Honda ADV 150

Overview

To give the fun and essence of an adventure touring motorcycle in a scooter, Honda has come up with the ADV 150. The Honda ADV 150 tries to woo people with its unique design and capabilities which give it an upper hand over other conventional scooters. Honda has priced the ADV 150 at PHP 149,000, and has made the scooter available in two paint schemes of red and bronze.

Design

There is no ambiguity about the fact that the Honda ADV 150 looks astonishing in actual. The adventure tourer kind of looks and stance gives it an immediate recognition of itself, making it look like a one of a kind scooter.

The Honda ADV 150 looks tall with its high mounted front windshield, along with an aggressively styled front apron, which houses a dual headlamp setup. The tall stance of the scooter is further accentuated by the long telescopic forks and large front tyre.

The partitioned floorboard is a theme borrowed from the maxi scooters which make the Honda ADV 150 look visually big. The silver accents on the side edge of the front fairing and rear side body panels downwards add some more visual drama to the scooter. The upraised exhaust pipe too is a very adventure motorcycle-like.

At the rear, the Honda ADV 150 has a very minimalist appeal with chiseled side body panels ending up in a small tail lamp assembly and split pillion grab rails, along with a big rear mudguard. Another thing, which adds visual bulk to the ADV 150 is its seat, which is large and can seat two adults with ease.

Another positive characteristic of this large seat is the storage space beneath it – with 28 litres of the compartment, the Honda ADV 150 has one of the largest under-seat storage spaces among the premium scooters positioned below the maxi scooters.

Coming to the rider’s cockpit, the Honda ADV 150 seems quite wide with a single piece handlebar that has comfortable grips and rich switchgear on either end. The rectangular full LCD instrument console with blue backlit shows digital readouts for speedometer, fuel gauge, tachometer, clock, odometer, and trip meters. Below the instrument console is placed a rectangular housing for telltale lamps, which has an array of indicators to let you updated.

The Honda ADV 150 comes with a few handy features like an adjustable front windscreen, external fuel filler, USN charging for smartphones and a smart key system with keyless ignition, which not only makes it feel premium but also very practical.

Ride & Handling

The Honda ADV 150 might not be a go-anywhere thing like an actual adventure tourer from which it sources its looks and stance. However, with a tall suspension setup of telescopic forks at the front and twin gas-charged shocks at the rear, as well as the large 14-inch front wheel and 13-inch rear wheel, it looks visually big and gets good touring and handling characteristics. The riding ergonomics too are quite spot on and the scooter feels comfortable and easy to manoeuvre. 

Engine & Fuel Consumption

At the heart of the Honda ADV 150 is a very potent four-stroke, single-cylinder, liquid-cooled, 150cc engine, which is mated to a conventional V-belt automatic transmission and produces a maximum power output of 14.6 PS and a peak torque output of 13.8 Nm. Despite such powerful performance numbers, the Honda ADV 150 is pretty fuel-efficient too, with a claimed fuel efficiency figure of 46 kmpl.

Braking & Safety

Along with the smart keyless ignition which has an alarm and answer back system, the Honda ADV 150 also has a single-channel ABS which aids the 240mm front disc brake, with the scooter also getting a 220mm disc brake at the rear.

Verdict

The Honda ADV 150 not looks visually stunning with the looks and stance of an adventure tourer, lending it a unique appeal. To add-in, it also gets great performance levels as well as big scooter appeal in terms of riding dynamics, which make it a good entry-level maxi scooter to begin with.