Re: TVS Jupiter Owners Review and Experience

Booked a TVS Jupiter for my Brother in-law. Getting the bike this Friday.

I will be using the bike at least for the first 1000 Kms.

Anything to keep in mind during the running-in ?

I was so confused between the Gusto & Jupiter. Also considered Maestro Edge (Only Indian-made brands considered).

Gusto top variant was priced 62000 On-Road Chennai including complete set of accessories(Offer: 1000 discount on total amount or 5000 Cashback to paytm wallet if booked via paytm).

Jupiter was priced 63750 on-road (including accessories)

Based on my observations

Gusto:

+
Height adjustable seat
Flip key with find me lamp & Torch
Guide me lamp
Small storage below the speedometer
Highest Ground clearance
Good seating position(similar to Aviator)
Good response for all queries from Mahindra Service center
12 inch wheels (steel)
6.5 Litre Fuel tank as said by Service center guys against the 6 L updated in the website.

-
Availability of Spares in local shops
2 years warranty on engine
Mileage indicated in the website was 63.xxKMPL but the service center guys told I will get an average of 50.
Under seat storage cannot accommodate big helmets.
Need to open the under seat storage to refuel.


Jupiter:

+
External Fuel filling
Decent under seat storage
12 inch wheels (Alloy)
Trouble free ownership of having a TVS for last 5 years
Availability of Spares.
Total of 5 years Engine Warranty offered for just Rs.350 (includes in on-road price)
My bike mechanic was pushing me for Jupiter (TVS organized a 2 day training even for local road side mechanics to service the Jupiter). I am not sure if any company will promote bikes such way.

-
Service center
Pathetic support by service personnel. No one was interested to attend after being in the showroom for almost 10 mins. I was the only customer that day !!
NO discounts what so ever. Take it or leave it attitude.
5 Litre Fuel tank
Ground clearance


Maestro Edge:

+ve

Not sure.

-ve
Rear wheel is of 10 Inch against the 12 inch front wheel.
Service center: End of 2014: I went to nearest service center to get a quote for Hero Achiever. Got a shocking answer. "There is no Bike called Achiever in Hero saaaar"
Got the same reply when I asked about Maestro Edge this Monday



My bro in-law was using my wive's Activa for some months now. Crashed badly, crushed his hands and is almost not using bike for 6 months. His only concern was lifting the bike's seat for fueling + storing an helmet in the under seat storage.

Found that most of the Gusto's +ve's are just a "Want" and not a "Need". So Dropped Gusto.

Will ride around sometime over the weekend and update.

Re: TVS Jupiter Owners Review and Experience

i see.. it's surprising they don't design/use materials that should be ethanol compatible with at-least the current 10-15% blends which is what is most of the fuel sold in India and a few other countries too.

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No the manual just says "ethanol blended petrol will have impact on engine components"

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does the manual mention any % of ethanol as a safe limit ? Just curious.
iirc my dio's manual did have something that mentioned that running an ethanol blend is safe.
on the other hand, you may want to use 'iftex system g' say once every 3 tankfuls. I've started using it on and off on my dio that's now covered over 50k km and it otherwise ran mostly on the regular pump gas with no issues.
A little test i did : I took a bit of fuel and added a little water to it in a small bottle (you will see two phases since fuel floats on top) and on adding a bit of system g and shaking the bottle, you no longer see the separation.. this might be good to tackle water separation that would occur when using ethanol blended fuel (which is almost all fuel now sold in india)

Re: TVS Jupiter Owners Review and Experience

Nothing to worry, enjoy the ride.

Re: TVS Jupiter Owners Review and Experience

Jupiter manual says petrol mixed with ethanol will have the impact on engine components, now in every petrol pump it is written 10% ethanol blended petrol. Nothing could be done for this i think.

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would suggest you to keep the stock color, with essential chrome/black/blue highlights,

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Titanium Grey.. the matt one

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What is the stock color of your jupiter ?

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Its been 9000 KMS. Got it serviced today. Its fun to ride this scooter. And also clocked 90+ kmph today.

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I am looking for a theme to paint my Jupiter. Can anyone suggest anything ?

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Milestone-

Re: TVS Jupiter Owners Review and Experience

It is vibe free and engine doesn't feel strained until 75-80 kmph on the speedo. But it gets quite unstable in windy situations. I had some scary wind pushes and slowed down to around 65. Touring is manageable I guess but it will get pretty boring on long straight stretches of the highway due to lack of power.

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Re: TVS Jupiter Owners Review and Experience

300 kms in a day? On a gearless scooter? Now that's something great. I've a Jupiter too, want to know how it behaves on long runs. Seriously considering touring on it. How does it behave in highway? What was your average speed? Did the engine felt strained?

Re: TVS Jupiter Owners Review and Experience



200Km Update

Just loved my RR Hood, just needed a bahana to ride her, (my wife's opinion), at age 55 (which incidentally is just a number for me).

FEATURES - Loved the features especially the pass switch, which I use quite judiciously (you should see the faces of bikewala's first frowning then using their pass switch, as if to say hello-owww), more so if they are on the same side of the road - on a road divided road, kya yaar in kanpur its a done thing.

RIDE - It just sails over bad roads, telescopic front with gas charged rear dampers & 12" wheels do the trick.

HANDLING - To mimic a typical rumble strip followed by a pot hole, it just goes dhar, dhar, dhar, dhhish, no action no drama and the seat being soft does take care of your back.

LOOKS - The red color being rare looks good, and the matt black 12" wheels look sporty.

SERVICE - Completed my first service @435Km, paid Rs.290 for oil change.

Happy with RR Hood