TVS Star City Plus

The Indian two wheeler maker, TVS launched its new Star City+ in the domestic market in order to give its motorcycle portfolio a boost. The new Star City+ is the latest member of the TVS Star motorcycle family and as its name goes, it is an efficient city bike. The new TVS Star City+ is a new, premium variant in the Star bike range which is targeted at the young Indian bike buyers with a premium look and feel, good features, mileage and reliability. As the Indian bike buyers are spoilt with innumerable choices, the new Star City+ is the Indian two wheeler maker’s effort to draw attention towards itself with a capable urban offering in the constantly expanding Indian entry level bike segment. The new TVS Star City+ is braced with many qualities such as a refreshing styling and very frugal EcoThrust engine and it delivers quite the experience that its maker claims to offer. TVS offers a revamped design on the new Star City+ which is pretty subtle and can’t be ascertained at a first glance. However, a closure look reveals the noticeable sharper and enhanced looks of this Star variant that comprises of a more sculpted design and bolder creases on the fuel tank and the rest of the body of the bike. TVS has focused on the overall quality of the bike which is highly appreciable. As a result, the new Star City+ boasts of improved fit and finish along with better quality plastics, switches and a better paint job finish, all of which together really make a difference.The new Star City+ design language is called the 'modern flow motion style' by TVS and it will be bestowed on the future commuter range from TVS. The new Star City+ gets a new instrument panel, chrome finished handlebars, stylish alloy wheels, attractive LED tail light cluster and an alloy rear grab rail.

The new TVS Star City+ is powered by the 109 cc, 4 stroke air cooled EcoThrust motor that has been tweaked to offer improved fuel efficiency while not compromising its decent power and performance. This engine offers a max power of 8 Bhp at 7000 rpm and a peak torque of 8.7 Nm at 5000 rpm. The engine is mated to a 4 speed transmission gearbox.

The new TVS Star City+ comes with an impressive claimed fuel efficiency of up to 86 km per liter.

The new TVS Star City+ is a proficient city bike from all aspects and offer good performance on the busy urban roads. This new motorcycle model offers good riding dynamics in the city conditions, especially at low speeds making it a great heavy traffic handler. Its engine offers descent power and feels pretty refined. Though it lacks quick acceleration, but offers good mid-range response. While gear shifts are not very smooth, the clutch feels really good. It also offers an overall comfortable riding experience and offers effortless handling of the sharp turns.