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Yeah, cooling is assisted by the oil cooler but it falls under air cooped only,since air contributes to cool the engine oil circulated by the oil cooler radiator. Liquid cooling is on different level [emoji3][emoji3]

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Small correction: The suspension is not from KYB. It is made by TVS and tuned by SHOWA.

It can do 100kmph for hours effortlessly.

Even the 200 4v has no heating issues with the air+oil cooler, even when stuck in dense traffic.

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Sorry bro! Forgot [emoji28]

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Thanks brother! Took it to the ASC and they have adjusted the setting but the noise is still there, hope it's okay if I take it on the first free service.

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Thank you for your suggestion.

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Thank you for your suggestion.

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You're welcome, just take test ride follow what your heart says, afterall biking is all about relationship between man and machine [emoji7]

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I did visit the Showroom today and did a test ride and I have to say I am impressed.

The on-road price difference between carb disc abs and fi abs in Bangalore is 15000, do you guys think it is really worth to go for fi version with this difference?

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No, fi requires more maintenance, better to go for carb variant.

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Or can I buy a non abs fi model which is 15000 less than abs model and install abs separately

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Buying a bike without abs in 2019 is not recommended. Installation of abs from svc is not confirmed yet, it'll cost more than the abs equipped motorcycle, so better to go for abs version only, wait a little if there's financial problem but don't compromise with safety,remember,your family is waiting for you to return safely to home !

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Go for ABS and Fi, if, budget is not an issue or you can wait a little and save more money.

ABS is something that has trickled down to the automotive industry from aviation, IIRC. It will not result in any extra maintenance.

As for Fi, still some people are running RTR160 EFi models, the only issue is the availability of spares. I also read a P220Fi review on T-Bhp and bike was overall good according to the owner with no major problems. The new Fi system in the present 200/160 4v is better and the system even maintains the idle speed of the engine, i.e., there is no reason for the SVC to unnecessarily touch it. All entry level cars have gone Fi, there's no carb model car like the 800 or Padmini now - they all run fine - I really don't remember when last my Bro cleaned the injectors on his 90k run i10 (now sold). Only the MAP/MAF sensor was cleaned once. Fi gives you more feel, better economy and less emissions.

Another important thing to consider is the BS6 norms will make all 2-wheeled vehicles to go Fi. One doesn't want to be told after 10 years "Sorry sir, we dont have a carb bowl gasket, no longer produced". Better to go with flow of the market.

The only major negative of the Fi is, you can't start it if the battery dies. Fortunately, both Bajaj and TVS provide low battery indicators and make life easy. The costliest components in the FI and ABS version are the ABS modulator/ECU, fuel pump and the ECU for the Fi system. We don't come across anyone who had replaced these components in their car/bikes regularly (say every 5 years or 25000 kms) due to fault or deficiency in design.

4-wheeler industry is doing fine with Fi, we can too. Let's embrace it.

Here is the older RTR 160 Fi's Service Info Manual, they explain about the Fi in simple terms, have a look:

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Hi everyone

i have bought the Apache 160 4V dual disc version in black colour on 15 Feb from Noida.
I have not received the owners manual yet. I have one query that what is the fuel tank capacity & what is the reserve fuel capacity with usable fuel.


Thanks.

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I suggest you to buy a ABS model as the retrofitting of ABS on a non-ABS model requires lot of existing components to be replaced and it will not be reliable like Factory fitted ABS model. Further the SVC will not retrofit the same.

As per Government mandate, from 1st April 2019, only ABS model will be on sale.

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Hi RebellionRiderRTR , i got the same issue . i have bought a new rtr 160 4v just 3 months back. after first free service i have found some noise in fornt and rear disk brakes.Initiallly I ignored this ,i thought its normal but later the noise increses rapidaly. so this sunday i went to service center and told them everything but instead of the solution they told me that this is normal sir and ignore the noise. when i told them about your comment then they told me that they dont know anything about it.
This thing is very irritating when your new bike do noise like a 2 yrs old bikes. So there is any solution about it and can you tell me exactly which part they have added with the disk brake because you mentioned the brake shoe but actually brake shoe used with the drum brake not with disk brake.

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Fuel tank capacity is 12 liters. And reserve capacity 2.5 liters