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|October 2017
We Sample Two New Cruisers From UM
Let me be honest here. When it comes to the type of motorcycles I fancy riding, cruisers are most likely to make it to the bottom of the list. The reason for that has mostly been due to the relaxed riding posture they come with or maybe just it’s the fear of looking funny on one due to my small stature. And I had plenty of time to find out which it is, thanks to the opportunity to test not just one but two new cruisers from UM motorcycles. Eager to find the answer, I headed to the outskirts of Jim Corbett National Park in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand to spend some time with the new UM bikes.
This story is from the October 2017 edition of Motoring World.
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