Owning a Avenger is a rollercoaster ride.

Owning a Avenger is a rollercoaster ride.

Avenger Cruise 220 is one of a kind cruiser in India. I personally have always been a fan of low height bikes for cruising due to which I chose Avenger to be my first bike in Feb 2021. Since then, it is used as a daily commute vehicle for daily travelling (on Highway road) of 75 km with an average mileage of 50Kmpl. Achieving this mileage requires quite a lot of pampering to bike like lubricating the chain every 500Kms, cleaning the air filter every 1000Kms and a weekly wash. It has a 220cc engine which is considered all when compared to Royal Enfield bikes but the pick up gets compensated due to its lesser weight of 165Kg. As reported by others it does ride smoothly until you reach the speed of 75Kmph. After that the body starts vibrating making it feel like you are forcing the engine however, I’ve touched the speed of 104Kmph on the same vehicle. The bike has a digital meter which has a bluish backlight that turns on with the headlight. During daytime since the headlight is off, there is no backlight in a digital meter which sometimes makes it difficult to read the meter while riding. In my opinion, since the meter is digital, the company could have also provided a gear indicator in it. The first service was done after one month from the date of purchase. After completing a few kilometres following 1st service the virtual display started showing an engine malfunction light due to which I took it to the service centre as recommended by User Manual provided with the vehicle. The service centre deleted the error code using the Bosch toolkit and assured me that the problem is solved. However, the same error popped while riding, compelling me to take it to the service centre again. To solve this, they changed the O2 sensor in my 3rd visit to the service centre which proved to be a temporary solution. I informed the centre about the reoccurring problem and they told me that the ECU of the vehicle will be changed (after a wait of 15 days). Hence, in my 4th visit, the ECU changed and the engine malfunction light was gone. For a while (after 2nd service on my 5th visit to the service centre) the bike rode smooth as a Geisel until it stopped suddenly at a speed of 70Kmph on a Highway with heavy traffic volume during peak rush hours leaving me stranded. Before buying this vehicle, I did a lot of research on its BS6 model which helped me self-diagnosing the cause of the problem. It was found that the side stand sensor fell off (the bolt provided inside the stand sensor is very short due to which the nut got loosened with time and fell off) while riding which made it impossible for the bike to run (refer function of side stand sensor in bike). I had to hire a tempo to transport my bike (metaphorically a dead fish in water) to the service centre (6th visit). It took about 15 days (again) for the service centre to solve the problem as they didn’t have this part too in stock during which the bike stayed at the centre. After riding for 2 weeks from receiving my bike the engine malfunction light popped up again. I again informed the service centre and they asked me that the wiring needed to be replaced which was also out of stock and I had to wait for 15 days. As the time of truth came (7th visit), the wiring was replaced with a new one which proved to be a fruitless solution compelling the mechanics to again replace the wiring with the old one. Ironically, replacing the new wiring with the old one did the trick. The 3rd service (8th visit) was done in the month of November before 10,000Kms following which the engine malfunction light again showed up decreasing the average mileage of the vehicle. This time it was found that the throttle body need to be cleaned (9th visit) and so they did. Overall, apart from so much inconvenience caused by some design flaws of the bike I like riding Avenger Cruise 220. Read More