you guys do know that tvs is going to release the taurus 220 right?

Source Pls?

Just google TVS Taurus 220

Can you pls. post some legitimate info here rather than asking others to Google & find out what vegetable grows in Mars?

This is what i found out a few weeks back

Hmm.. Interesting. Another bike in stable above 1 Lkh segment. Let's see..

I predicted this before spy shots....

Another post from FB, a video
Apr 18, 2012 10:03pm | Facebook

Looks like you posted this in your dreams. Forget Taurus

Here are some real spy shots of the new apache.
Guys, its a disappointment. I dont think the power will go up its just a cosmetic upgrade and according to me the new bike looks a wannabe/original apache on steroids.

I'm heavily dissapointed with TVS(one of my favorite brands).

Its an face lifted RTR180 here is the spy shot

der Motorrad: Bitter Pill for Apache Fans

i'm so angry right now, IMHO apaches are much much better than pulsars in build quality and overall experience. TVS just blew up a golden chance to finish P200NS before it's even out. TVs please do something concrete substantial. I don't like BAJAJ but see they are bringing KTM and KAwasaki to the country, Please be the TVS you were at the time of launching the RTR's. Bring something new to the table, don't treat upgrades the Hero Honda way (plastics and stickers).

Guys, the cycle repeats again. News of a 'new' bike launch hits the online portals, everyone goes ga-ga with their expectations and then when the final product hits the market, there is massive disappointment all around. For a company like TVS, the investment in R&D for a brand new (reengineered) performance bike is going to be massive. Do a quick cost comparison on the volumes they can generate and the profit off each bike and you will see why a manufacturer like TVS has to milk each platform for all its worth. Someone posted about the different Apache's looking the same. Well with the 150, 180, 200 and 220 Bajaj was even more guilty of this, werent they? The world didnt end at that time, did it?

I recall someone had done this same number crunching a long time ago, maybe Payeng or one of the other long timers here can help with pulling out the exact post. Im unable to locate the thread.

Keep it real and you never are left with your hopes shattered.

I believe you are mistaken here. Coming out with a new (new being a relative term here) model takes months of effort and dedicated testing unless of course it is a sticker job. TVS has been working on the upgraded Apache for quite some time now and Im pretty sure this isnt just a cosmetic upgrade. The launch of the 200NS recently is part of Bajaj's planned upgrade cycle just as this Apache is part of TVS's planned upgrade cycle. If it is just a sticker job with ABS being carried over, I will have to eat my words

I agree. TVS hit the nail on the head with their ad campaign. It has backfired though. Expectations went sky high with the teaser pic and their image has hit rock bottom after people saw more pictures of the bike.

Still No Monoshock Cheap Design Previous Apache was Better !!!

R.I.P. TVS

Manufacturer's just can't react at the drop of a hat. Only after years of planning and research a product sees the light of the day.

If anything is around the corner, that means that that product had been planned years earlier.