Reviews of TVS Apache RTR 160

Hello! I have my own apache rtr 160. This looks so attractive, when i'm buying a bike in tvs showroom, my eyes has been automatically saw bike. I'm so impressed to saw that and suddenly buy this. I have faced some difficulties to setting their. But after sometime i'll know that how gear be set. I ride this many time, their pickup so high i love this speed. It don't get maintenance more. So i loved it!

About the Reviewer

When buying the first bikes of life everybody gets confused. Wasn't an exception for me. I shortlisted bajaj pulsar as 150, yamaha fz 2.0 and this apache after a long research. Then i took test drives for each bike in the dealerships. However, i settled for this apache. Let me get this straight, the apache rtr 160 is a beast of a machine. If you want raw acceleration out of the box, this one was the first choice in that time (january 2015). As it runs shorter gear ratios along with a rev happy engine, compared to other bikes in this segment, a little twist of throttle is enough to overtake other vehicles with ease. Low end and mid range pull is superb. Due to shorter gear ratios, it sacrifices some of its top end grunt. The torque figures are also very good. With great power comes great petrol bill, but in this case it doesn't dig a hole in our pocket. The average mileage of this bike is 40kmpl with moderate use. In highway rides you can expect anything near 42-43 kmpl. And if you ride like hooligan stunt rider, it will return around 36-38kmpl.The maintenance cost is moderate too. After 5 free services, it costs around 300-400 rs per service (it can vary from place to place)I personally modified the electricals converting this to a full dc setup to run hid lights as the light output from the stock headlight is a little bit on the lower side. One small recommendation from me is to use some branded engine oil rather than using the tvs engine oils. I use motul 7100 10w40 from the second servicing and it works great. But honestly, this particular bike needed some refinements as there are vibrations kicking in after 7k rpms. The new bikes like 2nd gen pulsar ns160 pulls harder than this while the honda hornet and yamaha fz are smoother than this. Tvs fixed all this issues by launching the 4v version of this, but unfortunately it lost some of its raw characters with the upgrade. It was a great beginner bike in that time and still now the 4v does the same. I'm very happy that i choose this one. .

About the Reviewer

I have purchased it on 26-sep-2014. The bike is really good but there are some features missing from it like auto side light off, side stand light. The mileage of bike is enough it is giving me 41 kmpl now but in starting it was giving 50. Service center in my area is really poor (kankria,ahmedabad). Speed of bike is good you will love it when it is on the top. I think front wheel of my bike is not proper because when i start riding it i can clearly feel the wheel is tortuous. The bike is not much comfortable as comparing to pulsar 150. It lightweight than pulsar 150. Because of its lightweight you will love to ride it but when truck, car or bus will pass near by you the bike will unstable. The spedometer is too much hard it is very disapointing i cant set anything in it. The company should take care of customers i am not satisfied with the bike.

This bike is completely made for speed and performance but still i am not happy with it i will suggest you to go with pulsar 150 instead of apache 160 rtr.

Pros

speed, performance, pick up

cons

seat, comfort, speedometer, service

Must buy.....Great looks.....Great initial. Comfortable for long rides. Service charges are also not so high.
Never seen any other 160-cc bike like this.
Its initial is so powerful. No other bikes can make apache rtr 160 lose.
Even. It can compete with 200 cc bikes. Because of its great performance.

About the Reviewer

First time planning for bike very confused , pulsar or apache . Then decided for apache , and book the bike ramkay tvs. Riding experience to nice 2 months once going tirupathi at my apache bike Overall disappointment only for service only Before 1k kilometre change oil. That's why driven 123000 km running.

About the Reviewer

Nice bike for under 1.50 lakh and very comfortable with 2 people and price is very good under 15200 with Bluetooth connectivity and dual disc break and LED lite very good and the top speed something 125 km.
And this bike's milage is very good city mileage something 40 to 42 km and the riding position is very good.

About the Reviewer

When i buy this bike i think it is ok but when i compare other bike it is much more better than others when i ride this bike it feel smoothness & comfort seating so i enjoy my full ride so it is best option for me firstly my friend was brought this bike then i gain my interest, riding this bike is so happy feel that reason apache 160 is my favourite bike all time.

About the Reviewer

1.Now buying(after gst):

When i bought this it was around 93k in my city but after gst it drop 10k so this is the golden chance to buy that bike with bs4 model.

2.Riding:

I would like to say that this bike have great experience for any rider like it is lie in between sport and basic bikes.The handling and performance is best.I ride it 5000 km and feel no change that reason to realize me that it is 1yrs old bike.The mileage is 45 to 50 kmpl if u ride in between 45 to 55 kmph speed or if u ride 60 to 85 it will give you 36kmph.

3.Looks :

As i say the bikes look compete with sports and basic both bikes if i say about my colleague friends they have 1st option for the apache-rtr. In white color it is looking like a white horse the headlamp is going to blow up your eye in night.The main things has the bike as lacks the only vibration at more than 85 speed i wish company should looks on it.

4.Performance and maintenance:bike has 159.7cc engine so it is just costly then a standard bike of 125 cc .But in india bike is going to common so as we know the quantity bring the cheapest price for maintaining.The chain of this bike should be changed after 2000km of rides.And the proper maintenance brings smothered performance of the bike and good pickup rate and mileage.

5.Overall *:the bike as awesome looks and design,bike available in customer to more option like front disk only,various colors etc.It has good mileage than other competence.Only lack of the bike is vibration during high speed.

About the Reviewer

Style

no other bike looks as great as apache... Great graphic and dynamic shape

engine performance, fuel economy and gearbox

good ratio of power and torque

ride quality & handling

handling is just superb.. Specially while banking on the curve

final words

go for it if u need for speed

areas of improvement

should reduce the vibration occurs at high speed and reduce the plastic part on the bike

pros

looks and handling

cons

vibrations at high speed

Hello! I have my own apache rtr 160. This looks so attractive, when i'm buying a bike in tvs showroom, my eyes has been automatically saw bike. I'm so impressed to saw that and suddenly buy this. I have faced some difficulties to setting their. But after sometime i'll know that how gear be set. I ride this many time, their pickup so high i love this speed. It don't get maintenance more. So i loved it!

About the Reviewer

When buying the first bikes of life everybody gets confused. Wasn't an exception for me. I shortlisted bajaj pulsar as 150, yamaha fz 2.0 and this apache after a long research. Then i took test drives for each bike in the dealerships. However, i settled for this apache. Let me get this straight, the apache rtr 160 is a beast of a machine. If you want raw acceleration out of the box, this one was the first choice in that time (january 2015). As it runs shorter gear ratios along with a rev happy engine, compared to other bikes in this segment, a little twist of throttle is enough to overtake other vehicles with ease. Low end and mid range pull is superb. Due to shorter gear ratios, it sacrifices some of its top end grunt. The torque figures are also very good. With great power comes great petrol bill, but in this case it doesn't dig a hole in our pocket. The average mileage of this bike is 40kmpl with moderate use. In highway rides you can expect anything near 42-43 kmpl. And if you ride like hooligan stunt rider, it will return around 36-38kmpl.The maintenance cost is moderate too. After 5 free services, it costs around 300-400 rs per service (it can vary from place to place)I personally modified the electricals converting this to a full dc setup to run hid lights as the light output from the stock headlight is a little bit on the lower side. One small recommendation from me is to use some branded engine oil rather than using the tvs engine oils. I use motul 7100 10w40 from the second servicing and it works great. But honestly, this particular bike needed some refinements as there are vibrations kicking in after 7k rpms. The new bikes like 2nd gen pulsar ns160 pulls harder than this while the honda hornet and yamaha fz are smoother than this. Tvs fixed all this issues by launching the 4v version of this, but unfortunately it lost some of its raw characters with the upgrade. It was a great beginner bike in that time and still now the 4v does the same. I'm very happy that i choose this one. .

About the Reviewer

I have purchased it on 26-sep-2014. The bike is really good but there are some features missing from it like auto side light off, side stand light. The mileage of bike is enough it is giving me 41 kmpl now but in starting it was giving 50. Service center in my area is really poor (kankria,ahmedabad). Speed of bike is good you will love it when it is on the top. I think front wheel of my bike is not proper because when i start riding it i can clearly feel the wheel is tortuous. The bike is not much comfortable as comparing to pulsar 150. It lightweight than pulsar 150. Because of its lightweight you will love to ride it but when truck, car or bus will pass near by you the bike will unstable. The spedometer is too much hard it is very disapointing i cant set anything in it. The company should take care of customers i am not satisfied with the bike.

This bike is completely made for speed and performance but still i am not happy with it i will suggest you to go with pulsar 150 instead of apache 160 rtr.

Pros

speed, performance, pick up

cons

seat, comfort, speedometer, service

Must buy.....Great looks.....Great initial. Comfortable for long rides. Service charges are also not so high.
Never seen any other 160-cc bike like this.
Its initial is so powerful. No other bikes can make apache rtr 160 lose.
Even. It can compete with 200 cc bikes. Because of its great performance.

About the Reviewer

First time planning for bike very confused , pulsar or apache . Then decided for apache , and book the bike ramkay tvs. Riding experience to nice 2 months once going tirupathi at my apache bike Overall disappointment only for service only Before 1k kilometre change oil. That's why driven 123000 km running.

About the Reviewer

Nice bike for under 1.50 lakh and very comfortable with 2 people and price is very good under 15200 with Bluetooth connectivity and dual disc break and LED lite very good and the top speed something 125 km.
And this bike's milage is very good city mileage something 40 to 42 km and the riding position is very good.

About the Reviewer

When i buy this bike i think it is ok but when i compare other bike it is much more better than others when i ride this bike it feel smoothness & comfort seating so i enjoy my full ride so it is best option for me firstly my friend was brought this bike then i gain my interest, riding this bike is so happy feel that reason apache 160 is my favourite bike all time.

About the Reviewer

1.Now buying(after gst):

When i bought this it was around 93k in my city but after gst it drop 10k so this is the golden chance to buy that bike with bs4 model.

2.Riding:

I would like to say that this bike have great experience for any rider like it is lie in between sport and basic bikes.The handling and performance is best.I ride it 5000 km and feel no change that reason to realize me that it is 1yrs old bike.The mileage is 45 to 50 kmpl if u ride in between 45 to 55 kmph speed or if u ride 60 to 85 it will give you 36kmph.

3.Looks :

As i say the bikes look compete with sports and basic both bikes if i say about my colleague friends they have 1st option for the apache-rtr. In white color it is looking like a white horse the headlamp is going to blow up your eye in night.The main things has the bike as lacks the only vibration at more than 85 speed i wish company should looks on it.

4.Performance and maintenance:bike has 159.7cc engine so it is just costly then a standard bike of 125 cc .But in india bike is going to common so as we know the quantity bring the cheapest price for maintaining.The chain of this bike should be changed after 2000km of rides.And the proper maintenance brings smothered performance of the bike and good pickup rate and mileage.

5.Overall *:the bike as awesome looks and design,bike available in customer to more option like front disk only,various colors etc.It has good mileage than other competence.Only lack of the bike is vibration during high speed.

About the Reviewer

Style

no other bike looks as great as apache... Great graphic and dynamic shape

engine performance, fuel economy and gearbox

good ratio of power and torque

ride quality & handling

handling is just superb.. Specially while banking on the curve

final words

go for it if u need for speed

areas of improvement

should reduce the vibration occurs at high speed and reduce the plastic part on the bike

pros

looks and handling

cons

vibrations at high speed

Hello! I have my own apache rtr 160. This looks so attractive, when i'm buying a bike in tvs showroom, my eyes has been automatically saw bike. I'm so impressed to saw that and suddenly buy this. I have faced some difficulties to setting their. But after sometime i'll know that how gear be set. I ride this many time, their pickup so high i love this speed. It don't get maintenance more. So i loved it!

About the Reviewer

When buying the first bikes of life everybody gets confused. Wasn't an exception for me. I shortlisted bajaj pulsar as 150, yamaha fz 2.0 and this apache after a long research. Then i took test drives for each bike in the dealerships. However, i settled for this apache. Let me get this straight, the apache rtr 160 is a beast of a machine. If you want raw acceleration out of the box, this one was the first choice in that time (january 2015). As it runs shorter gear ratios along with a rev happy engine, compared to other bikes in this segment, a little twist of throttle is enough to overtake other vehicles with ease. Low end and mid range pull is superb. Due to shorter gear ratios, it sacrifices some of its top end grunt. The torque figures are also very good. With great power comes great petrol bill, but in this case it doesn't dig a hole in our pocket. The average mileage of this bike is 40kmpl with moderate use. In highway rides you can expect anything near 42-43 kmpl. And if you ride like hooligan stunt rider, it will return around 36-38kmpl.The maintenance cost is moderate too. After 5 free services, it costs around 300-400 rs per service (it can vary from place to place)I personally modified the electricals converting this to a full dc setup to run hid lights as the light output from the stock headlight is a little bit on the lower side. One small recommendation from me is to use some branded engine oil rather than using the tvs engine oils. I use motul 7100 10w40 from the second servicing and it works great. But honestly, this particular bike needed some refinements as there are vibrations kicking in after 7k rpms. The new bikes like 2nd gen pulsar ns160 pulls harder than this while the honda hornet and yamaha fz are smoother than this. Tvs fixed all this issues by launching the 4v version of this, but unfortunately it lost some of its raw characters with the upgrade. It was a great beginner bike in that time and still now the 4v does the same. I'm very happy that i choose this one. .

About the Reviewer

I have purchased it on 26-sep-2014. The bike is really good but there are some features missing from it like auto side light off, side stand light. The mileage of bike is enough it is giving me 41 kmpl now but in starting it was giving 50. Service center in my area is really poor (kankria,ahmedabad). Speed of bike is good you will love it when it is on the top. I think front wheel of my bike is not proper because when i start riding it i can clearly feel the wheel is tortuous. The bike is not much comfortable as comparing to pulsar 150. It lightweight than pulsar 150. Because of its lightweight you will love to ride it but when truck, car or bus will pass near by you the bike will unstable. The spedometer is too much hard it is very disapointing i cant set anything in it. The company should take care of customers i am not satisfied with the bike.

This bike is completely made for speed and performance but still i am not happy with it i will suggest you to go with pulsar 150 instead of apache 160 rtr.

Pros

speed, performance, pick up

cons

seat, comfort, speedometer, service

Must buy.....Great looks.....Great initial. Comfortable for long rides. Service charges are also not so high.
Never seen any other 160-cc bike like this.
Its initial is so powerful. No other bikes can make apache rtr 160 lose.
Even. It can compete with 200 cc bikes. Because of its great performance.

About the Reviewer

First time planning for bike very confused , pulsar or apache . Then decided for apache , and book the bike ramkay tvs. Riding experience to nice 2 months once going tirupathi at my apache bike Overall disappointment only for service only Before 1k kilometre change oil. That's why driven 123000 km running.

About the Reviewer

Nice bike for under 1.50 lakh and very comfortable with 2 people and price is very good under 15200 with Bluetooth connectivity and dual disc break and LED lite very good and the top speed something 125 km.
And this bike's milage is very good city mileage something 40 to 42 km and the riding position is very good.

About the Reviewer

When i buy this bike i think it is ok but when i compare other bike it is much more better than others when i ride this bike it feel smoothness & comfort seating so i enjoy my full ride so it is best option for me firstly my friend was brought this bike then i gain my interest, riding this bike is so happy feel that reason apache 160 is my favourite bike all time.

About the Reviewer

1.Now buying(after gst):

When i bought this it was around 93k in my city but after gst it drop 10k so this is the golden chance to buy that bike with bs4 model.

2.Riding:

I would like to say that this bike have great experience for any rider like it is lie in between sport and basic bikes.The handling and performance is best.I ride it 5000 km and feel no change that reason to realize me that it is 1yrs old bike.The mileage is 45 to 50 kmpl if u ride in between 45 to 55 kmph speed or if u ride 60 to 85 it will give you 36kmph.

3.Looks :

As i say the bikes look compete with sports and basic both bikes if i say about my colleague friends they have 1st option for the apache-rtr. In white color it is looking like a white horse the headlamp is going to blow up your eye in night.The main things has the bike as lacks the only vibration at more than 85 speed i wish company should looks on it.

4.Performance and maintenance:bike has 159.7cc engine so it is just costly then a standard bike of 125 cc .But in india bike is going to common so as we know the quantity bring the cheapest price for maintaining.The chain of this bike should be changed after 2000km of rides.And the proper maintenance brings smothered performance of the bike and good pickup rate and mileage.

5.Overall *:the bike as awesome looks and design,bike available in customer to more option like front disk only,various colors etc.It has good mileage than other competence.Only lack of the bike is vibration during high speed.

About the Reviewer

Style

no other bike looks as great as apache... Great graphic and dynamic shape

engine performance, fuel economy and gearbox

good ratio of power and torque

ride quality & handling

handling is just superb.. Specially while banking on the curve

final words

go for it if u need for speed

areas of improvement

should reduce the vibration occurs at high speed and reduce the plastic part on the bike

pros

looks and handling

cons

vibrations at high speed