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In this video, we revisit a true automotive legend the original Kinetic Honda that conquered the Sahara desert back in 1988! Relive the iconic moment as we showcase a beautifully restored example, recently displayed during the Kinetic DX+ Electric launch event. Journey with us through history as we recount the epic 6,500km expedition across the harsh Sahara in just 21 days an incredible feat that cemented Kinetic Honda’s place in India’s motoring heritage. This exclusive walkaround dives into the scooter’s classic design, shares stories from the unforgettable desert challenge, and captures the nostalgia that inspired the next generation of Kinetic scooters.

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00:00hi guys and welcome to drive spark what you're seeing over here is the newly launched kinetic
00:07this is the dx there are two variants dx and dx plus but over here i'm not for this i am here for
00:14this now this is where it all started this is the original kinetic dx and this scooter belongs to
00:21a very dear friend of mine that is adil jal daru khanawala and this is a very very special scooter
00:26now a few specifications about this scooter is that this was launched back in 1984 this particular
00:32model that you see over here is from 1988 now just look at this and this scooter has a very
00:39big history over here you can see that it went through the sahara desert you can see operation
00:49sahara attack and the sticker is right over here so this scooter went actually all the way across
00:55six and a half thousand kilometers in 20 in in about 22 to 21 days and they cross this obviously
01:05uh the whole scooter was stock but only the tires had been modified now if i can just show you the
01:11scooter from the side that's the iconic spare wheel of the scooter then you have the sticker that i was
01:17showing right over here by gulf kinetic honda dx now this is completely restored that is how the
01:24cluster used to look like you had a fuel gauge uh you had the speedometer gauge you had the oil
01:29uh light over here this indicator that is for your high beam and low beam these were the switch
01:35gear qualities back then and if you come at the front over here you can see you get this iconic
01:41headlight with the indicators on either side now an interesting fact about these indicators were back
01:47then when the scooter was launched indicators were an option so you had to pay extra to get indicators
01:53i don't think i i have but i just got to know about this and yeah obviously you can see car and bike
02:01international sticker right over here and this is a very very special scooter this is what started
02:08and this is what now kinetic is now it's become electric this is two stroke and we talk a little bit
02:14about the specifications of the scooter it's a hundred cc two stroke engine producing around
02:19six six and a half bhp of power around 9.8 nm of peak torque and obviously the top speed was around
02:26hundred kilometers an hour as you can see it used to go beyond as well you got 110 110 mm disc brake
02:32on either sides some storage space back then you have to lock it and this thing opens up and you
02:38could keep some stuff over here legendary scooter this is what started kinetic in india so this is
02:47the original kinetic honda dx kinetic honda as in it was in partnership with honda so as you can see
02:54kinetic honda over here at the same place you can see kinetic right over there so the shape of the
03:01scooter kind of remains the same but obviously with modern technologies we made a separate video on this
03:08you can go check this out but in the meanwhile this is what i came here for and this is what i wanted
03:15to show you once again six and a half thousand kilometers of full crossing the sahara desert in
03:21about 20 to 22 days is what the scooter did non-stop it has set a lot of world records including going to
03:28the highest motorable road this was the first scooter to go to kardungla and this also they actually
03:35switched on the scooter and they put it on full accelerator or i think they started it and they
03:41kept it running for more than i'm assuming 40 45 days and that's at the guineas all the record
03:48without stopping the scooter they just started adding fuel and this was continuously on so a lot
03:53of records this scooter has broken and this is the original kinetic dx the kinetic honda dx i hope you
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04:04channel and from me signing out see you next time thank you so much for watching take care be safe
04:08and drive safe

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