantage. Through the kinks and on the sweeper, it's the Access that inspires a little more confidence. and that is why it has a one-star advantage.

Again, there's isn't really much in it. But once more, the Access recorded faster average times through the two or three really rough patches. At the same place, the Aviator rider has to roll off the throttle a bit as the scooter tends to bounce a little bit more. That said, both offer tremendously good ride quality. far ahead of any of their siblings. Even the otherwise great riding Kinetic Blaze will give an arm to have the sort of composure and wheel control both these are capable of.

Both the scooters are as stable as a fully loaded supertanker on a calm sea. Pretty much unflappable, both brake admirably well too. However. the disc brake is the Aviator's saviour. It feels more or less like a really powerful drum brake, but has enough power to make the rear end of the scooter go light on demand. If you need more braking power than this, you're just going too fast for the situation. That said, in the performance tests, I found it hard to get enough feedback from the Aviator's front-end to apply full pressure and produce a really hard stop with confidence. Which is why, when you see the numbers, the difference isn't all that much.



Okay look. neither scooter has the feature strength of the Kinetic Flyte or the Bajaj Krista!. But despite that. the Aviator is pretty basic. Seat release requires you to use a second lock and the seat on our Aviator would torque off to one side when I let it fall and lock, which made it feel messy. So though we like the functional instruments on the Aviator, the Access' one-key operation nets it a half point extra. If the FlyteiKristal were in this test. though, both would lose points to the front apron fuel fillers and storage lighting etc.

The Aviator also loses more ground because you (still) have to purchase the sidestand as an extra. We were offered a safety related explanation by a Honda staffer at the first ride, butwe're not buying. Hondas all over the world - not to mention the Unicorn and the Shine come with them, so 'people will forget to flip it and fall over' is not a valid argument.