LML reshuffles models portfolio

Our Corporate Bureau
09 June 2004

Company officials say the best features of all the four models have been incorporated in the Freedom DX model, which will be the base model in the Freedom series.

Freedom DX is priced at Rs40,050 while the 110 cc Prima is priced at Rs 40,987. The 125 cc variants come for Rs42,591 (4-gears with Drum Brakes) and Rs44,820 (5-gears with disc brakes). The Graptor is the most premium among the models and comes for Rs48,123.

Company officials say before the launch of the new models LML had begun to be called a one-product wonder. The company is hoping that with the launch of the three products, such notions will be dispelled.

The Freedom prima 125 cc comes with exclusive features like the constant vacuum (CV) carburettor, drum barrel muffler (with heat shield) allowing the vehicle to achieve excellent pick up and fuel efficiency as well as higher power and is ideal for those wanting to upgrade. The bike also has hazard warning lights and front disc brakes (in the 5-gear version).

The 150 cc Graptor, on the other hand, is targeted at the fast growing lifestyle segment of the motorcycle market. It has a digital CDI engine, constant vacuum carburettor which controls the entry of fuel into the engine, rapid turbulence combustion chamber (RTCC) using computational flow dynamic (CFD) resulting in higher torque and power. The gear-shifting pattern uses rollers in the gear shifter fork to reduce the friction in the gear train resulting in smoother quality of gear shifting.

The unique, cutting edge features in the Graptor are the twin rectangular EST frame which uses an extended steel technology for excellent vehicle stability and rigidity and an aerodynamically sculpted fuel tank with sharp front and rear end styling.