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I’m 5'4" tall and planning to upgrade my bike for office commutes and occasional highway rides. My priorities are comfort, safety features, and low weight. I’m not a spirited rider, and while I have no restrictions on cubic capacity or budget, weight is a key concern as I’m over 40 with a disc prolapse.

Asked by: Paventhan Balakr
Since budget and engine size aren’t concerns, and considering your physical condition, we recommend the Kawasaki 650 range - Z650, Ninja 650, or Z650RS. All three are easy to handle in the city and powerful enough for highway use. Their plush suspension setups will also help with your back issues.
If you want something that's not as big as the Kawasaki 650s, you can take a look at either of the Honda 300s - CB300F and CB300R. Both are lightweight machines with low seat heights as well as comfy suspension setups.
Kawasaki Z650RS

Kawasaki Z650RS

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Autocar India team31 Oct' 25

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I am planning to buy the XEV 9e Pack 3 with the 79kWh battery. I am a heavy-footed driver and tend to drive aggressively. Performance is the main reason I am considering this car. However, I saw a review where the XEV 9e was driven at around 170kph for about eight minutes, after which the power dropped by 14% from the initial. If performance is my priority and I am not concerned about range, should I still go for it? I am scared that it may underperform a lot after driving at excessive speeds for a long time.

Don’t be alarmed by the video you saw. All electric cars discharge very fast when driven at speed. And a fast discharge also heats up the battery and motor, so to protect the hardware, the battery management system (BMS) cuts the power, which explains the 14% drop you noticed.Because of aerodynamic drag, speed is the biggest enemy of range, and there is an exponential drop the faster you go. For example, if you drive at 160-170kph, the batteries will discharge 2.5 to 3 times faster than if you were driving at 90-100kph.Even EVs with large batteries can lose charge at the rate of 1-2% per minute with hard and sustained high-speed driving.So if all you want is performance and don’t care about range, the Mahindra XEV 9e in Race mode is very quick for short bursts of acceleration to overtake and fast highway runs. But no EV will give you full peak power indefinitely at extreme speeds.It all depends on how the BMS is calibrated, but after sustained high-speed driving, expect a drop in power, which is normal for an EV and not a flaw of the 9e specifically.
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