I think that TVS takes part in races that are classified as 150-200cc 4stroke, the next class is 250cc 4stroke.Thus the former class puts a lot of bikes together to race on track events..........pls correct me if I am wrong

If the bike's gonna fattier rear tyre I am gonna get it for my Fi.The rear looks awesome(i meant d mud guard n all).If it would get fit on Fi I wouldn't do that coz will get the reflector scraped!!!

atlast ad came out also very good even the bhp 17.3....the bike will be better than other bike's in our country at present...fz now has a v good comp ! kudos to tvs any vibs ? have to see !

I already told you that I wasn't doubting your source! I just wanted to have a look at the gearing ratios and max tourque/HP production at which RPM peaks, info about fuel intake if available. Thought you know where these values are given,that's all

nice ad! so the bike looks the same. pretty good but i wonder why tvs is following the bajaj foot prints. some differences on the bike was expected. now the 160 and 180 looks the same.


saj[-_-]

man , ur too good at this stuff

Joel, I've sent u a PM, please have a look whenever u r online.

cheers!

@mithun
Its actually so simple, ppl in here complicate it with expectations of it being a busa beater :-D

Clearing the air..

Now im sitting with popcorn ...

I mean real popcorn this time :-D

Santa

Forgot about that and stick to topic guys.. FYI RTR 180 and R15 doesnt race on the track in any events because they dont fall in same category.. so chill

@santa: You try to make things looks simple

U dont need source for that..
Use brains and do maths , tvs use 180 cc apache for racing since ages.

Plus there are converted 180 cc n 200 cc apache's running on the road from ages..

Its just that ppl dont know about them.

ok ,here how it goes
Y do bajaj go on increasing 10 10 or 20 cc ?and all look the same.
use same parts as much as possible and cost cutting.
with what bajaj did and gained success , tvs is doing the same.

using already existing parts with mix and match , u have a new bike.

Y doesnt the rtr 180 look different ?

when u have an already sucessfully selling and tested bike named 160 which ppl have accepted it ,y will they waste millions on new designs and dyes and machines?

rtr 160 got a big bore and a smaller stroke than a150.
now if they kept the 180 with the same stroke as 160 (52.9mm) and bigger bore , it ll be a crazy over square engine , bore stroke ratio of moto gp level.
No 1 uses so much bore stroke ratio generally , and u ll end up with a super high revving engine.

So the other option is a new longer stroke and apache 150 57mm piston.

why will they waste money and design a new stroke ?? plus if they do so , it ll become more torquey like the zma , and not rev happy.

they already have a 160 piston and a 150 crank.

combine both , make a 180 , public happy ,
total cost of a new bike ==peanuts.
ooly new things ll be a high lift cam , and new valves , bigger by say 1.5 mm from 160.
and a bs29(p180 carb).
Thats it .

Anything more ?

Santa

Lots of pple have been thr and done that and have been spanked by the Mods. So pls dont go there. Please discuss RTR 180 in isolation !!

I don't know why are people comparing this bike with R15 , the RTR 160 was just fractionally slower than the R15 and with almost 2 PS more power(and same weight as before) RTR 180 should be faster than R15 for sure.

Santa, can I know where you got the specs from? Not doubting your source, but I wan't to look at other specs as well..

Cool Photos there buddy,
btw guys enf discussion on PS and CC.
what will u be the mileage of this bike???(aprox of course)

176CC.... sigh people in this forum miss out on so much fine details that goe in here...

I am sure you and atleast one another member here understood what I meant

176CC... ah nice...

Seriously, this is like the worst phase of trolling that i have seen on xBHP...
we have been blessed with low tech bikes in the world... each player here is trying to carve a niche for themselves but selling us what they do best...

The RTR is a mean ass machine... period
The R15 is a mean ass handler... Period
The Unicorn is a super refined machine... period
The ZMA is still a brilliant machine in this age!
The pulsars are what bought "performance biking" to masses...

Lets move on in life... shall we!