Best 100cc–110cc Commuter Bikes in India: Mileage, Price, Specs & Daily Running Cost

There's no single "best" 100cc–110cc commuter bike — the right one depends on whether you're chasing the lowest price, the highest real-world mileage, or the smoothest ride on a bad road. This guide compares the current, genuinely available models in this class on verified specs, realistic mileage, and honest running costs, so you can pick by what actually matters to you.

One thing worth knowing upfront is that 100cc and 110cc bikes aren't really two different shopping decisions. Buyers move freely between a 97cc Splendor and a 109.7cc Radeon because the price, mileage and use case overlap almost completely — the displacement gap barely changes what the bike feels like to own. This guide treats them as one comparison set while still being precise about which is which.

Two 113–115cc models compete commercially with this group but sit just above the strict ≤110cc line — we cover them separately below rather than blur the boundary.

Two models that were part of this comparison as recently as last year no longer belong here: the Honda CD 110 Dream Deluxe was delisted from Honda's official website by late May 2025, and the Hero Passion XTEC was silently discontinued around December 2024. Neither is sold new anymore, so both are excluded from the shortlist above rather than recommended as something you can actually buy.

All the core-group bikes here undercut ₹85,000 ex-showroom — if you want to compare across engine sizes too, see our broader guide to bikes under ₹1 lakh.

All prices are approximate ex-showroom ranges gathered in September 2026 and will drift — confirm the exact figure for your city and variant with the dealer before you commit.

Figures above are the most consistent values found across manufacturer listings and Autocar India's specifications for each model as of September 2026, rounded where sources showed minor variation. Confirm exact figures for your specific variant before buying — some numbers shift slightly release to release.

Hero Splendor Plus is the default choice mainly because of Hero's service network and its position as India's best-selling bike, not because it's mechanically ahead of anything here. It's honest, unglamorous, and easy to get serviced almost anywhere in the country. The compromise: no front disc brake on any variant, and its real-world mileage trails the TVS pair in this group.

Hero HF Deluxe shares its engine with the Splendor Plus but undercuts it meaningfully on price, making it the value pick if you don't care about the Splendor badge. The base variant skips some of the Splendor's styling touches, which is exactly the trade-off you're making.

Honda Shine 100 is the lightest bike in this entire comparison at around 99 kg, which shows up immediately in low-speed maneuvering and U-turns in traffic. The trade-off is a smaller fuel tank and a narrower single-variant lineup than its rivals offer.

Bajaj Platina 100 leans on comfort — long-travel suspension tuned for rough roads — over outright mileage or price. It's a reasonable pick if your commute includes broken tarmac rather than smooth city roads.

TVS Sport posts the strongest real-world mileage in the core group alongside the lowest starting price of the lot, which is exactly why it dominates budget-mileage searches. The trade-off is a more basic feature set than the pricier options here.

TVS Radeon is mechanically close to the Sport but adds a retro-styled body, a wider variant spread (drum through to a digital-disc top variant), and correspondingly wider price range. Pick this over the Sport if you want more visual presence for a bit more money.

Honda Livo is the most expensive bike in the core group, and it spends that money on refinement — a smoother engine feel and Honda's usual fit-and-finish — rather than on raw mileage, where it actually trails the cheaper TVS pair.

These two motorcycles are commonly cross-shopped against the 100cc–110cc core group, but they're built around a slightly larger, shared 115.45cc engine and shouldn't be labelled "110cc" even though buyers treat them as part of the same decision.

Bajaj Platina 110 used to be the safety outlier in this comparison, with a higher-spec variant offering single-channel front ABS. Bajaj discontinued that ABS variant in early 2025 due to weak demand, and it's no longer listed for sale, including on Bajaj's own website. The only Platina 110 sold today is the Drum variant — 115.45cc, CBS front and rear, no ABS — priced at roughly ₹75,800 ex-showroom. That means no bike in this entire comparison, core or adjacent, currently ships with ABS; every model here relies on a combined braking system alone.

Bajaj CT 110X shares the same 115.45cc engine and CBS-only braking as the Platina 110, but leans into rugged, rural-focused styling instead — a metal bash plate, semi-knobby tyres and taller ground clearance for rougher terrain. It's priced from around ₹74,900 ex-showroom, in the same range as the Platina 110.

Real-World Mileage: ARAI vs Actual Road Use

ARAI mileage is a laboratory figure, tested under standardized conditions that don't resemble Indian traffic, monsoon roads, or a fully loaded pillion seat. Manufacturers are legally required to publish it, and it's useful for comparing bikes on a level playing field — but it is not a promise about what you'll get.

Across this segment, a well-maintained 100cc–110cc commuter realistically gives 65–75 km/l in everyday use, with the actual number depending on traffic density, rider and pillion weight, road surface, tyre pressure, and how consistently the bike is serviced. Some bikes here — the TVS pair in particular — post real-world figures above that range; others, especially the Honda Livo, tend to land at or below the lower end. Treat every mileage figure in this guide as a range to expect, not a number to hold the bike to.

Daily Running Cost for a 30 km Commute

Here's what mileage differences actually cost you, assuming a 30 km/day commute (10,950 km/year) and a standardised petrol price of ₹100/litre — a calculation baseline, not today's actual pump price, which you should check for your own city and adjust the numbers accordingly. The ex-showroom price itself already reflects India's current GST structure for sub-350cc motorcycles; fuel cost is the ongoing expense on top of that.

The gap between the least and most fuel-efficient bike in this guide works out to a little over ₹3,000 a year at a 30 km/day commute — real money, but not the deciding factor it might feel like on paper. Recalculate with your own petrol price and daily distance for a number that actually applies to you.

Five-Year Maintenance & Ownership Cost

A defensible estimate for scheduled servicing and routine component replacement (oil, filters, brake pads, chain/sprocket wear items, and similar) over five years for this class of commuter lands in the ₹21,000–₹26,000 range. That figure assumes normal usage and doesn't cover accident repair, premature tyre wear, or parts damaged by neglect — it's a servicing-and-wear estimate, not a guaranteed total ownership bill. Your actual number will move with how many kilometres you ride, which dealer network you use, and how disciplined you are about service intervals.

Drum vs Disc, CBS and ABS: What Actually Matters

Every core-group bike in this guide ships with drum brakes at both ends as standard, tied together through the manufacturer's own combined-braking system — Hero calls its version IBS (Integrated Braking System), Honda uses CBS (sometimes described with an "Equalizer" mechanism), and TVS uses SBT (Synchro Braking Technology). All three do the same fundamental job: applying both brakes together from one lever, which shortens stopping distances compared to using the rear brake alone.

None of that is the same as ABS. A combined braking system distributes braking force; it does not stop a wheel from locking up under hard braking on a wet or gravelly road, which is exactly the scenario where ABS earns its keep. Bajaj did sell a single-channel-ABS Platina 110 variant, but discontinued it in early 2025 — as of September 2026, every model in this comparison, core and adjacent, is CBS-only with no ABS option.

This matters more in Indian monsoon conditions and mixed-surface city riding than it does on a dry, well-paved road, so weigh it accordingly against how and where you'll actually ride — and if ABS is a hard requirement, you'll need to look at bikes above this segment.

A regulatory note worth flagging is that India has required CBS (or ABS) on all new sub-125cc two-wheelers since April 2019, which is the standard every bike in this guide already meets. A further rule proposed by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in mid-2025 would have made ABS mandatory across all two-wheeler engine sizes from 1 January 2026, but manufacturer pushback through SIAM led the government to signal a likely deferral in late 2025, and reporting from mid-January 2026 still described the rule as "proposed" rather than in force.

There's no single winner here — only the best fit for a specific priority.

• Lowest purchase price: TVS Sport and the base TVS Radeon variant, both around ₹55,000–₹57,500 ex-showroom.

• Highest real-world mileage: TVS Sport or TVS Radeon, both realistically returning 70–80 km/l.

• Rough-road or rural use: Bajaj Platina 100, built around long-travel suspension rather than outright mileage.

• Lightest, easiest to handle in traffic: Honda Shine 100, at roughly 99 kg — meaningfully lighter than everything else on this page.

• Daily office comfort and refinement: Honda Livo, if you're willing to pay the group's highest price for it.

• Toughest for broken or rural roads beyond the core group: Bajaj CT 110X, with a bash plate, semi-knobby tyres and taller ground clearance, priced similarly to the Platina 110.

• Braking/safety priority: none of these bikes ship with ABS today — the Platina 110's ABS variant was discontinued in 2025. If ABS is non-negotiable, you'll need to look above this segment.

The number a manufacturer advertises is the ex-showroom price — the bike itself, nothing else. Your actual on-road price adds road tax/RTO charges, mandatory insurance (see how your bike's insured declared value factors into that premium), and registration and other applicable fees:

Ex-showroom price + road tax/RTO + mandatory insurance + registration and other charges = on-road price.

This total varies by state and city because road tax rates and RTO charges aren't uniform across India, so there's no single "on-road price" this guide can honestly give you for any model. Use the ex-showroom figures above as your starting comparison point, then get an exact on-road quote from a dealer in your own city before deciding between two closely priced models.

• Sit on the bike with both feet flat before you ride it — seat height and reach to the handlebar vary more across this group than the spec sheets suggest.

• Ride it over at least one rough patch or speed breaker, not just smooth showroom-adjacent road.

• Test the brakes deliberately at low speed to feel how the combined braking system behaves, since none of the core-group bikes have ABS to fall back on.

• Ask the dealer for the exact current ex-showroom price and on-road breakup in writing — don't rely on a number you saw online, including the ranges in this guide.

• Confirm which variant you're actually sitting on; features like a digital cluster or front disc brake are often locked to a specific trim, not the base price you were quoted.

• If mileage is your main decision driver, ask the dealer whether they can show you real owner feedback rather than the ARAI figure alone.

Sources

1. Hero MotoCorp — Splendor Plus Official Portal | Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Official technical specifications, 97.2cc engine architecture, IBS braking, and ex-showroom price brackets)

2. Hero MotoCorp — HF Deluxe Official Portal | Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Official specifications for 97.2cc commuter variants, i3S technology, kerb weight, and pricing)

3. Honda 2Wheelers India — Shine 100 Official Portal | Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) (Official technical specifications for 98.98cc eSP engine, 99 kg kerb weight, and CBS braking)

4. Bajaj Auto — Platina 100 Official Portal | Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Official specifications for 99.59cc DTS-i engine, Comfortec long-travel suspension, and ex-showroom pricing)

5. TVS Motor Company — TVS Sport Official Portal | TVS Motor Company (Official specifications for 109.7cc ET-Fi engine, SBT braking system, kerb weight, and fuel efficiency metrics)

6. TVS Motor Company — TVS Radeon Official Portal | TVS Motor Company (Official specifications for 109.7cc Duralife engine, variant configurations, SBT, and ex-showroom pricing)

7. Honda 2Wheelers India — Livo Official Portal | Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) (Official specifications for 109.51cc PGM-FI engine, front disc/drum options, and combi-brake system)

8. Bajaj Auto — Platina 110 Official Portal | Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Confirms 115.45cc Drum CBS variant; single-channel ABS variant discontinued in early 2025 as documented by BikeDekho Discontinuation Report)

9. Bajaj Auto — CT 110X Official Portal | Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Official specifications for 115.45cc rugged commuter, semi-knobby tyres, bash plate, and ground clearance)

10. BikeDekho — Hero Discontinues Passion XTEC | BikeDekho, December 2024 (Validates market discontinuation and delisting of Hero Passion XTEC)

11. AckoDrive — Honda CD 110 Dream Delisted From Official Website | AckoDrive, May 2025 (Documents discontinuation and delisting of Honda CD 110 Dream Deluxe)

12. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) — Rule 123 CMVR 1989 & Gazette Notification G.S.R. 200(E) | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India (Statutory mandate requiring Combined Braking Systems (CBS) or Anti-Lock Braking Systems (ABS) on two-wheelers < 125cc from 1 April 2019)

13. Autocar Professional — MoRTH Draft Notification on Universal ABS Mandate & SIAM Deferral | Autocar Professional (Analysis of proposed universal ABS mandate, manufacturer feedback through SIAM, and enforcement timelines)