| I have recently been riding around on the Hero | | | | but anything coming from the Unicorn's womb would |
| Honda Achiever, as part of my fun-job of an | | | | be. Sure the Achiever irons out all of CBZ's |
| automotive writer for Hindustan Times. The Achiever | | | | deficiencies, but that is too little, a too late. |
| is a good bike but is caught in the quicksand of | | | | So will the Achiever sell? Sure! An average Hero |
| mediocrity. It would have been a great bike about a | | | | Honda showroom gets as many footfalls as my |
| year back but now with the Pulsar DTSFi just around | | | | neighbourhood mall and some of these should fall for |
| the corner and the Honda Unicorn firmly established, | | | | the Achiever. But is the Achiever going to achieve |
| the Achiever is nothing but a plug, a plug for the | | | | anything? Nah! |
| premium segment hole left in the Hero Honda boat, | | | | Talking of Achiever using a Unicorn inspired mill, I am |
| rocked by falling sales of the once-wonderful but | | | | a bit confused about Hero Honda's place in Honda's |
| now Triassic CBZ. | | | | plans. Or maybe I am not. Have you noticed that |
| Sure, the styling is good but it looks done | | | | nowadays Hero Honda gets every design after |
| half-heartedly. The bike lacks the edginess of the | | | | Honda (or HMSI) has already used it beyond its |
| Apache, the hormonic imbalance of the Unicorn and | | | | use-by date. |
| the swoopiness of the Pulsar. The engine is smooth | | | | |