03-31-2010, 01:03 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
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TVS Apache 160 RTR
A brief introduction of me:
I am 21 years old, computer research candidate from Ahmedabad (Gujarat), who have ridden mopeds and cars for 7 years.
So, I had an accident last week and the scooty was gone  . Went to the showroom on the same day and decided upon to get the Apache 160 rtr (purely due to its looks) from rest of the TVS motorcycles. I hardly do like 15 Kms a day on two wheeler, for rest I prefer my car (a Santro).
How was it like :
No test ride. I was just hell bend to get the Apache. Got the delivery in half an hour. I drove through the heavy traffic to get home. Man, I just wanted to turn back to the showroom and ask “Does this thing even have a neutral gear?” . I was just fooling around with the gears.
I concluded that I need to do more homework with Apache then getting it on the road and hurting someone. For rest of the week, I did 20 Kms per night on vacant roads. Here is the review.
Power :
Amazing. This thing really moves. I have tried Pulsars a lot, but this thing was completely different. Just touch the throttle and this thing starts to move. Honestly, it doesn’t feel like it’s a 160 CC motorcycle. Didn’t revved it much however.
Looks:
That’s what I got it for! Btw, I got the titanium color. I started it in the underground parking lot and it’s humming made people envious  . I got to say it has some neat looks. Perfect balance between sleekness and beefiness.
Mileage:
I had 2 liters of unleaded petrol over the reserve mark and did 97 Kms with it. Hope it improves.
Ergonomics  :
Sporty. Not exactly comfortable for 100+ Kms. No complaints from pillion rider. Foot peg’s location not comfortable if ridden in heavy traffic.
Now I got few questions:- Gears are giving me real hard time. They did smooth a bit and neutral is “discoverable”, but still they jump a lot. Any chance that I’ll end up damaging something inside the engine with this problem?
- What kind of petrol will suite the best for this motorcycle?
- What are the optimum speed and RPM to ride this motorcycle?
- Any special care that I should take based on you guy's expert opinion?
Really guys, I don’t was to screw up with this beautiful bike,  any comments and suggestions are most most most welcomed.
Will post pictures soon.
- Rahul.
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