hosur first to come up with a fuelinjected engine then abs the tvs apache series had always been ahead of its time in the sporty commuter segment giving a tough time to pulsars and gixxers debuting in 2005 apache series had answers for aspirational youth the apaches have witnessed evolution over the years and today im at the place where it all began tvs manufacturing facility in hosur to test ride the latest of the lot 2020 tvs apache rtr160 4v and rtr200 4v whats there to look out for in 2020 editionapache rtr 4v series featured a sharp and edgy design something tvs calls raceinspired visually things get better now that aside you have an allnew bsvicompliant engine and a dash of a technological upgrade well for all these you need to break the bank a little more now starting under rs 1 lakh the rtr160 4v drum variant is priced at rs 99950 disc variant at rs 103 lakh and rtr200 4v at rs 124 lakh exshowroom so what can the extra money buy you lets find outfirst impressioncosmetic changes offered in both the motorcycle are somewhat similar just that rtr200 has taken the dose on a slightly greater note to begin with the headlamp cluster is completely reworked tvs calls it clawshaped with the led headlamp stacked in two layers boomerangshaped led stripe on top appears as eyebrows to the illumination unit overall its aggressive angrier and most importantly doesnt seem overworkedin an attempt to make the motorcycle more energetic a few racetheme decals and stripes have been extended to the tank its more expressive in the bigger rtr thats not it the rtr160 4v wears a changed saddle at least in terms of looks if not comfort the central portion is black in colour while grey fabric does the role of a filler the built quality is more or less the same always a bit biased towards the apache i feel the current designing cues of both the motorcycles reflect a silhouette which is the right mix of youthful and appealing charactersone heck of a techthe rtr200 4v gets a bluetoothenabled smartxonnect mobile application technology which seems to be an upgrade from the existing app on the ntorq and jupiter grande connected with the app which is available both on android and ios you get access to multiple features including turnbyturn navigation race telemetry tour mode lean angle mode crash alert service reminder highspeed alert and callsms notification which can also be seen on the new dot matrix dashboard while the bike is not in motionapart from safety and security coverage the app also covers the entertainment bit on the move the app shows 060 kph timing in case you attain a new top speed a trophy pops up on the screen among others making it more engaging and interesting however these are exclusive to the bigger motorcycle of the twothe time youd been waiting for vroom vroomthe good part is both the motorcycles