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The following thread should help somewhat.

Well nice thread. My motive to post this if I'm going in a wrong direction. Buying a 180cc bike without having much riding experience. I'm practicing these days after office if I managed to get a chance. And once I buy it will take it early morning and learn fully.

Hi,

Its not at all a wrong decision to buy a bike of 180cc. I would even say any bike up to 250cc would be good for learners if they are ready to bear some scratches here and there and get some parts repaired.

I recently bought a 200cc bike and started learning on it with no prior experience with diving cars or riding scooters. Am still learning but yes, getting better it day by day. I started taking it out to office which is around 14 km one way so I have a good practice.

I would recommend you to lend your bike to an experienced friend and ask him to drive you around. This way you can observe when to do gear shifts etc. Also ask him to keep telling you what to do in case of bike is to be slowed, started on a hill, taken over a speed breaker and some other similar stuff.

One thing to note would be is don't go by RPMs or Speed on bike to know when to shift gears. I used to do that. But the sound of engine and fel of bike is enough to let you know when you need to Up-shift or Downshift.

But then again, I am still a beginner and these are just my inputs.

So which bike you bought 200NS ?

Re: Learn Riding

Really? Learn riding on a new bike? I hope you are not overdoing it. Otherwise it'll kill the bike. RTR 180 is a very good option, but beware of the beast as it wants to pounce every now and then. I own one and I would strongly suggest you buy one with ABS.

BTW. Non-ABS version available in white color ?

Re: Learn Riding

Yes, of course. Non ABS version available in B, W and grey. ABS version available in B and W only.

I asked for RTR 180 dual disk without ABS. Price tag is 86,400/- (On-Road Kolkata)

TVS site reports it 75,170 in Kolkata, of course this is not the on-roads price. What is the cost to take a bike on-road in Kolkata. Is it 11K extra ?

Hey anyone know the On-road price expense.

The website generally reports the ex-showroom price at a certain place. On top of that many things will pile up - like octroi, registration tax, handling charges, smart card charges, insurance.
Ask you dealer to give a detailed break-up. Most dealers will have that. It will give all the details I mentioned earlier.

Hope that helps.

KTM Duke 200