When you have already waited this long,why not wait some more and get the RTR shox? Trust me the RTR shox are the best shox of any bike in india!leaving aside the mono-shox.

The Victor GLX gas shox are of Endurance and you know how good they are(very soft/poor) .Pulsar shox are from Endurance too and they are very poor.Hero Honda ones are the best in non gas shox category.But nothing can match a RTR shox,it's very costly though.The last time it was like 3.5k for the pair,but it's worth every buck invested on it.

how about the rtr 160 fi exhaust,its more free flowing i guess.

In a bit of a Dilemma past few weeks. My Fiero though thrilling me every day, is 11 years old and approx 80k kms run. No issues what so ever with bike or parts availability. Just considering the age, I was thinking of getting another bike to share duties. But I am totally confused, whether I should go ahead with this thought or not. I use the bike for city and occasional highway runs. If I get a new bike, it would be for the highways and when wify wants to hop on. Fiero would be for in city solo and office runs. Fiero will always stay with me.

Has anyone gone through this phase? I know Sarvajit has two bikes too, anyone else? Should I or should I not?

PS: I know this is hugely OT, but did not wish to put it in front of a bigger audience.

Agree. Hence the NEED. Yes that's the price here too. I have ordered for them, have been told they arrive this week. Fingers crossed.

Not as flowing as the RTR 180. Hence that's the need and nothing else, dont want to put extra pressure on the exit valve. I remember Joel saying when I was running stock exhaust with this setup, that the outlet might burn out cos the gases are not escaping efficiently.

Honda CBR250 is a damn good choice, being a HONDA it will be like your fiero,that is loooong lasting. It won't be a fire breather/twin/more powerful like the ninja or the other similar spec'd 250's which will hit the market soon.So think about it,you might be better off waiting rather than going for another new bike now.

well i spoke to the ASS manager. he said the cost of the F2 chain sprocket is approximately 1k. i forgot to ask him whether the rtr's set would fit in the F2's. anyways i am goin tomorow and would ask them whether its possible. if at all its possible, then i would consider of removing the chain cover bottom part.

read the last few pages of CBR250 ownership experience.

When my bike's chain sprocket kit wears out,i'll put a RTR160 swing arm and it's chain sprocket kit too(if it fits).So definitely go for the RTR chain sprocket kit if it fits the output shaft.You might have to take off a link or two though,as RTR might be longer and the gear ratio will change too.Since your bike is stock the change in gear ratio might not be welcome.

Why? issues already?

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Hmmm so your views are I wait. That's what one side of my head is saying too. I did have a look at it in the office parking lot and not sure how to say, it did not give the same feel as what a Ninja 250 or even an R15 gives. So not too sure about it, and yeh I have already heard a bad experience with an owner

Hmmm yeh was reading about a bad experience on another forum too. Not sure if its the same one.

3 Links to be precise. On a stock engine, it would make the bike very sluggish I guess.

UPDATE: Had called up the service center to inquire about the Shocks, and as expected, they have not received it.

i spoke to the TVS ASS. the manager told that the F2 chain set is in shortage. so he went on to say that the company has recommended the use of RTR chain sets for the F2. either rtr 160 or rtr180 would do.

guys can u confirm this with ur respective ASS's? And i had a chat with the mechanic, he said its a direct fit onto the F2. I asked him whether the front sprocket of the rtr would fit in the F2's shaft and he said its a direct fit. he said that they had put in the rtr set onto many fieros/F2 which come to him for servicing. They seemed very confident. i also told him that the swingarm lenght of f2 is shorter than the Rtr, so how can it fit. he said that its der job to fit it!! i guess they will have to cut some chain links to make the chain length shorter.

Guyz, plz plz confirm it with ur ASS mechs....

guys can u tell me the number of teeth for the front and rear srrocket of bothe the rtr180 and the Fiero F2?

YAMAHA R15 is a good performer and for a 150 it's performance is real good.If you can find a good used one for cheap,it may not be such a bad option for now.That is,if you really want a second bike and if you decide to wait for more 250+cc options.

Shox should be available easily,so that's kinda strange,were as in case of exhaust, the delay, or it not being in ready stock is understandable.

F2 13/40
Apache RTR 160: Stock Setup: 13/44 teeth

Apache RTR 180: Stock Setup: 14/46 teeth.

Since the rear sprockets are much much bigger than your stock sprocket which would be 40,you will loose top-end,mileage and engine will become vibey.So think about it.
If i remember correctly,a guy in RTR thread has put 15teeth GB sprocket of the pulsar on his RTR,which should mean it should fit our bikes too.So try going for a 15teeth front sprocket with the RTR160 rear.

From my experience with gear ratio,the pulsar DTSI UG2 GB sprockets don't fit our bike's output shaft.I still have a 15teeth pulsar one with me unused.
Were as YAMAHA RX ,YBX,CRux are all direct fit on our bikes.

Ask the mech to put the RTR160 chain/rear sprocket with a 14(RTR180),or 15teeth GB(front) sprocket.

alrite thnx a lot!! i will have to ask the mech if a seperate chain and rear sprocket of rtr160 and a seperate front rtr180 sprocket will be made available seperatly...