The Fuel Efficiency!
C'mon man, We've got to complain about something!

.... yaa ur right.... the FZ milage figures are almost 10kmpl less than the other 150/160cc bikes. So some department has to take some beating... if you want something else better.

my bad. yea Yamahas are notorious for not being fuel efficient. His 'Lordship' shall guzzle.. But some of the owners said it has decent fuel efficiency. So it may be guzzler but not a tippler

Ya it has a pretty decent fuel efficiency...of close to 45-50 kmpl...

Per overdrive, the average mileage of FZ-16 is around 46 kmpl, where as Hunk and Pulsar around 56 kmpl. A difference of 10 kmpl

Well Apache is the fastest 0-60 n 0-100 ,no dispute .

I rode my friend's 1100 km old Fz16 n ripped it hard on the 4 lane road in gurgaon near dlhi border , quite nice bike but its very slow from 65-100 , it performs as good as ApAche fi from 25-65 but just isnt close to an apache

Dunno how r u guys saying its the best looking bike ,i find it weird looking while others may not.Its personal taste

end of the day both r excellent bikes .

^^^ What's weird now would be the best tomorrow

And dont worry i can find many others who'd agree with you on this one.


Again

Exactly what I'm saying brother.

I know you love the RTR not because you ride one but because you relate to it. Its your bike and it brings out a feeling of ownership.

No one is putting down the RTR. If you've read the mag reviews (the ones which we cant trust) some of them have placed it in the league of the 200 plus. Bike India did an RTR vs 220 vs Karizma vs R15. I would really like to highlight the point that the bike was placed 2nd in that league. a 160 being 2nd best compared to higher engines. not because it has just the performance, but because it has the handling and a body to oogle at.

If you check out other posts here the rtr is a steady track performer. Just because someone put down your bike brand in a review doesn't mean it is bad. Its a reference point to give people a choice of the available products.

RTR being good doesn't make an FZ or any other 150 for that matter bad. Similarly me finding an FZ good looking doesnt mean that i think RTR is a bad looker. My current preference out of the two is the FZ like the RTR is yours. And its good. Each bike thus has equal oppurtunities to ownerships. Tomorrow if something better comes we both might agree on the same machine.

Hope this clears the air.

man so many of my quotes and yours, and so many sentences marked in bold. i really wish you had got a little less irritated and understood the post better.


I guess this is needed.

Disclaimer: Views expressed above, before and henceforth and purely individual. They are not targeted at any particular person or a particular bike. Any comments felt to be in a bad taste are purely unintentional.

good one speedaholic!!!!
A new XBHP member here and someone who has been reading these posts.
Just to add...like people have personalities, bikes and engines have their own personality...
some are high revving...some are low revving...
this does not mean that one is good and one is bad...
some bikes try for an overall revv range...some are extremes...
you choose what you want...
Think Yam is clear that FZ 16 is derived from FZ 1, a naked street bike..
RTR is derived from TVS racing heritage...
Infact when I first saw the new magazines testing the FZ and RTR and comparing them..it really felt unfair.
You cant really compare them coz I think they fall into different leagues..
Anyways, My FZ experience, I had a ride a couple of times and it really is an amazing vehicle, I felt that it was different from any of the other bikes around.
That is the FZ, its different, a league of its own.

Rather,I think we should rejoice on the fact that we have come to a time in the history of Indian bikes,where we can choose between these both great machines.
Whatever be your choice,you wont stand to loose either way.
It's like the time when I was a kid and HH launched the CBZ and Suzuki unleashed the Fiero.

P.S. :In case any of you are still in the dilemma of choosing between these two(which most of the people are) I suggest you take a female friend and decide on what they prefer......
The problem will be sorted out faster than it will be on this forum.

@FZ 16 owners: For those of you have completed running in and/or the bike has gone for service, how has the servicing experience been till now? Good, Bad or Ugly? Kindly provide details of problems or suprises that you faced when getting your bikes serviced.

hahaha... excellant suggestion

Going with my pal... to get his FZ serviced just now.... will see how they fare against the Bajaj PBK guys

K&N filter for FZ16

hey pals
Can anyone recommend the available ( if its ) K&N Filter for FZ16.
Gotta boost the mileage somehow.

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