Zontes 350X vs Zontes 350R Comparison

The Zontes 350X has great promise, but the motorcycle drops a few points on some important aspects. Should Zontes give this bike a better set of tyres, a better shaped windscreen, and iron out the niggles in the instrument cluster & ABS, the motorcycle would be a much, much better offering right away. And half of these problems can be solved by you, as a customer, by adding some after-market bits too. That would leave the 350X with just one major problem - engine heat.

The Zontes 350R is a naked-sport bike in the 300 cc segment and it looks like a much bigger bike, given its unique design. Now, it does get a bucket load of features, many of them first-in-class, but the dynamics could have been better. At 180 kg, the bike is not light and at 152 mm, the ground clearance is a little low too. The refinement and quality could have been better as well. At an asking price of Rs. 3.15 lakh (ex-showroom), it is expensive, compared to other 300-400 cc bikes in the segment.