Oopsie! Why so serious bro?....I know you didn't mean me

Anyway,Lets wait for some other mag.Maybe some better rider (like me) would smoke the difference!

aaaah...... no more hick ups too

Can we have some pictures please?

Actually the bikeindia guys could not stiffen the suspension of the RTR to their liking coz of lack of toolkit. Prolly with better tyres, the gap should be less than 2 seconds.

By the way there is an ad of the RTR180 in the mag, it says power 17.03 PS. I always thought it was 17.3 BHP. Did TVS goofup with the ad?

I just checked the RTR180 website, even that says 17.03PS. I am confused, AFAIK it was 17.3.

Its actually surprising that the RTR180 is not faster than the 220 around the track. I suspect the timing figures being posted by the magazine are of suspect here.

This is all BS.
What tool kit one requires to firm up the suspension? Just one torque-wrench and they couldn't get hold of one on the track itself.
BS.

How many adverts are there of bajaj vis a vis of TVS in BI?

to adjust suspension in RTR one does need a special small tool that can do it and its provided by company in tool kit . but yes lame excuse

Which means the TVS guys did send the bike w/o tools

Well! The last covering page has the P135 ad, then there is the MTV stunt mania ad, one huge poster of the P135 performing stoppies, thats all I could recall. TVS had just one ad that too of the RTR180.

they must have stuck some deals with bajaj. more ads=more money to the mag=bonus income for testers

jus wanted to say something stupid

This is a very lame excuse. And i hope they used the same rider in gauging timings.

RTR 180 produces 17.3 PS(not bhp) of power!!

19xxkm UPDATE

hey guys...this thread is fast, hard to keep track!
completed 19xx km on odo with my Eleanor.

bike is running as follows:

1. both tires had pressure loss problems which vanished after 1k km.
2. used to face hiccup problems from 600-1k km, that too had gone on its own!.
3. still feel the right-handish-feeling. for this i got the steering set-up which help slightly. this compounded with skiddish nature of tires, leaves no space for confidence to throw the bike into corners!.
4. the front forks/suspension ducks with a 'thud' noise on potholes. yet to be rectified.
5. the bike makes you do circus when lashed with cross-winds!!!.
6. the headlight illumination for me is inadequate while riding on a rainy night. what headlamp bulb should i opt for?
7. the bike is returning an average of 48-50 kmpl under 60/40 (highway/city) riding conditions. best - 52 kmpl & worst - 46 kmpl. is the mechanical fuel cock/knob/tap reliable for calculating reserve-2ltrs-reserve sorta average calcualtions? the digital fuel gauge is giving me vague readings.

... well thats it. sorry i am unable to be active here cause of busy schedule & also my pc is down.

cheers....

bhp & ps




whats the diff b/w bhp and ps

I have always felt that BI is more favourable to Bajaj.
Back then:
When CNBC tested RTR 160 against ZMA R and P220 in 2007, P220 won because of the sheer power. ZMA's performance on track was not that bad and it was no reason for Hero Honda to worry about. The surprise package was the RTR! It just ate up both the bikes in every corner! Things got changed in 2008 after Yamaha launched R15, which took away the honours with ease. By then, TVS had RTR 160 Fi whose performance comparitively was better than it's carbbed brother. RTR Fi provided a stiff competition to P220 on track.

Present day:
It is surprising as well as annoying when someone says that RTR 180 is slower by 3 seconds when compared to P220 S!

Is a better top-end good enough to beat another bike that handles better and has equal (if not better) acceleration figures, on a race track? Unless the race track was just one large rectangle, its pretty much improbable.