Hero Honda Bats

   I am currently looking for a bat, and have been told that Hero Honda bats are very good bats.
Made from english willow and have good middle.  Does anyone have any views on them? anyone ever had one? knows anyone that has had one ?

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Snowy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List 12th Man Joined: 14 January 2006 Location: England Posts: 4	Topic: Hero Honda Bats Posted: 14 January 2006 at 9:36pm
	I am currently looking for a bat, and have been told that Hero Honda bats are very good bats. Made from english willow and have good middle. Does anyone have any views on them? anyone ever had one? knows anyone that has had one ?
	If you're gonna thrash, thrash hard.

snell77 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Test Debutant Joined: 28 November 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 173	Posted: 15 January 2006 at 12:45am
	I havent used one but i can personally recomend a Kookaburra Kahuna its a great pick up and itsfeels gret when u hit the ball

saadadvanced7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned 4000 Test Runs Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 3938	Posted: 15 January 2006 at 2:48am
	I've heard some good things about Hero Honda but I don't even think that's a bat company even though I have seen stickers on some player's bats that say 'hero honda'. Anyway, I recommend a kookabura.

Warne in making Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Short Leg Joined: 29 December 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 254	Posted: 15 January 2006 at 12:15pm
	I think there a motorcycle company! Dont take my word though

saadadvanced7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned 4000 Test Runs Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 3938	Posted: 15 January 2006 at 1:47pm
	Yea, that's what I think too.

snell77 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Test Debutant Joined: 28 November 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 173	Posted: 15 January 2006 at 1:55pm
	Yeah its just Honda they make cars as well

saadadvanced7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned 4000 Test Runs Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 3938	Posted: 15 January 2006 at 1:58pm
	Oh, I thought that they would be related to the car company. Then why do they have their stickers on cricket bats?

Clobber Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Captain Joined: 03 January 2006 Posts: 8838	Posted: 15 January 2006 at 2:23pm
	Yeah there is no such bat as Hero Honda. They and Britannia (who make biscuits) sponsor a number of Indian players so they put the stickers of those companies onto their bats. Most guys using those are using SS Sunridges bats, although Dravid uses an SG.

saadadvanced7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned 4000 Test Runs Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 3938	Posted: 15 January 2006 at 2:24pm
	Ohhh, right. I get it now.

snell77 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Test Debutant Joined: 28 November 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 173	Posted: 15 January 2006 at 2:35pm
	Yeah MRF you has Lara and Tendulkar on there books are a tyre company

Snowy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List 12th Man Joined: 14 January 2006 Location: England Posts: 4	Posted: 15 January 2006 at 2:47pm
	So the bats that have these stickers on, what are they like ?
	If you're gonna thrash, thrash hard.

snell77 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Test Debutant Joined: 28 November 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 173	Posted: 15 January 2006 at 2:52pm
	Well the MRF bats at the Cricket store i go shop at are generally 100-250 pounds so they must be good

Snowy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List 12th Man Joined: 14 January 2006 Location: England Posts: 4	Posted: 15 January 2006 at 2:54pm
	Ok, i'll look into and whats underneath these stickers, i suppose thats the main thing, feeling comfortable with the bat you got !!
	If you're gonna thrash, thrash hard.

Clobber Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Captain Joined: 03 January 2006 Posts: 8838	Posted: 15 January 2006 at 2:54pm
	I think MRF again is a bit over priced, purely because of which players have the stickers on their bats. (I believe the bat Sachin uses is actually a BAS Vampire Blaster)

snell77 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Test Debutant Joined: 28 November 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 173	Posted: 15 January 2006 at 10:37pm
	Oh well i heard he uses a MRF its on this bat website but that may need updating

Warne in making Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Short Leg Joined: 29 December 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 254	Posted: 15 January 2006 at 10:40pm
	There not an actuall BAS shape, its his shape made by BAS's greatest bat maker

snell77 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Test Debutant Joined: 28 November 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 173	Posted: 16 January 2006 at 6:02pm
	What.....

Warne in making Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Short Leg Joined: 29 December 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 254	Posted: 16 January 2006 at 6:36pm
	Its BASs batmaker, but its a completely different shape to a BAS

snell77 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Test Debutant Joined: 28 November 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 173	Posted: 16 January 2006 at 7:47pm
	Ok so it has MRF stickers on tho or BAS stickers?

Clobber Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Captain Joined: 03 January 2006 Posts: 8838	Posted: 16 January 2006 at 8:03pm
	He has MRF stickers as they are his sponsors

Warne in making Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Short Leg Joined: 29 December 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 254	Posted: 16 January 2006 at 8:41pm
	Its his own shape with MRF on them

saadadvanced7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned 4000 Test Runs Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 3938	Posted: 17 January 2006 at 5:50am
	What do you mean MRF are Tendulkar's sponsors?? What do they sponsor him for??

Clobber Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Captain Joined: 03 January 2006 Posts: 8838	Posted: 17 January 2006 at 9:11am
	They give him money in return for him using their logo on his bats, which in effect is advertising their name

saadadvanced7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned 4000 Test Runs Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 3938	Posted: 17 January 2006 at 1:39pm
	Ohhhhh. Right! I get it now.

snell77 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Test Debutant Joined: 28 November 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 173	Posted: 17 January 2006 at 4:09pm
	Yeah good advertising too lol

Canadian Rocket Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Test Debutant Joined: 19 December 2005 Location: United Arab Emirates Posts: 183	Posted: 17 January 2006 at 7:10pm
	lol
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saadadvanced7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned 4000 Test Runs Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 3938	Posted: 17 January 2006 at 11:11pm
	Yea, its a really good way of advertising. Putting thier stickers on the bat of a legend.

Clobber Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Captain Joined: 03 January 2006 Posts: 8838	Posted: 18 January 2006 at 8:41am
	They have been pretty clever in their approach - the only batsmen they have sponsored are Sachin, Lara and Steve Waugh so there is a lot of prestige associated with MRF bats.

saadadvanced7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned 4000 Test Runs Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 3938	Posted: 18 January 2006 at 11:03pm
	Does any other company do that kind of advertising?

Clobber Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Captain Joined: 03 January 2006 Posts: 8838	Posted: 19 January 2006 at 9:51am
	Used to be quite a lot but the ICC changed regulations so that for a company to sponsor a player's bat they actually were supposed to make bats. This led to Britannia, Hero Honda and MRF all buying out small bat making companies to meet the criteria, even though none of their sponsored players actually use those bats, just the stickers.