ATV  is  an  exotic  machine  in  India.   With   very  little  exposure   this  is  not  properly  understood  by  most  people.    I  am  keen  on  pushing  for  generic no brand product  that should be  locally   available   for  80 K  or  100 K   whereas  many  traders  want  to  push   fancy   ATVs   costing   250 K and above.  They    are    more   interested  to  keep high   entry  barrier  and retain   it  as  a   status symbol   premium  product  within the  reach  of  only  rich  and  famous.  
  
You  never know   if   your   ATV   interest  is   passing  fad or genuine  love.  So  there  is   little  point  in  spending  too  much  of  hard-earned  money  only  to  realize  this  is  not  for  me.   Introduction  of  generic  product  is  essential  to  lower entry  barrier. So people can  get  out  with little loss.   
  
I  was  prepared to  sell  surplus  ATVs    profitably  meaning with  no loss     @  60 K  then  meaning two  years back    and      I  don’t have  precise    picture  of  situation   today.  Suave   smooth  talking  Bangalore  trader   quoted  120  K  for  the  identical    piece  then.   
It  should be around   80 K  or   100 K    today   because of    Dollar  revaluation    [USD was 42  then and 48 now ]  inflation   and  lowering   export support by China  government.  It  is  better  than  200 K  fancy  pieces  offered  by  some  dealers.  
It  is   always   better  start  with  more  Basic model, like  starting  to    ride    two wheeler  with  Luna  or  TVS 50  and  then move to  100cc  to  150cc  Bikes.    This  model  has lot in  common  with  Hero  Street   motorcycle that was in our  market earlier.
Semi  Automatic available  with 110 cc    means  engine braking   available going  downhill.  CVT  transmission  normally  coming  as  standard  with  bigger  ATVs  offer     no  such  advantage.  Novice  rider with too much  power  at  thumb tip  is  dangerous. 
This 110cc    ATV can be  carried   around   in   Maruti  Omni  with   backseat  removed  and  ATV handle bar lowered  -  taking  it  to workshop    or   to   distant sand  beach  is pretty  easy.  I  have  done  it  few  times.     Bigger  150 cc  machines will need  more  exclusive    carrier. You have to load it to a tempo.
It  is  really  unfortunate  that  traders  want  to  push  150 cc  and  above  ATVs  to   the  people  who  hardly  had  any  riding  experience.  Fancy   websites   with  borrowed  photographs   and  search  engine  pop-up advertising    makes  them  easy  to  reach   large  number of people.
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Hey if u have a spare new ATV and are offering the same at the prices mentioned by you then I would be very interested in buying the same.
Please contact me on 9830009983 or email me your details so that I can contact you.
Thanks,
Abhishek Agrawal.
Hi Abhi
Sure. I have a spare ATV.
My farm is 40 km from Mangalore, West coast of South India. Please mail me to bhat59 at gmail.com to get in touch with me as I dont have your email ID
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