TVS Flame CCVTi 125cc: Burn the Roads ! : Review

To take on the contender to fill in the 125cc range, specifically the Bajaj XCD 125, TVS has has just made its fiery debut of “Flame CCVTi 125″ . It is probably the best styles motorcycle in 125cc range. Comparatively a large machine with blacck and red color theme, to go with the fiery name. The five spoke alloys, front forks, engine refinement is more like the better bikes. It has a really bright halogen-equipped clear lens headlight with a state of the art digital instrument console which includes tripmeter, odometer, fuel gauge, clock and economy ride indicator. The Flame boasts a 8L fuel tank which is the same ammount an Bajaj XCD can hold.

The Flame has the technolgically advanced CCVTi (Controlled Combustion Variable timing ignition) engine 124.8cc, 10.3bhp at maximum power at 8250rpm and peak torque of 10.2 kgm at 6350rpm. Even with its powerful CCVTi engine it cn return about 53kpl on a crowded city road and it did better than 58kpl on an open highway.

Specification

Price : 45,000 (ex-showroom, Mumbai)
Top Speed : 97.5kph
Mileage (kpl) : 56kpl (Average) / 80 (Best)
Clearance: 165.00
Fuel Tank: 8.00
Wheelbase: 1320.00
Gears: 5 Speed
Top Speed: 95
Brakes: Drum 130 dia / Disc 240 dia
Engine Layout : Single-Cylinder, Air-Cooled, 4-Stroke
Displacement : 124.8cc
Max Power : 7.7kw at 8250 (10.5bhp at 8250)
Max Torque : 10nm at 6250
Gear Box : 4 gear constant Mesh
Clutch : Multi-Plate Wet Type
Bore x stroke : 54.5 x 53.5 mm
Compression Ratio : 10:1
Carburettor type : VM Type

Misc Features : Self Start, Stand Alarm, Alloys