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  • #766
    Re: TVS Apache RTR 200 4V

    Originally posted by vishandy2k View Post
    Spotted this Matt grey 200. So parked beside it and took pics. We can see a huge difference in terms of design





    What can I say by seeing the bikes side by side is that RTR 200 looks damn sexy. Thanks to the engineers at TVS, they have made a gorgeous looking motorcycle.
    Explore. Dream. Discover.

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    • #767
      Re: TVS Apache RTR 200 4V

      One thing I noticed in this thread, nobody has mentioned any problems with the bike.
      Does no one has faced a problem with their bike yet...?
      Going through the pulsar as200 thread too, couldn't go one page without coming across problems.
      And my 2 cents regarding engine break in.
      I have bought 2 new bikes so far
      1) discover 135 [2008-]
      2) unicorn [2014-2016]
      I did not a thing about this breking in thingy.
      Both bikes are still doing perfectly well.
      In fact discover for being a bajaj is still going strong. It's with ane of my cousins now, still runs like dream.
      Maybe the hype about this breaking in is a little bit too much. .?
      P.S. I have also owned a yezdi CL2 (86)
      Which you can guess would have gone through many hands, ran on kerosene, enduring countless abuse. Well the engine was as good as it can be. Mileage was as good is can be.
      I seriously don't know what the fuss is all about.

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      • #768
        Re: TVS Apache RTR 200 4V

        Originally posted by Arshad Shaikh View Post
        I did not a thing about this breking in thingy.
        Both bikes are still doing perfectly well.
        In fact discover for being a bajaj is still going strong. It's with ane of my cousins now, still runs like dream.
        Maybe the hype about this breaking in is a little bit too much. .?
        P.S. I have also owned a yezdi CL2 (86)
        Which you can guess would have gone through many hands, ran on kerosene, enduring countless abuse. Well the engine was as good as it can be. Mileage was as good is can be.
        I seriously don't know what the fuss is all about.

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        • #769
          Re: TVS Apache RTR 200 4V

          Originally posted by Arshad Shaikh View Post
          One thing I noticed in this thread, nobody has mentioned any problems with the bike.
          Does no one has faced a problem with their bike yet...?
          Going through the pulsar as200 thread too, couldn't go one page without coming across problems. .
          Regarding the problems of bike which I've found out
          1. False neutral. Many will say that it's a natural problem with bikes having 1D4U shift pattern, but it's worse in this bike. Even the gear indicator gives false data. Sometimes when I park the bike with neutral inductor on and leave the clutch, bike switches off. Which means it's still in 2nd gear and when I try to start the bike it starts without needing the clutch! Which means it's in neutral. The bike is always in confusion regarding the gear engaged between 1 or N or 2.

          2. Short ratio of First gear. When you are riding in bumper to bumper traffic the first gear is almost useless. As soon as you start moving you so have to upshift to second or else you will be revving the engine too much without gaining any speed. It feels really awkward. Some people may disagree with me on this. But this is my opinion.

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          • #770
            Re: TVS Apache RTR 200 4V

            Originally posted by Shrilakshmi Prasad N View Post
            Regarding the problems of bike which I've found out
            1. False neutral. Many will say that it's a natural problem with bikes having 1D4U shift pattern, but it's worse in this bike. Even the gear indicator gives false data. Sometimes when I park the bike with neutral inductor on and leave the clutch, bike switches off. Which means it's still in 2nd gear and when I try to start the bike it starts without needing the clutch! Which means it's in neutral. The bike is always in confusion regarding the gear engaged between 1 or N or 2.

            2. Short ratio of First gear. When you are riding in bumper to bumper traffic the first gear is almost useless. As soon as you start moving you so have to upshift to second or else you will be revving the engine too much without gaining any speed. It feels really awkward. Some people may disagree with me on this. But this is my opinion.
            This is exactly what I'm going through right now. You read my mind! Both your points are completely valid. Haven't ridden enough to point out other things apart from this.

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            • #771
              Re: TVS Apache RTR 200 4V

              in my case about the run-in time ,
              i actually waited for my bike to complete 250kms then i started a true run in period,
              in this i took my bike upto 100kmph (it was a touch down)coz after the 1st service oil will be changed at 3rd service & i dont want the impurities of engine particles to be remained in my engine until the 3rd services coz the 3rd service is at 3000km -so upto that kms lots of impurities might can damage my engine coz no one can wait up to 3000kms to ride at high speeds,

              so that's why i am doing a short touch down,so when my oil gets changed at 1st service maximum impurities should get taken out of my engine
              & my engine can become more friction free,

              but the touch down i am doing is once in a day .

              waiting for your reply frnds.
              what are your view points on this?
              Last edited by Tirth shukla; 09-19-2016, 01:00 PM.

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              • #772
                Re: TVS Apache RTR 200 4V

                Originally posted by Shrilakshmi Prasad N View Post
                Regarding the problems of bike which I've found out
                1. False neutral. Many will say that it's a natural problem with bikes having 1D4U shift pattern, but it's worse in this bike. Even the gear indicator gives false data. Sometimes when I park the bike with neutral inductor on and leave the clutch, bike switches off. Which means it's still in 2nd gear and when I try to start the bike it starts without needing the clutch! Which means it's in neutral. The bike is always in confusion regarding the gear engaged between 1 or N or 2.

                2. Short ratio of First gear. When you are riding in bumper to bumper traffic the first gear is almost useless. As soon as you start moving you so have to upshift to second or else you will be revving the engine too much without gaining any speed. It feels really awkward. Some people may disagree with me on this. But this is my opinion.
                Regarding ur 1st point i can't say anything abt that coz m not facing such problems... &
                Ur 2nd point is totally valid but this is not a problem as 1st
                to 3rd gears are on shorter side for higher acceleration 4&5 are on longer side for the higher top speeds.. bike has enough juice to move in 2nd gear even its stand still.

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                • #773
                  Re: TVS Apache RTR 200 4V

                  Originally posted by tanishq View Post
                  Regarding ur 1st point i can't say anything abt that coz m not facing such problems... &
                  Ur 2nd point is totally valid but this is not a problem as 1st
                  to 3rd gears are on shorter side for higher acceleration 4&5 are on longer side for the higher top speeds.. bike has enough juice to move in 2nd gear even its stand still.
                  Many times even I'm using second gear when moving from stand still as second gear if capable. And I agree that first second and third gears are short but it's more so in case of first gear so much to the extent that it's irritating at times. Just wanted to highlight the issues so that nobody should think that the issue is with their particular machine only.

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                  • #774
                    Re: TVS Apache RTR 200 4V

                    Old time break in was done by STATE providing highly broken roads which automatically braked the bike -- Hahahahaaa.... Now roads are so smooth and bikes so rev happy you need some restriction till the horse comes to terms ..

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                    • #775
                      Re: TVS Apache RTR 200 4V

                      i dont own the 200, but from what i gathered reading all the posts in this thread as well as other competing same level bikes, is that people are actually reporting lesser problems with this bike, many of the problems reported are actually from service centres... and this is common to all companies...
                      so kudos to TVS for a class leading product...
                      and congrats to u guys for choosing wisely
                      http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/tourer/3...s-1-rider.html

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                      • #776
                        Re: TVS Apache RTR 200 4V

                        Originally posted by Shrilakshmi Prasad N View Post
                        Regarding the problems of bike which I've found out
                        1. False neutral. Many will say that it's a natural problem with bikes having 1D4U shift pattern, but it's worse in this bike. Even the gear indicator gives false data. Sometimes when I park the bike with neutral inductor on and leave the clutch, bike switches off. Which means it's still in 2nd gear and when I try to start the bike it starts without needing the clutch! Which means it's in neutral. The bike is always in confusion regarding the gear engaged between 1 or N or 2.

                        2. Short ratio of First gear. When you are riding in bumper to bumper traffic the first gear is almost useless. As soon as you start moving you so have to upshift to second or else you will be revving the engine too much without gaining any speed. It feels really awkward. Some people may disagree with me on this. But this is my opinion.
                        I would have to say these were the exact same issues I faced on my Unicorn.
                        Maybe gear setup is that way, so it means that until now no one has faced any issues with the bike.
                        That is one hell of an achievement for TVS.
                        I wonder why TVS isn't showing much interest in selling this gem of a machine

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                        • #777
                          Re: TVS Apache RTR 200 4V

                          Marketing, sales and service are poor from TVS in general. At least in my state / town. It could be a fast selling bike company but the dealers are poor. 200 4V was announced months back but still they are unable to bring the full option version to the market. That's poor sales and marketing strategy and it will play in a customer's mind when he is thinking about investing a huge amount for a bike. As for Honda, they do everything perfectly. Announce and advertise and bring the product to market immediately.

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                          • #778
                            Re: TVS Apache RTR 200 4V

                            The lesser number of problems we hear and read can be related to the number of 200v's on road 😁.

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                            • #779
                              Re: TVS Apache RTR 200 4V

                              Originally posted by NitSpeed200 View Post
                              The lesser number of problems we hear and read can be related to the number of 200v's on road 😁.
                              Add to that, less KM traveled as I know only 2-3 people crossed 4k KM mark and many are still in running period.

                              Regarding issue , people faced the stalling in 2nd gear(way back) but I guess it got sorted out when we put some KMs on bike .
                              Do Rev your heart in out or on treadmill After revving you bike's engine.A free flowing and high revving heart will give more happy miles too :)

                              ---Sanjay!

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                              • #780
                                Re: TVS Apache RTR 200 4V

                                Originally posted by peacelover73 View Post
                                Marketing, sales and service are poor from TVS in general. At least in my state / town. It could be a fast selling bike company but the dealers are poor. 200 4V was announced months back but still they are unable to bring the full option version to the market. That's poor sales and marketing strategy and it will play in a customer's mind when he is thinking about investing a huge amount for a bike. As for Honda, they do everything perfectly. Announce and advertise and bring the product to market immediately.
                                Exactly, instead of focusing on expanding into foreign markets TVS should first focus on domestic market.
                                I don't think there is any other market with as much potential as ours.
                                What the hell are TVS guys thinking. .?

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                                Originally posted by NitSpeed200 View Post
                                The lesser number of problems we hear and read can be related to the number of 200v's on road 😁.
                                That might be the case, but still if you look at AS200 thread you will find problems that were already present in NS200.
                                That bajaj just chose to carry forward.
                                And sheer amount of niggles being reported are mind blowing

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