I agree with Stu Bodycote 100%.
TVS talks more about their state of the art facility, and WAY less about anything they’re working on bike wise.
Guess who else has state of the art facility? Ducati, BMW, KTM, so does MV Agusta and many others. And they’re making bikes and sharing info on their progress.
I love the 961 Commando and Dominator, but as Stu said, it’s days have come. If anyone wanted one in the past, they had their chances for 10 years to get one. But I do agree to keep spare parts available for at least 5 more years.
If TVS decides to offer the cafe racer bike, it needs to have a minimum of 180 hp to be competitive. By competitive I mean in the performance sector. Anyone 40 years old and younger is more interested in speed and performance numbers.
Same for the V4, it must have 200 minimum hp or they failed and missed the mark.
I’m aware that the TVS bikes will be carbon, billet aluminum, detailed etc, but performance numbers sell. Especially to younger buyers. What would you say is the youngest buyer of the 961 bikes?
I don’t think you seen any late 20 to early 30 year old guys running out to buy a 961 when they were available. But look how many in this age bracket buy sport and super bikes.
Retro looks are cool and it does sell. But for how long and how long will that buyer be buying?
This reminds me of the Harley Davidson market. Baby boomers. Harley catered to them for decades and once baby boomers started dying off of getting to old to buy new bikes, Harley sales started to drop. They were refusing to change their bike line up. I give them a A+ for effort thinking outside the box with the Livewire and now the Pan America, Sportster S but they also need to get with the times.
They still don’t even use LED turn signals on their brand new bikes.
