From the test video, one can easily rely on that bro

The testing patch of the track offer you the traction less than an ice slab (AFAI have heard) and the way it brakes on it is quite a lot impressive You can trust that ABS to the level.

service centre

Hi,

This is regarding a query (on behalfs of my friend) on good mechanic/service centre in & around indranagar/C V Raman nagar banglore. He as tried some 5 service centres & he is not satisfied as they don't do service properly (just a head shake, & no substance).....

Pls let me know ASAP

Rdgs
vijai

I get jerks when ever i hold clutch , initially i thought because of bumpy roads , but i get it on flat roads also think my sprocket rubber needs to be replaced. can i wait till this week end to get it done or not ?

get well soon dude...damn these RTR tyres are scary as hell ! ! !....

change them as soon as u can....I think right now that is the best option ! ! !..ABS can wait a little ..and combined wid good tyres it will be more effective ! ! !...

Sad to know about your crash brother but glad to know you are ok

Mutant RTR180

Its been 2 weeks and still sometimes it scares me like hell.
RTR180 have now started showing its true character after putting the FFE.
Now she has started behaving like she is always in a great hurry to throw me of the saddle.
Put her in first gear and a sudden twist of wrist always started resulting in a wheelie which was not there earlier. And sometimes a thought passes by that now i have to be a little gentle on the throttle or else
She has started doing power wheelies now in first gear.

Joel's FFE only will do so much of a change, I was not expecting.

As Joel has always said it will make your bike quicker and it has done the same with mine. And the proof for the same is 0 to 60 kmph acceleration of bike.
Many of the guys may know that there is a data logger for the same as a feature in RTRs. Earlier i have tried hard to get the quickest time and it was 4.4 sec only for 0 to 60 but now after putting FFE the new 0 t0 60 timing is 3.9 secs .
And i think if i try a little harder it may touch 3.7 secs. And guys mind one thing i am a 90kg heavy built guy. So one can imagine how much a 60kg guy can get out of her

Now for the same stretch where eariler bike use to do 60kmph, have now started doing 70kmph+ with similar riding style.

Recently did a 250kms+ trip also. And the bike's pull in the whole trip was amazing.
Without crouching bike gave a top whack of 124kmph(on the speedo) with almost 90Kg rider+20kg of luggage+gears and it reached their pretty quickly than with the stock one.
And earlier i use to cruse at 90 but now 100 without any fuss. And the most amazing thing of all after constant crusing in a speed range of 95 to 110kmph bike gave amazingly 41kmpl mileage which earlier drops to 36 to 38 kmpl.

Will do a top speed check and will update here.

Its a amazing gift from Joel to us. And hope he keep up this good work.

Thanks Joel

^Mine coming shortly

New to XBHP

Mods: Sorry if I am posting in wrong way, This is my first post.

My name is Abhishek and I am from Pune. On 22-March-2011 I received my dream machine this beast Apache RTR 180-The Menace, Color -Perl White.

I had plans to go with 180 ABS but TVS is taking too long to release it . I almost kept my nerves for a month but at the end on 12-March-2011 booked 180.

After exactly one week of purchase I have covered 280 kms. Have to keep it below 50 km/h all the time. It's been good experience so far .

Thanks! Feels good

Welcome to the tribe
Yup the first 1000k is a bit of a bother... but kya karen

Hi everyone...

Can anyone tell me how can i clean the air filter?? is it a DIY? My friend said that i can clean it with petrol. Its been 5 services and i don't think they have cleaned the air filter even once and the bike feel a little choked up when going above 60-65.

Hi Guys,
I am planning to take the A180 by mid of next month. I just want to know if the braking(or tyres) of A180 is so bad that I should stretch my budget for the ABS version. I do extensive driving but hardly encounters any hard-braking.

Its pretty hard for me to shell out another 13K for the ABS, it may even make me post-poned the owning of A180 by another month or so. So please given in your suggestions if the ABS is worth the extra bucks?

It's very easy to clean Air Filter. Follow below steps,
Removing Air Filter-
1. Remove left black panel, it has only one screw, Remove it with the help of star screw driver.
2. Gently Pull out panel. Panel have two rubber push locks.

3. Once panel is removed you will see a white square, It has four screws, Remove them.
4.Take out the white square. Have attached pic for your reference.


Now what you have in your hands is the actual Air Filter. (A soft steel round mesh having two Sponge rolls in it.)

Cleaning Air Filter-
1. Remove both Sponge rolls from steel mesh, Make sure you remember the sequence in which they are.
2. Clean them separately with Petrol and squeeze them gently. This will remove dirt from them. (I know it is not recommended to use petrol but I have seen SVC guy doing the same with petrol )
3. Now clean the steel mesh with clean cotton.
4. Make sure not to put AF back unless both Sponge rolls and mesh is petrol free, to do this keep them in open air for sometime.
(A little amount of engine oil is placed on rolls, But if you are not confident then you can skip this)
5. Now put rolls back into steel mesh and place it back in bike.
6. Tight all four screws well.
7. Put the side panel back and put screw on it.

You are done with it. My RTR 180 is just a week older but I have removed and re fixed AF once.

The brakes on the A180 are very awesome...the tires arent . but even then they have decent grip on dry tarmac. On wet roads they can give you the scare of your life. Also the streets are filled with idiots ( as shown in a tyre ad) you may never know when you have to break hard ( or panic brake for that matter). so personally i feel ABS is definitely worth the extra bucks and must be super safe as compared to A180.

I would advise that if you can afford it then go for it ( I for one would love to get the ABS component fitted on my bike if possible ) otherwise you can buy the regular A180 and drive extra safe

also you get full DC electricals..

^^ +1 Just that I use shampoo to clean the filter. Works quite well.

If you don't plan to clean it regularly (read 500km or so), pour some engine oil and rub it into the filter (as it helps trap dust better).

Thanks for the very quick reply and I am really looking forward to test-drive the ABS. Any info on the so called "Selected TVS dealers", coz everywhere I read about the ABS. They have mentioned it will be immediately available from Selected Dealers around the country. But none of the dealers which I saw here in Chennai have any clue as when the ABS will be available.
Any info on A180 ABS dealers in Chennai?