Having been lately launched in the Indonesia market, the 2022 Honda ADV 160 is an evolution of the unique Honda ADV 150. This specific scooter, with “adventure” styling, has confirmed standard with riders not simply in Indonesia, but in addition in Malaysia, the place the ADV 150 has a retail worth of RM11,999.
But other than the improve in engine capability to 156.9 cc from the present 149.3 cc, what else is completely different about the new ADV 160? Upon shut examination, the physique panels for the ADV 160 differ markedly from the ADV 150, regardless of retaining a lot the similar silhouette.
Almost all the physique panels are new, ranging from the headlight cowl to the facet covers, underneath cowl, exhaust guard, windshield and entrance mud guard. However, from our tough appraisal of the ADV 160, the headlight meeting itself seems to be the similar, as do the 14-inch entrance and 13-inch rear wheels, and the seat unit.
Inside the cowl, the instrument panel is now a plain unit with no buttons in the panel housing whereas the protecting plastic encompass discovered on the ADV 150 is gone. All the crucial info is now provided on this display screen, together with the warning lights which have been beforehand housed in a separate binnacle, with three buttons beneath the show offering the required person inputs.
In the engine room, other than the improve in capability, the ADV 160 places out a claimed 15.8 hp at 8,500 rpm and 14.7 Nm of torque at 6,500 rpm, in comparison with the 14.6 hp at 8,600 rpm and 13.9 Nm of torque at 6,500 rpm of the ADV 150. Like the ADV 150, the ADV 160 additionally comes with engine begin cease and the producer’s gas consumption determine is 45 km/litre, or 2.22 litres/100 km.
A helpful improve over the ADV 150 is the ADV 160’s underneath seat storage capability, up two litres to provide an area of 30 litres. Suspension nonetheless makes use of telescopic forks in entrance and twin Kayaba shock absorbers in the rear, offering an identical floor clearance to the ADV 150 of 165 mm however seat top is now diminished to 780 mm from the earlier 795 mm, a distinction of 15 mm.
Another vital improve to the ADV 160 is available in the type of traction management or Honda Selectable Torque Control (HSTC) in Honda parlance. For Indonesia, the ADV 160 could be bought in one in all two variants, the Combined Braking System (CBS) mannequin at 36 million rupiah (RM10,624) or the two-channel ABS and HTSC geared up model at 39.25 million rupiah (RM11,583).
GALLERY: Honda ADV 150 Malaysia
