Honda CD 110 Dream Review

Honda CD110 Dream Review

The stylish bike manufacturer Honda has released its new CD110 Dream at an affordable cost of Rs.40,750 which is a tough competitor to its similar other bikes such as Hero Splendor Pro, Yamaha YBR110, TVS Star City, Mahindra Centuro etc. The bike grabs the attention of consumers those who need bike with simple styling and eye catching body graphics. Honda offered the CD110 Dream in Kick Drum Alloy variant with lot of excellent features.

Honda CD110 Dream Colors

The Honda CD110 Dream comes in different color shades namely

1) Black with Red Stripe
2) Black with Blue Stripe
3) Black with Grey Stripe

Honda CD110 Dream Body Dimensions

The Honda CD110 Dream has been designed with an excellent exterior dimensions in terms of length, width and height. The length of the bike is measured as 2009mm while the width of the bike is 737mm. As well as the height of the CD110 Dream is nearly 1074mm and the bike weighs approximately 105kg. It also provides the larger wheelbase of 1258mm and minimum ground clearance of 179mm. This longer wheelbase offer better stability even riding at a higher level of speed.

Design and Style

Compared to all other bikes, Honda bikes are well known for its styling appearance with exciting features. But Honda CD110 Dream comes with a basic style and design which is based on diamond frame type. Even though it looks very simple, it satisfies the minimum criteria that consumers look for in this segment. At the front, it has a powerful head lamp of 12V 35/35W for better vision even riding at night time. The handle bar provides the stiff gripness while rotating the handle bar and it sports a decent instrument panel for viewing the overall information of the bike at a glance. It gets a trendy rear view mirror for seeing the rear happenings of the road. The fuel tank gives better support for thigh and the front mudguard is long along with side panels which is covered with psuedo carbon fibre vinyl enhancing the premium look to the vehicle. It offers an upright seating position with its longer comfortable seat with rear grab rail enhancing the comfortness in the long distance travel even with the pillion rider. The vehicle is fitted with an advanced Honda’s Eco Technology engine ensuring better performance in terms of power, torque, mileage, pick up and acceleration. Some of the features resembles Dream Neo includes turn indicators, rear mudguard, tail lights and many more. The braking and suspensions makes the vehicle to ride in easy way.

Honda CD110 Dream Engine

Honda CD110 Dream comes with an Air cooled, 4 stroke, SI engine which produces the displacement very close to 109.19cc. This powerful engine of the bike churns out the peak power output of 6.15kw (8.25bhp) at 7500rpm along with peak torque output of 8.63Nm at 55004rpm mated to the four speed gear box of shift pattern N-1-2-3-4. The bore and stroke of the bike is measured as 50mm and 55.6mm along with the compression ratio of 9.9:1 respectively. It incorporates a viscous paper filter for better intake of air and it allows the engine to be very cool and offers good performance. The vehicle has reduced chances of engine hitting on the ground in the bad road conditions.

Honda CD110 Dream Fuel Efficiency

The CD110 Dream is packed with a newly adopted Honda’s technology known as HET which stands for Honda Eco Technology. This advanced new technology enhances the performance of the bike in terms of mileage, power and torque output. It gives an unbeatable fuel efficiency of 74kmpl and maximum speed of 86kmph which is really outstanding.

Honda CD110 Dream Brakes

Honda CD110 Dream is embedded with an average quality brakes in which both front and rear has drum brakes of 130mm. In order to start the vehicle the bike has only Kick Start option and drum brakes for sudden halting of the vehicle. Actually it avoids unwanted skidding while riding at a high speeds and enhances the safety to both rider and vehicle.

Honda CD110 Dream Suspensions

The diamond frame type CD110 Dream is equipped with good suspension systems in which the front axle has telescopic fork and rear axle gets a spring loaded hydraulic suspension. This suspension systems improves the ride and handling of the Honda CD110 Dream. Both front and rear tire has been fitted with a tubeless tire of size 80/100-18 respectively which offers better road performance even in bad road conditions.

Honda CD110 Dream Pros

1) Excellent Engine
2) Ride Quality and Comfortness
3) Affordable Cost

Honda CD110 Dream Cons

1) Needs to improve its styling
2) Clone of Dream variant

Verdict

The Honda CD110 Dream is really good in terms of build quality, high performance engine, good maneuverability etc., makes the vehicle an excellent commuter package. Offering attractive mileage, the stylish entry level commuter is a good value for money.