Okay, so you have read the Boxster story, seen what all you can do in Kumbhalgarh, found out what’s so Super about the Splendor, gotten an education on red Italian sportscars and now you’ve finally come to the point where you would put the mag aside to read ‘later.’ Ideally, I would have had an animated figure with an ‘all-new’ placard jump at you when you opened this page. Ideally. But since the line at the bottom reads 2005 and not 2050, I can’t do that. You see, my predicament is that it’s difficult to get people to read about bikes that are all new but look exactly like they did a few years go.
Ardent readers who collect past issues might remember that we carried exclusive pictures of the Wave almost a year ago. Surprisingly, the Wave looks exactly like it did then, and I am not really sure if that’s a good thing.
It does look presentable though, and I prefer it to the Activa, at least on this front. But I also know of a couple of friends and one extremely pretty girl who still curse me for recommending that scooter to them, and I don’t think they would be too happy to see those lines again – DTS-i or not.
There are some new bits though and they include a speedo and a clear lens headlamp. Apart from that, there is the new taillamp cluster and a new grabrail. The Wave also gets a two tone treatment and a matte theme. So there’s a matte grey finish on the wheels and exhaust and matte aluminium on the grabrail.
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