TVS Star City Review

TVS Star City Review

TVS Star City is one of the excellent motorcycle from the leading two wheeler manufacturer TVS in which the new bike is a successor of Victor. The TVS Star City price is reall affordable with a price tag of Rs.44,735 and it is available in self start variant with both spoke and alloy wheel options.

TVS Star City Color Options

The colors available for the TVS Star City includes

1) Oscar Black
2) Show Stopper Blue
3) Celebrity Scarlet

Design and Style

The TVS Star City comes with a decent styling appearance along with lot of thrilling, exciting and safety features. The front is decorated with trendy headlights, good gripping handlebars, rear view mirrors which is really good. In addition, it is fitted with an informative instrument cluster which helps the rider to get all vital information at one glance. Moving to the fuel tank, the Star City gets a muscular fuel tank enabling the rider to perceive the bike in a new light. This shape of the tank is a rare combination of design and engineering with the fuel tank capacity of 10 litres with reserve fuel capacity of 2 litres. It is offered with a stylishly crafted contours reposition the vehicle as a super star of style which minimizes the coefficient of friction by providing a streamlined shape to slice via air resistance. The sharp contour affixed on the bike adds a touch of personality and modernity to the vehicle. It has been developed with a stylish honeycomb textured grills on the side panels enhancing the style quotient of the bike.

The side profile of the bike is decorated with a 3D Emblem of the Star City which is made of a special fibre giving an excellent finish. It incorporates a black silver silencer with premium ecothrust logo looking very dashing. This exhaust muffler is indulged with a special heat resistant material giving a tailpipe shape to the bike. The TVS Star City is well equipped with a comfortable seating arrangement with cushion type seats accommodating two adults safely and comfortably suited for long journeys without any hassle.

At the rear ending of the seat, the bike has a aluminium grab rail adds the safety of the pillion rider. It is ergonomically designed to offer a reassuring grip to the pillion rider while moving on both highways and heavy city traffic roads. Talking about the rear style of the vehicle, it sports a highly reflective curvature tail light enabling the glow to be clearly visible even in poor visibility condition. It enhances the safety not only for the rider but also for the commuters riding around him. TVS has given the bike with colored multi position shock absorbers allows to ride very smooth and comfortable. The colored shock absorbers enhance the style quotient of TVS Star City. TVS Star City comes with an all black alloy wheels offering making the vehicle truly the new star of style.

Dimensional Measurements

The Star City has been designed with an approximate length of 1980mm, width of 750mm and height of 1080mm respectively. It offers the larger wheelbase of around 1260mm and ground clearance of 172mm. The bore and stroke of the bike is found to be 53.5mm and 48.8mm along with the compression ratio of 9.2:1. This bike weighs nearly 109kg for electric start option and 105kg for kick start option.

Performance

The TVS Star City is powered by a 109.7cc advanced ecothrust engine with a molycoat piston reducing the friction inside the cylinder giving better combustion. This powerful engine of the vehicle churns out the maximum power of 8.4Ps at 7000rpm along with the maximum torque of 8.7Nm at 5000rpm mated to the four speed constant mesh transmission. It has a wet multi plate clutch type for better handling of the vehicle. TVS Star City mileage is really good in which the vehicle offers the best in class mileage of 86kmpl with its advanced technology engine managing the speed, rider weight, ride conditions. The vehicle can accelerate from 0-60kmph in just 10 seconds with maximum speed of 90 kmph.

Features

TVS Star City has been designed with all new exciting features helpful for the rider. It boasts a decent multi function console for noticing the mileage and power variables. The service indicator on the instrument cluster offers the timely intimation of the next servicing with a stylishly designed display unit. This instrument panel helps the rider to get all necessary information regarding the bike in just a glance even riding anywhere.

Comfortable Features

TVS Star City has been packed with lot of comfortable features which are described below.

1) Premium Controls and Grips
2) All Gear Electric Start
3) Easy Access Choke Lever Position
4) Dual Tone Seat
5) Colored Shock Absorbers
6) High Grip Tread Button Tyres
7) Stylish Headlamp

Riding and Handling

The bike has been offered with not only comfortable features, but also more safety features too. The front wheel gets a hand operated, internally expanding brake of 130mm diameter while the rear wheel has a foot operated, and internally expanding brake of 110mm which is really good for sudden braking of the vehicle. It sports excellent gripping tyres of front tire size 2.75x17 and rear tire size 3.00x17. Talking about the suspension system, the front axle comes with a telescopic oil damped suspension and rear axle has a five step adjustable hydraulic shock absorber enabling easy handling of the vehicle.

Verdict

Overall, the TVS City is good at its modern looking and ergonomic styling but the engine of the bike vibrates while travelling at higher level of speeds.