Bigger capacity TVS Apache RTR220/250 not occuring in 2011!

Analyzing the words of TVS Motor Limited’s President-Marketing, HS Goindi, speaking to BusinessStandard here is somethingthat Apache RTR fans wouldn’t like to hear. First of all, Mr Goindi says this,

“We are working on two products. It would take us another eight to nine months to launch these motorcycles commercially in the market”.

Now, what that means is TVS Motors isn’t launching any motorcycle in 2011. That effectively puts paid to all the rumors circulating about the larger capacity TVS Apache RTR220 hitting Indian roads in 2011.

This theory further gains credence by the fact that TVS usually does not launch more than once product each year in each segment and the RTR series of motorcycles’ various installments are testament to this.

Having just unveiled the 2011 TVS Apache RTR180 ABS, TVS Motors wouldn’t be in a tearing hurry to launch a bigger Apache in 2011 as servicing the demand for the RTR180 ABS and analyzing the market feedback of the first ABS equipped motorcycle in the country should keep TVS pretty occupied.

Coming back to the higher capacity Apache, which has for long, been due from the TVS stables, fuel injection and ABS technology could most probably make it to the 200cc plus Apache  when it does get launched sometime post 2011.

We hope that TVS Motors brings out it’s 200cc plus Apache RTR at the earliest as the segment is just hotting up with the likes of Honda and Mahindra all set to launch 250cc premium sports motorcycles in the Indian motorcycle market.