[/u]chauhan_saurabh]
Absolute beauty. Waiting for the ride report.

congos on ur new bike bro!!

congs buddy........!!!! gr8 colour(i've the same too)

get rid of tht saree guard along with those stickers too....

Hey nithanth,

Congratz bro!!

it looks hot..

and yea.. mines doesnt have that sick blue bharath tvs sticker

get teflon coat on.. dont use shampoo after that for washing..

a seat cover if not present would be nice..


damn i wish i could take off that saree guard.. might have to take mom some times

any way.. congratz on your new bike.. happy riding and ride safe

Data pertaining to the last three zero to sixty timings and the last three top speeds are logged and displayed on the speedometer.

Also, a couple of times, I noticed missing throttle response in 3rd gear between 2k-3k rpm. Is this normal? Is there something I need to get checked?

The wings are specially designed aerodynamic wings for high speed stability!

Well its just a cosmetic mod, nothing great, both have the same killer dynamics.Performance wise I read in this thread many pages back that the refresh makes a little more power over the older rtr owing to a change in the exhaust.Plus it sounds a bit different...

welcome to the RTR-eFi Club!

^^^
Is this a common and incurable disease?

I am planning to buy one soon .. and reading this things again and again on this thread. This is bending me to RTR Carb one or even a Uni

My RTR is 11500 km old and recently I have cleaned the Air filter with Kerosene and lube it with some 20W40 oil, not much but socked it with the same. Secondly change the oil filter and pour a liter of Golf Pride 4T. Every thing is OK till today, I suddenly feel that engine is getting bit harsh in low RPM and the throttle response is not even in hot condition, but in the morning or when it is cold, its real pleasure to ride it. Duno why I miss the sweet handling of the bike.
One month back I have clean the carb properly and I found some better result after that, but it is only one month, should it to clean again.
Lastly When i feel that the engine is getting harsh, I used to switch it off for a second and then every thing become normal, it will again getting harsh after a 10-12 km. What could be the prob, any IDEA, I have checked the oil level, its normal, i mean proper.
Do u suspect its clutch wear or what?


Ned helps please.

End of the Nightmare? Naa...

Everything about my Apache RTR FI 160 in as few words as possible:
4 months of patience & 2 "legal notice" type letters asking for a refund or repair of my dud bike result in a spectacular reaction on part of TVS-They figure out that their "Everything is Normal" kind of response is no longer working.Guess what they did?.They discovered that the Fuel Injection Pipe in the fuel tank is defective & replaced it.They also discover that there is a loose fitting component in the silencer which they rectified.
End of a nightmare?.Naa...

Next it was the turn of the rear disk brake to take command of maintaining the offensive.
I noticed that the rear disk plate is getting very hot because there is unwanted friction with the brake pads all the time,irrespective of me applying the rear brakes.I noticed it because of the screeching noise which you hear when one applies disk brake because the brake pad is at it's fag end of life & needs to be replaced.I replaced the brake pad on my expense,but the friction was still there.TVS service centre people said that the rear disk set has to be changed.Still,they changed the disk plate but not the entire disk brake set.Result?...The friction is still there.The rear disk plate is getting incredibly hot in the distance of just 4-5 KMS.It's eating away the brake pad & 2 months later after getting the brake pad & disk plate changed,the brake pad is again at it's fag end of life.

It's been 6 months since i purchased this bike & it's been in the service centre for at least 15 days,including 1 week in TVS service centre for the rear disk brake issue,when absolutely nothing was done about the issue.

With such a long list of terrible experiences,i know for sure that expecting your TVS bike to get repaired under warranty which a customer is entitled to is next to impossible.
I tried getting service support online at "http://www.tvsmotor.in/contactus.asp".And the response i got from them was just this-"Thank You,we'll get back to you shortly".It's been 10 days & i am still waiting.
I decided to try my luck again.This time i encountered a sugar bag whose job brief appears to be-deny,deny & deny.No matter what i said he just denied it by saying everything is normal.The free play of my rear tyre is disgustingly tight.He still thinks it's normal.

He goes by the name of Surinder Babu & is a TVS company appointed Engineer for Hyderabad Circle.He is like a rock-unmoved & unaffected.Here is his mobile number-09440611584.Try contacting him if you reside in or around Hyderabad.Maybe you can make him squeal.
You can also visit my blog "http://www.tvsapachertrfi160.blogspot.com/" to get a blow by blow account of all that i have gone through in much more detail.

The refresh and FI has no resonance box. Its more for better top-end performance. The Refresh is 0.3ps more than the regular RTRs courtesy the exhaust change.

The refresh and the RTR FI again has a different exhaust. Both do not have CAT. Hence you have that throaty exhaust note. More like a slightly muted Fiero note.

The wings are specially designed aerodynamic wings for high speed stability!

nothing as such...
those "wings" are for looks only and they dont even direct the air to the engine for better cooling leave alone those "aerodynamic" thing........!!!!!

It was a highly sarcastic comment, C'mon man you think I really meant that ?

anybody experiencing sudden stalling(FI) of the engine...???????

this has happened to me thrice now, earlier this was also discussed in the thread...

my bike stalled today after bieng run to 10kms (normal riding 3000-5000rpm) but started after the single self, earlier i thought it may be cuz of some water droplet tht found its way during the washing to the tank and finally to the injector but i didnt washed my bike for the last 7 days and it happened today.....

my bike is 4000 kms old....

i think it's high time to clean those injectors......

Even my 750km old RTR FI(1st service done) has this problem. But it stalls only in the morning when it is yet to be warmed up.So could this be the problem with the injectors or something else?