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**rennycornelius** · 05-01-2009, 08:15 PM

Originally posted by HydBiker View Post

Dio comes in very handy to Dad, Mom, Sister, etc and is a very useful tool to drive down to the market... If I were to do that, I would not sell the Dio instead of the RTR... yeah, unless that is screwed up.

dio is a bike like man... i agree here completely, i sold mine off and regretted it later....

Mr. wheelspin............ keep the DIO and and sell the RTR cuz tht'll fetch u more bucks.....

**Wheel_Spin** · 05-01-2009, 11:09 PM

Originally posted by Sarvajit View Post

@HydBiker: You have given him the link to the Speculation thread! Now he will forget all other threads&be hooked on to that dream world, like I am!

Jokes apart, has your RTR done only 1.1K kms.? It would be a crime to sell it after such less usage.

Yea sadly. The RTR was purchased only for pleasure trips and such. And since i was busy i cudn't take out the bike much.

Originally posted by rennycornelius View Post

dio is a bike like man... i agree here completely, i sold mine off and regretted it later....

Mr. wheelspin............ keep the DIO and and sell the RTR cuz tht'll fetch u more bucks.....

Thats the idea right now

**torque24** · 05-02-2009, 12:34 AM

I think you should like the P220 if i was tweaked a little bit like this...

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**KwokFist** · 05-02-2009, 12:45 AM

Originally posted by Wheel_Spin View Post

Hi guys i currently own a Apache rtr160 refresh which is about 9 months old. However i have been planning to sell off my bike and get the Yamaha R15. Budget is not an issue. So will my biking experience improve significantly ? Also is the R15 suited for small trips (touring) since the position is quite sporty ? And finally is the upgrade worth the extra moolah i will spending ?

I have been quoted the following for the R15
Ex-showroom price - 97495
Insurance - 2081
Reg. amount - 7640
Octroi - 4384
Total - 111530/-

Fair enough ? Thanks in advance.

Fair Enough! The R15 does what every other bike does in India and in many ways surpasses them. And as far as touring is concerned it can even do Kodachadri and back as part of a 480+km/day trip without causing a backache/butt ache! Need stronger shoulders though

RTR is a fun bike nonetheless but i still find the R15 to be a lot more fun!

Go for the Blue color if your buying the bike. It just looks great! Just ride in a proper position and you wont experience much (or any once u get used to riding it) pain. Very comfortable bike. Atleast for me over my last bike :P

Or else The RTR 180 is on its way which offers a bit more performance than most. Just be careful with sand, potholes and speedbreakers on the road and the bike'll do just fine.

**Wheel_Spin** · 05-02-2009, 10:59 AM

Originally posted by torque24 View Post

I think you should like the P220 if i was tweaked a little bit like this...

Thanks for enticing

but i am not a big fan of the Pulsar series.

Originally posted by KwokFist View Post

Fair Enough! The R15 does what every other bike does in India and in many ways surpasses them. And as far as touring is concerned it can even do Kodachadri and back as part of a 480+km/day trip without causing a backache/butt ache! Need stronger shoulders though

RTR is a fun bike nonetheless but i still find the R15 to be a lot more fun!

Go for the Blue color if your buying the bike. It just looks great! Just ride in a proper position and you wont experience much (or any once u get used to riding it) pain. Very comfortable bike. Atleast for me over my last bike :P

Or else The RTR 180 is on its way which offers a bit more performance than most. Just be careful with sand, potholes and speedbreakers on the road and the bike'll do just fine.

Thanks the advice kwokfist

. Does the bike easily loose composure on sand, potholes etc?

**KwokFist** · 05-02-2009, 01:00 PM

Thanks the advice kwokfist

. Does the bike easily loose composure on sand, potholes etc?

While braking on sand the wheel would lock up too easily.The bike doesnt completely loose composure but the tyres aren't built for off roading and that shows clearly. The bike feels all over the place on slush and sand.

Regarding potholes and speedbrakers u need to be careful with respect to the rims and forks basically. The rims have a tendency to crack or bend when hitting a pothole at 90-100+ speeds, as some owners have experienced here. Other than that no issues. Although i thought Kodachadri is going to break it apart nothing of that sort happened on my trip. The bike held its own! Yeah manvouring on sand is a little tricky but u can still do good speeds on straights while off roading but need to be very careful in the turns. But the bike can do it all!

**haxor** · 05-02-2009, 09:37 PM

Toady met with an accident because of this skidding prob of rtr! :X

**Technocrat** · 05-04-2009, 02:51 PM

Oh RTR is one bike which has made me super concious about speed breakers and also for gravel & water on road. This bike is damn scary with gravel & water.

**Wheel_Spin** · 05-05-2009, 02:05 PM

Thanks for all the advice guys. I have finally booked the R15.

**insanebiker** · 05-05-2009, 02:14 PM

^ Congos on ur Yamie!

**Devilpulsarian** · 05-05-2009, 02:19 PM

Its YAMAHA time......

congos on your new bike buddy.....

**Wheel_Spin** · 05-05-2009, 02:38 PM

Thanks insanebiker & Devilpulsarian

**Addy43** · 12-09-2009, 06:55 PM

Dude, we share the same.
I sold my rtr for 35 grands and booked a R15.

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