TVS MotoSoul is an initiative of TVS Motors, celebrating the spirit of motorcycling and the bond between man and machine. It's a massive festival held annually, bringing together motorcycles, music, and a vibrant community of riders.
On display were the TVS Racing bikes, right from the first ever race bike of theirs to the new day track monster. Also, TVS showcased their Dakar Spec 400RTR which was the first Indian bike to hit the grueling rally.
Check out the entire lineup in the video!
#TVSMotoSoul #TVSApacheSeries #TVSApacheRR310 #rallybikes #DriveSpark
On display were the TVS Racing bikes, right from the first ever race bike of theirs to the new day track monster. Also, TVS showcased their Dakar Spec 400RTR which was the first Indian bike to hit the grueling rally.
Check out the entire lineup in the video!
#TVSMotoSoul #TVSApacheSeries #TVSApacheRR310 #rallybikes #DriveSpark
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00:00 Welcome to Drex Park, I'm Vedant Johari and we are in Goa for TVS Motor Soul 2023 and
00:11 here we have a host of their motorcycles that started off the rallying and the racing in
00:18 India and TVS started racing in 1982 with their first model, the TVS 50 Moped.
00:25 Now this clocked 105 km/hr as you can see with the bent handlebars, the rear position
00:31 seat, everything is race spec so to get the proper aerodynamics to actually make most
00:36 of what you have.
00:37 After that we have the TVS Shogun over here, also another motorcycle that really redefined
00:43 motorcycling in India as this was a classic motorcycle and is still respected very highly
00:49 to this day.
00:50 Now after that over here we have the TVS N-Torque but a rally spec version.
00:56 As you can see the tyres are proper knob tyres and at the rear also we have knobby tyres
01:02 and this is in the proper TVS racing paint scheme and this is used in the National Motorcycle
01:08 Rally Championship and even in the two wheeler autocrosses.
01:11 Now what we have here is the TVS TR 300X and this is a completely rally spec dirt bike
01:19 and again it comes with the knobby tyres.
01:22 The TR 300X has the proper mark guard, the proper, exactly what you need on a rally motorcycle
01:29 with the single seat and the extended seat with the lifted suspension, higher ground
01:35 clearance and on my left also we have a completely rally spec motorcycle but this is the 450cc
01:43 version.
01:44 This is the 300cc but this is the 450cc.
01:47 As you can see the forks are redone, it's made to be much fatter, absorbing that much
01:50 more impact, being able to take that much more abuse on the track.
01:55 As these are proper rally spec motorcycles you do encounter a lot of bumps, lot of ditches,
02:00 lot of stones and the suspension has to be able to take all of that beating to give you
02:05 maximum performance out of this.
02:08 Now following this we have an absolute beauty over here, the 450 RTR and this a dark aspect
02:16 TVS motorcycle.
02:17 Now TVS in 2015 were the first Indian manufacturers to actually enter Dhaka and compete there
02:24 so this is what they took through all the stages, look at this beauty with these, it's
02:29 completely done up, it's called the 450 RTR and it does not look anything like the RTR
02:35 that we see nowadays.
02:36 If you come here, if you look at the dash over here, it has the proper navigational
02:41 symbols that you see on the Dhaka motorcycles and it comes again with the singular piece
02:47 and again a lifted suspension, higher ground clearance as Dhaka is one of the most brutal
02:54 rallies in the world, one of the most dangerous rallies claiming lives and a lot of accidents
02:59 happen.
03:00 The bikes really need to be the strongest that they could and they also need to be the
03:06 toughest that they could to compete there.
03:09 Now coming to the track motorcycles of TVS, so this is the first track spec motorcycle
03:14 that we've seen here of TVS and this is the RR 310, as you can see it has the proper race
03:19 fairings right from the front cowl all the way spanning to the sides and at the rear.
03:25 It also comes with a race seat without much cushioning because you really don't need cushioning
03:30 when you're riding on track and apart from that it comes with these rear set foot pegs
03:35 to have the proper posture of the motorcycle and also the tank that we have is flattened
03:40 and it has a slight groove over here for when you've tucked in and you need to place your
03:44 helmet on the tank.
03:45 After this, we have the latest RR 310 that competed in the 2023 TVS Wuhan Make Championship
03:53 and this motorcycle firstly sounds like an absolute monster and apart from that again
04:00 it has full race fairings right from the front spanning all the way to the sides and on top
04:06 over here we also have a proper race spec tank.
04:10 This is not what we see on the regular RR 310, also the fairings on both these motorcycles
04:14 are lightened, it's made to be much more efficient to get most out of the engine on track and
04:19 the lighter you are, the quicker you can go.
04:21 Now this is the first electric race bike in India.
04:26 This is the TVS Apache RTE, not the RTR but the RTE and this is fully electric.
04:33 These motorcycles are super quick on track and it's quicker than the Formula 1400s, the
04:39 Formula LGB around MMRT, that's the Madras Motor Racing Track and this also comes with
04:45 the full race spec fairings right from the front cowl to your sides spanning all the
04:50 way to the rear and it also comes with carbon fibre bits again to lighten the weight, to
04:56 make most of it and being an electric you don't have a clutch nor do you have a gear
05:00 lever, everything is controlled on the right side with your front brake and your rear brake.
05:05 So that is something riders need to get used to before they can get onto this motorcycle.
05:10 So let us know in the comment section down below what you think of the history of TVS
05:15 racing and of these motorcycles lined up over here.
05:18 My name is Vedant Johari, signing out.
05:20 [Music]
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