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I am slightly disappointed about the engine. They should have come with a 125cc. Jupiter! Good name.

About the ride control buttons/warning lights whatever, Your mind is the ecu that control the entire body. If you wish to ride in 40-50 kmph, ride it or i want to rip the traffic & go ahead, do it. It's all controlled by your mind & body. Had a D135 with ride control switch. It's useless because when you switch ON the button, it goes to 3.5k rpm. After that it gradually rpm builds up. So what's the point of having the switch?(This was done in my old bike only).

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Even I like the Jupiter.

From the masters of scooty TVS

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What's the expected price ?

Guys do you think it will affect Honda scooter market ?
As Honda new activa I. Is been launched last month

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somebody explain what is "twin city headlamps" and best in class headlamps..??

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Twin city head lamps are the pilot lamps like in the pulsars, karizma, zmr, bullets, cbrs..

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Bibhu, I am not speaking of massive volumes like the Activa. Even in other asian markets, there are two categories of scooters - basic commuters and lifestyle/luxury scooters. Even in India, we have seen scooters like the Kinetic Italjet Blaze being launched and selling in good numbers. IMO the Italjet/Blaze had a potential to create a niche market for lifestyle scooters in India but Kinetic killed it with poor quality and nonexistent service. The present day market is quite mature and there are always takers for a product if it is really good and offers out-of-the box looks and performance.

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'Best In Class' headlamps? Surely it doesn't come with factory fitted 55/60 twin projectors!
TVS guys are probably hallucinating about the street-illegal 6500K ultra-bright HIDs which some posers would surely retrofit on their scooters!

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I agree with the fact that there is a market for power scooters. The blaze was a powerhouse in its time, able to keep up with 150cc bikes. But consider this, kinetic was a scooter giant, yet they were unable to make it work. Bajaj and tvs had pretty decent scoots but were unable to keep up with the changing trends. I have no hopes from honda as they have learnt their lessons well from there indian counterpart and it is highly doubtful that they would launch anything substantial. That leaves yamaha, well, they just want to survive in this country. Despite the fact that they have been doing well in the past years, they are yet to replicate their international success in this "kitna deti hai" crazed country.

So basically no manufacturer would take the risk of bringing out a product that will not apeal to uncles and auntys along with the young mass. In stiking that balance exclusivity and character of a scooter always takes a hit.

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Actually, Honda got a pretty good 150cc scooter in PCX150, it looks good too. Hopefully they will launch it to counter Vespa.

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whaaat !! oh no...somebody please tell them to grow up..

re: TVS Jupiter Launched @ Rs 44200/-: Power, mileage, and other specs: xBhp News

The Specs for the scooter -

re: TVS Jupiter Launched @ Rs 44200/-: Power, mileage, and other specs: xBhp News

There is an increasing trend among automotive corporates to eagerly share their market research and analysis in detail at the time of new vehicle launches . Which not just makes sense in positioning the vehicle in the minds and perception of the media but also reveals the maturity of thought and depth of perception of all those involved in developing, producing and promoting the product. Educative, revealing, interesting and useful. It was the same at the Chennai launch of a new scooter from TVS named Jupiter. Two detailed presentations individually by the market research and the development team heads gave an in-depth preview into the how’s and the why’s of Jupiter being conceived and produced.


The core concept lay in giving the consumer ‘more’ than he was getting from the present offerings in the market from other manufacturers. TVS identified early in their research that 1) the scooter sales were showing a steady upward trend-line for the past 3 years and so were worth stepping into with another model and 2) the ‘male only’ customer formed the largest section of this sales pie at 36% of the total scooter users/buyers. So the design brief was to make a male oriented scooter rich in features that would supplement their ‘female’ oriented Scooty Pep and the uni-gender Wego. Good sound strategy that had a clear target both for the development and the marketing teams.

The male orientation would normally demand a powerful engine and yet TVS chose to go ahead with their 110cc power-plant that puts down 8 bhp at a highish 7,500 rpm. The engine choice reflects the two pronged strategy of keeping manufacturing costs low while retaining the potential for high fuel efficiency. That they can claim 62 kmpl with a usually mileage sapping CVT drive sort of vindicates this decision. Of course an actual ride will only reveal how peppy or sloppy the on-road drive is and whether the stress on fuel economy has taken the fun out of the drive.


The presentations also stated that the potential buyer of a scooter would want his three key needs to be met vis a vis comfort, fuel economy and convenience. Comfort is about size, ergonomics and ride quality of the scooter. The Jupiter looks promising on this front given a good wide seat, large 12 inch wheels, front telescopic suspension and the rear with a gas charged shock and ergonomics that felt good with the scooter at stand still. The flat floor-board and the seat-height to handlebar position seemed well sorted but all this will only make sense after an actual ride on the machine.


The one thing Jupiter is big on is features. The more apparent ones are an external fuel filler point, under-seat storage good enough for a full face helmet, a USB charging port, a very convenient to put on main stand in addition to a side-stand, kick-start back-up with electric start as primary, 35W halogen head-lamp, flasher switch for the headlamp, LED tail lamps, a fuel gauge along-with a low-fuel indicator. The less apparent stuff includes tubeless tyres, a truly centrally mounted engine that eliminates any static imbalance usually found in scooters where the engine is offset from the centre-line and so shifts the center of gravity to one side of the scooter. This improves vehicle balance. This allied with a short turning radius improves maneuverability. The CVT drive of course adds to the convenience. That is quite a list for a scooter to be sold for Rs. 44,200/- ex-showroom in Delhi.


The usual gripe here would be – what’s new? There’s quite a bit of that newness as can be seen from the description above even though there’s nothing explosively or dramatically new about the Jupiter. The newness in fact is not as much a necessity in a machine as functional as this as are its reliability, consistency in performance, ease and comfort in usage and economy in ownership. If the Jupiter manages to deliver all that, the ‘newness’ itself would be old hat and quite unnecessary. It’s a work-horse, not a performance machine per se. This machine promises to be good for the purpose it has been built to. And when it does prove itself true to that, it would mean it is a winning product.


Underseat Storage

Matt Black Alloys


Engine


External Fuel Fill


Gas Filled Shock Absorber


Key Shutter Lock


Patented E-Z Centre Stand

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With the launch of the TVS Jupiter, the company is hoping to get over 10 % growth in this fiscal.

TVS Motor Co eyes over 10 per cent sales growth this fiscal, launches 'Jupiter' scooter - The Economic Times

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what is special in e-z center stand..patented..?

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E-Z center stand patented, is nothing but which helps us to put center stand easily with less effort please try it its amazing i have too.

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Yes, me and my wife are using Wego for last two years. Center stand is the feature which my wife likes the most about Wego. You have to try it to realize how easy it is to put the vehicle on center stand.