Bajaj Platina 110 H Gear

Bajaj Auto’s bread and butter commuter gets a host of updates and is also the only 110cc motorcycle in the country to sport a 5-speed gearbox

- Abhay Verma

For the longest time I lamented the lack of a 5-speed gearbox and front disc brake in 110cc commuter motorcycles and Bajaj Auto has paid heed and launched the Platina 110 H Gear. Bajaj says the H stands for Highway or Happy gear. Interesting? There’s a bunch of other updates as well.

What’s new?

The fifth gear aside, Bajaj has also added a unique-looking linkage to the gear lever for reducing effort and improving the quality of gearshifts. Then there’s the new, partdigital instrument cluster. It integrates vitals like fuel gauge, odometer and tripmeter and clock, but more importantly it has a large gear position readout along with prompts for upshifts or downshifts. And when you shift from fourth to fifth, the display does not show the number 5 but displays H instead! The front brake disc is a larger, 240mm one as opposed to 220mm earlier and uses Bajaj’s version of a combi-brake system. Pillion footrests are foot pads now for improved comfort.