Our thoughts over spied TVS bike. Is that really 250 cc motorcycle?

 By: Pranit    00:01  No comments

almost modified offroad looking test mule.

Few day's back almost every Indian automotive site were talking about TVS's spied bike, speculating  spied bike is Draken inspired 250 cc bike, while this may be true that bike has employed host of technological update from Draken concept, but truth may far from fact.

Draken 250

Draken was shown in last years auto expo at Delhi, short stroke liquid cool single with 250 cc putting some 38 bhp at very high 12000 rpm which is hard to believe. But again giving over optimistic figures in such big expo grabs media's attention cause no one care's to prove those no's and even if that bike make's somehow to production version with same power ,

Even Draken's dash seems inspired by Superduke 1290's dash.

 we're sure Draken won't gonna pass sound pollution test because of almost muffler less exhaust pipe to which TVS proudly calls reverse exhaust! TVS really ? anyways bike looks fantastic and futuristic with Superduke 1290 inspired bulky tank.

New frame is apparent, piston block cooling fins are visible, monoshock is present.

Now  let's have look at these test mules look's somewhat incomplete because TVS have removed excessive plastic cowls to hide identity of bike, In this second spied image if you look with your precise eyes , you will see cooling fins around piston block and this single clue is enough for us to understand that this isn't Draken 250 employ power plant, instead it's bore up version of Apache 180 block and may be TVS is willing to brought Apache 180 in 200 cc format, or to increase power of existing Apache 180 by increasing compression ratio and adding 4 valve setup! whatever it is but we're sure TVS don't wants to jump from 180 cc to direct 250cc. from the spy picture you can also see there is no double cradle frame like current model instead there is new perimeter or trellis frame just like Draken so like we said before TVS is using technological development taken in Draken but this bike is no 250 cc Draken, instead bike that spied is upgraded Apache. Draken was relatively premium bike and we don't believe TVS will test that bike on public road just like what hero did with their HX 250R.