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- TVS Apache Racing DNA Edition Review
| Honda Aims to Sell 30,000 CBR250Rs in India Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:54 AM PDT
Original Source: Honda Aims to Sell 30,000 CBR250Rs in India from BikeAdvice.in Greetings! As you might be aware that the immensely popular and one of the power bikes of Indian two wheeler industry is now available for sale, Honda has got some great aspirations from the bike as they have set themselves a target of selling at least 30,000 bikes in India in the first year. The amount of response the bike attained was tremendous and thus the company has decided to set such an uphill sales task for themselves. Honda is all geared up to sell at least 30,000 bikes in the first year and they are very well striving to achieve that mark said their Vice president Mr. N.K. Rattan.
The news confirming Honda plans of setting such an uphill task for them came at the unveiling ceremony of the bike at Chennai. He said that so far the bike has received good response from the market and thus selling 30,000 units wouldn't be that hard nut to crack. Two variants of the bike were unveiled at Chennai, one with ABS and other without ABS costing 1.45 and 1.70 lakh (Ex Showroom, Chennai) respectively. The bike is up for grabs on the 430 dealership bases across the country. The bike is available in six varied colors and sports a full cowl body with Y shaped headlights and plenty of other features as well. Honda CBR-250R was unveiled at the four-day Auto World Expo organized by Benchmark Exhibitions India at the Chennai Trade Center. All in all, it was a great event wherein Honda has set themselves an uphill task of selling at least 30,000 CBR250R during their first year. We will have to wait and watch how things turn up for Honda and if they would be able to achieve their target. Share on FacebookRelated posts: |
| Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:41 AM PDT
Original Source: Scoop: 2012 Suzuki GS150R from BikeAdvice.in For quite some time, rumors of GS150R upgrade was being whispered around the internet. Now this rumor comes to an end with the spy shots posted by GS150R Facebook community. The 2012 GS150R is expected to be launched around the last quarter of 2011. If you know more about 2012 GS150R, share it with us!
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| TVS Apache Racing DNA Edition Review Posted: 26 Jun 2011 11:46 PM PDT
Original Source: TVS Apache Racing DNA Edition Review from BikeAdvice.in It's been quite a while since TVS did something to their RTR series after the 180. Then comes the ABS edition. The TV commercials seems to be a rip of the usual Indian, ‘larger than life’ films which does not highlight the utility of the ABS rather than its race track friendliness.
Only time can tell the maturity of the Indian bikers towards tech like ABS being featured in bikes and how many are willing to pay for it. With all the fuss going around the the RTR 180 ABS. TVS have silently released the Racing DNA Edition of the Apache RTR 180. Following the suit of FZ series, the Racing DNA series accessories for compatible with all the RTR's after the Air Scoop edition.
Accessories
Projection Lamp
The projection lamp assembly looks too good on the TVS Apache. And kudos to TVS engineers on that front for stacking in the Xenon lamp, which for unforeseen reasons Bajaj have not been able to do on their P220-S. Even the local mechanics where able to stack two of those in R15's but let's set them aside because TVS's setup is tried and tested to work with the Apaches and Factory fitted.
And this setup has a good light throw and should look jaw dropping gorgeous with Xenon lamp in the streets during nights. It has both high and low beam configurations. The switches to enable the LED bling or the Angel lights are neatly tucked on the left hand side of the head lamp fairing. Tyres
Fitted with Pirelli sport demon 90 section tires seemed impressive on the first look. The tread also seemed favour our Indian roads. Then came the puzzling part. The Tyre said "Pirelli Sport Demon Front". If the tyre says "front" then it has tread pattern for a front tyre. What is it doing on the rear wheel?
And the worst part is yet to come. The front tyres are still the same old TVS tyres found on all the Apache fronts. We all know what's pulling the enthusiasm when we hit the corners with engaging RTR is their lame rubbers. And it still has the same TVS tyres. Maybe a Pirelli sport demons upfront and a proper rears would a made a world of difference. Silencers
Certainly doesn't go well with the apache's overall design. But it does grow on you if keep looking at it from a distance. These will serve you during your track day glory but on streets, don't think these are road legal as claimed by the TVS rep. K&N air filters don't need any introduction to bikers. State of the art air filters is sure going to improve the performance figures of the already peppy RTR 180. Overall
The Design flow seems to be good overall, but the over dosage of LED bling all over the bike with blinkers over the engine has spoilt this great looking machine. That's not a serious problem because we can choose the accessories we want from the never ending TVS accessories price list.
Split seats weren't looking natural, but seemed to the cheap split of the regular apache seat like the dudes who do their split seats on their P150's. What grabs the eyes are the sexy looking engine scoops. Red coloured and goes well with the White-black-red design methodology. Bottom LineIt is nice touch by TVS to bring in these accessories for the diehard apache enthusiasts. It sure will make their apaches more attractive. This shows the TVS's dedication towards their bikes. But all that will make them more competitive in ever growing Indian biking dog fight is to refresh the Apache line up with new designs and to refine their engines from vibes rather than minuscule addition of bhp's to their bikes.
It's been long since we saw any radical design changes with the apaches. They sure do have a superb design team which did showcase their pedigree at auto expo's, but still they don't seem to be translating into proper production models.
Bajaj has been doing the same thing but they have totally exhausted the life time of the Pulsar design and have to bring in new and radical designs to stay competitive. With their KTM allies they are looking good. And the now that independent Honda's are looking to go for the kill as well. So, TVS get us some mean machines, shake up the competition, we want a new Apache! Disclaimer
There were no performance figures available with us and neither is there any information on TVS sites regarding this special edition bike. All the accessories can be fitted at the authorized TVS dealership with extra fees. Prices quoted above are approximated. May change from state to state with local taxes. The official price list was not available during this write-up. Regards, Related posts: |
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