Re: TVS Apache RTR 200 4V

I dont understand how you can be so cavalier about this. You are not comfortable riding your bike at 10 - 15 kmph and yet you are ready to live with it.

I would have stopped riding the bike immediately and taken it to the SVC refused to leave till this issue was fixed. Indians do apply the 'chalta hai' attitude to a lot of things (personally pisses me off) but dude this should not be one of those. Dont wait for a near miss or accident to happen...my unsolicited opinion get it fixed(if you want..your bike your life after all).

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Nearing 500kms on the ODO!
Since this is my first bike (own), I have certain queries :
1- After the completion of 500kms, can I cross above 60-70kmph ? What speed limit should be maintained till 1500kms?
2- I hear squeaking sound on applying the brakes sometimes, is it normal for disc brakes?
3- Do the SVCs charge anything during the 1st service?
4- Sometimes, I had touched 55-60 for few kms (~1km) on open roads? Is it going to have any impact on my engine ?

Awaiting my fellow bikers' reply for this noob!!!

Re: TVS Apache RTR 200 4V

Not an RTR owner here but a next door biker. Don't emphasize much on the "speed", take care of the RPM range.

Follow what is suggested in your bike's user manual, usually its < 5000 RPM before 1st service (~1000KMs) and <7500 RPM before second service. The speed can still vary on these RPMs depending upon when you shift the gears.

Don't pamper the bike too much, don't revv the bike too much, keep varying the RPMs in each gear, don't keep the bike in a single RPM range for too long, have fun and don't over complicate the run-in.

Thanks.

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Hi, my RTR is also nearing first service .

1. Service manual mentions 50kmph till 500km. I think going upto 60-65 for short duration is not a problem even upto 500km, unless you are revving it too much. It is very hard to limit at 50kmph in 5th gear on open roads
2. check for any dust particles or oil on discs
3. they charge for oil replacement (my SVC told approx. 600rs) and filter change. These are consumables.
4. see reply for point # 1

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https://www.rushlane.com/tvs-apache-...-12201289.html very late launch.. I dont know whether it is officially announced.

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Off late i dont no why the bike is giving niggles every week. Now after the chain lock work was done the rear has become stable. Also this Saturday had given the bike to SVC to check out some noise which was coming for the engine. Noise was like something grinding inside. They fixed the same and the noise is gone. I asked them about the same they said that some cover inside was loose. So that all was done and the bike was back to proper condition. Now from yesterday the front disc brake is not working properly. The braking is only about 20% working. When i pump it, it is working little better but not perfect. Its like the spongy feeling in the front. Rear is good to work. But cannot ride fast with only rear working as in bikes the front brake is main for the bike to stop. I never had these issue with Pulsar 150 when it was new. If the pads are gone then the life cycle of the brake pads is very less. Atleast the original parts in Pulsar worked very well and for longer period. These pads on RTR should atleast work for 12k kms if not less. These small niggles is pissing me off. I dont like to go to SVC every week for these small things. And the more i go there the more they spoil the bike.

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Can we rename the thread as "Finding new issues with RTR200V in 100 different ways"

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Definitely!!

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Hey!!! there is nothing worng with bike i guess...let me tell u one thing i am using this bike from past 6 Months (completed around 7kms) & m very satisfied with it. Only if someone is facing certain issues that doesn't mean we should start bashing the bike... This one is the least active thread from 200cc category only one or two ppl come up with obvious problems.

Re: TVS Apache RTR 200 4V

�� You couldn't be more precise.

Sad to see that people calling themselves experts cannot resolve their own simple query of having air in system. Brake bleeding, must be too complicated for them to understand.

Experienced owner he's indeed ��

Re: TVS Apache RTR 200 4V

While your sentiments are well understood, how often do you see people facing issues like brake line bleeding in a new 1 Lac+ bike and then successfully fixing it themselves?

PS : Honda Hornet is an exception with a new bike having multiple core issues! (now kill me)

Regards.

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Trust me there are exceptions like the example you gave! 😂

And I've seen it on bigger Motorcycles as well where the rider thought the brakes are bad and kept using it 🙄🙄

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Well yeah!

But my point is, you can't expect/judge someone if they don't want to do DIY on their new bikes specially. Not everyone wants to do it, its not macho anymore.

I'm a general DIY guy myself, but if wanted to fix these issues by hand all the times, I would've gotten a Bullet and become a grease monkey. And by the way, brake bleeding fix is a sensitive job, not for a first timer.

The OP in question didn't buy a new gen TVS RTR in 2016/2017 to face these kind of niggles.

Regards.

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Well people have experiences. I myself never had air in brake line till date, but i still know about.

Also if writing/nagging on a online forum would have fixed the issues everyone would do that. Never asked him to bleed the lines himself, did I?

Also air in brake line can happen with any motorcycle. If it can happen with a R3, this is 4 times less expensive.

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I don't know if you're purposely missing the point here, so I'll stop after this.

This is a community based forum, people will share their experience, will rant and they are supposed to. Now go back and read your post where you dissed the OP in question for sharing his troubles. That's called name calling in simple terms.

And we are on the same page on "no bike is perfect", so agreed there.

This is my last OT here. Sorry mods.

Regards.