TVS Flame DS125 twin spark, 3 valve motorcycle launched

After much controversy and bare knuckle fisticuffs with Bajaj Auto and finally permission from the Supreme Court to sell while keeping records, TVS Motor Company has finally be launched its Flame DS125 twin spark, 3 valve motorcycle in India.

TVS Flame DS125 photo. For the executive.

The 125 cc TVS Flame DS125 motorcycle produces 10.5 bhp at 7500 rpm.We are not sure about the maximum torque of the Flame DS125.  During its launch 2 1/2 years back, it was reported that the 10 Nm at 6250 rpm. The TVS press release announcing the Flame DS125 did not mention torque figures. While 10.5 bhp looks good on paper for a speed beyond 100 kilometers per hour, sadly, the motorcycle touches only 95 kmph. Sadly, the TVS Motor Co website has not yet realised that their company has started selling the Flame DS125, and therefore have not updated their products section either. And the press release is as short as these things get. Sigh…

According to the Economic Times, the company said that the motorcycle will initially be launched in the south and would be sold in the rest of India later. The motorcycle is available in two dual-tone colors – red and black – and is priced at Rs.  49,200 ex showroom. (Again, ex-showroom where? Timbuktoo? Anywhere in the South? No clarity in the press release there too.)

The TVS Flame DS125 motorcycle is reasonably stylish, but not too exciting in the looks department.  It is squarely targeted at the executive segment.  Executive segment motorcycles account for 40 per cent of the Indian motorcycle market.  You get disc brakes in front, a good looking silencer, and analog speedometer and digital odometer, mileage meter, digital clock and fuel gauge in the main console. All photos of the Flame DS125 show the bike with black alloy wheels, so maybe that is default. No mention of any variants or trim levels either.

Bajaj Auto had filed a suit two and a half years back against TVS Motor Co claiming that the twin spark technology was patented by the company.  As the court case dragged on, TVS introduced a Flame motorcycle with a single spark plug.  This single spark Flame will continue to be manufactured by TVS and will be sold at a price of Rs 1500 less than the price of the twin spark flame DS125.