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Source Click here for Overdrive Subsription September 2001
The TVS Victor
 Style & Build

The overall style of the bike is conventional contemporary. Safe and without flash yet distinctive enough. There are traces of the Samurai in there. Best of all, one can see that the designers and engineers have worked to embody proven thought in the newest ways - can't fault their logic on what is definitely the most important model TVS has ever attempted on its own.
  
The most notable aspect of the bike centres around its front fairing which houses a wide rectangular headlamp. TVS is obviously wiser since the oddball unit of the Fiero (yes, it is also being redesigned!). This time there might not be overwhelming raves coming its way for this but no one is going to snigger at it either. The tank is a nicely chiselled unit with a perfect knee recess turned into a style statement. The fuel filler cap is of the push to lock type but I would have liked to see it flush with the tank surface and not protruding as it is presently. Well, fellas you know what to do on the next bike!
  
The side panels and tail unit are not exactly works of art but do aworkmanlike job at imparting the bike with a strong presence and that certainly is an effort the TVS design team has worked on. The Fiero-esque tapering tail unit housing the brake light is neatly done while the powder coated (in silver) grab rail is another design detail well integrated. The sculpted seat sits well with the flow of the petrol tank and the sweep of the side panels, making for a feelgood stance viewed from any angle.
  
The slightly angled exhaust with the perforated heat shield is a design element which plays its own crucial role as do the valanced front mudguard, fine interplay of black and silver grey finishes on the engine, new design TVS Srichakra tyres and those stylish rear view mirrors.
  
The bike features a twin pod instrument console with a speedo on the left with the right 'un housing the telltale lights including a crucial red and orange combo which we shall get to later.
  

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