exactly, the RTR's fuel gauge is useless almost to a point. Mine dances up and down all the time...i had to switch the fuel cock to reserve cause the bike was dying..and the indicator was still showing two bars!

Sir, we have proved that no digi speedos in the country are accurate, when checked with Vbox and speedguns. A 06 CBR600 also for that matter, let alone a pulsar or an RTR. There is no accurate speedo, maybe its a co-incidence that due to a larger dia tyre or worm gear wear, the speeds are close to accurate but it wont be accurate across all ranges.
Everywhere in the world, speedos are deliberately made to indicate higher speeds so that owners dont break the speed law.

I spoke to the western region head of service, mr. gandhi when i first had the fuel delivery problem and when the svc screwed up my tappet setting. they did set it right eventually after sending an engineer to check it out, this took almost 10 days, i could have had it fixed in 2 days max if i took it to my old mech. just that i was thinking about warranty and crap. this time however, with the brake light wire, he was initially supportive then later said please speak to the local svc manager himself. as i said earlier the suzuki mech whom i had met just once before was more helpful than these guys. anyway, i'll repeat that my probs are insignificant compared to what others are facing and i really feel bad for them. so i'm not pushing my stuff much, plus i'm too busy these days. atleast the bike is running fine.

btw satyen, did you get that r-15 tyre ? please give us a report if you did.

i don't have personal experience dealing with yamaha here, but from what my friends tell me, i think yamaha's service is better here in bombay. just like tvs is better in the south. this shouldn't be but i guess now it could be a major factor in purchase decisions - which manufacturer has the best service/spares in your area.

@joel

any idea if we can fit the rtr-180's rear wheel to the rtr-106/fi? the 17" would give a lot more options wrt. tyres. monsoon's just around the corner. loadsa tyre upgrades gonna be seen here soon.

Joel sir, i said "almost" accurate. Not cent percent accurate.

Atleast this is my observation. While riding in parallel with other bikes.

And whichever road test i read , they have mentioned the almost error free nature of the speedo because it is contactless.

We have checked with GPS also, the top speed recorded by the GPS and the speed seen on the speedo were almost the same.

EDIT : For those who cant take my post can read this!

Am running the R15 tire for my RTR in the front. In short, there are no words to compare between the the stock tire and the R15 tire.

I guess I have to agree with u there. The Bangy, Hyd guys will have lot more loads of stories to t(y)ell about the pathetic Yamaha service

That I think is very much possible, but u might incur lotsa expenses with the alloys. Moreover the 180 is not yet released and spares cud be a tuf thing. IIRC Joel runs that kinda setup on the tracks.

actually i was too not having "dushmani" with the TVS but with some of the guys at the center who works on the bikes...otherwise the kind of response i get from the owner of the showroom at the time of FIERO and dead battery thing in my FI was remarkable and my dead battery was changed in 1/2 an hour under guarentee...

80/90 on 90/90 rim.....
correct me if i'm wrong, is the rim little oversized for it....?

80/90 or 90/90 runs on the same rim man. No issues. Visually the tire might look slightly small. Nothing else. For the awesome grip available, that compromise is fine!!!!

I know the r-15 front is the best bet, what i wanted to know is if anyone was running it tubeless, and if so whether they had any issues like air leakage, etc.

about the rear, only decent options in 18" are the zapper-c 3" and the geocruiser 100/90. dunno about the zapper-q. but with a 17" rim, there are so many more options. that's why i was asking. and it may not be so much more expensive if we can sell off the old rim and disc if required. it's bad enough on regular roads, no way we can keep running the stock rear tyre during the monsoon.

hey, that's exactly my situation too. in fact when another member from new bombay asked about buying the rtr, i told him to go ahead and buy from kapoor tvs, the dealer is a great dude, only problem was the svc manager and mech sucked. in fact with my brake light wire prob, both the svc manager and the tvs big-shot in pune weren't much help, but when i spoke to the dealer, he had the svc manager call me the very next day and offer to have it fixed. guess it's just some rotten eggs which are giving tvs a bad name.

i agree the R15 sports the best tyres in the business...

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you said it bro...........

Hi recently i am feeling a problem in my rtr-FI . Sometimes when i downshift and while releasing the clutch and increasing the throttle there is no response from the engine its as if the engine is dead .I am not releasing the clutch fast. It happens sometimes. This problem is there since my first service . My bike has just done 320 Kms. Any clues?

^^^^^^^^^^^^ check ur clutch cable play...

the guys at the serv station always make it almost an inch in the said "PDI".......

adjust it and it'll solve the matter....

Till date of running >17Ks, they (SVC guys and TVS engineer) had tuned my bike twice. And not only mine, but twice on SarabFI's also, who's run ~7Ks. And pathetically, the mechanic said to Sarab while test ride, "maine iska CARBURRETOR saaf kar diya hai (How in the world he cleaned CARB of an FI bike)".
And I'm sure this time again, diagnostic would be needed.

But big bro, I live in Delhi, checked 2~3 places for TVS spare parts (of course I asked for RTR parts, as they are same) but no success. Now one option left is in NOIDA (6 kms from my office). I hope to get from there.

May be, because of new technology, in indian atmosphere is getting testing times


Oh, and I think I shud change my signatures to "My depressing ride....... TODAY'S"

Buddy, I would suggest contacting some higher-up tvs officials and explaining the problems to them. I'm sure you'd get your parts and service in a jiffy then. There doesn't seem to be much else you can do the way things are right now.

just read what me and julian said and experienced................!!!!!!
and read what julian said in bold words,he said it just right........!!!!



to get most out of the TVS showroom you've to go to the senior person or to the owner of the showroom.....

BTW i never faced any spare parts difficulty with TVS during my FIERO days which i kept for 8 years....
same with FI too, every parts are available freely here.....

Monsoon magic has mostly started in kolkata and the first toll it took out of my horn. After riding through full barish, it goes kaput, the left one. Yesterday got some tuning and after words it sound more punny. Hope need to replace the horn. Just wnat to know if horns covers TVS warrenty or not? Can i use those trumpet kind of horns. or should i go for the oem ones ( dont think they are reliable one) any other brand or type. How about single loud horn like HH Hunk?