TVS Sport

TVS Sport is the Chennai company’s offering in the entry level 100cc segment. This, along with the TVS Jive and TVS Star City are the bikes that are available from TVS for the truly mileage conscious commuter audience. Speaking of features, the Sport comes with a 99.7cc single cylinder 4 stroke engine that can crank up a power of 5.5 kw (7.4 PS) and a torque of 7.5 Nm.

As you would notice, these are extremely basic offerings but with low power comes great mileage and that should be something that the Sport should really be able to deliver. The mileage should also be helped by a pretty low dry mass weight of 95 kg although the fuel tank capacity is standard at 12 liters with 2 additional liters for reserve. The TVS Sport 100cc has a starting price of Rs. 37,555 ex-showroom Delhi.

Company Mileage Claims

As noted earlier, at a low power and dry mass weight, the mileage delivered should be exemplary and TVS does not fail at that. According to the company, you can expect a mileage of 82.9 kmpl under standard test conditions. I always say this, but again, do note that the mileage you can see on city roads will be much lower than this due to the non-optimal driving conditions. Nevertheless, if you were to compare this mileage with the official claim on the two other entry level bikes, this is how the Sport fares –

That’s a little disappointing that the Sport is not even the best among the bikes from TVS, let alone the entire 100cc segment where you have bikes as the Yamaha Crux that can offer 91 kmpl.

Customer Reviews

This may not go too well. Let’s start with MaxAbout. According to them, the city mileage you can expect is just about 50 kmpl while on the highways, this can go up to 65 kmpl. And this is on a bike that claims to deliver 82.9 kmpl of economy! Next up is BikeDekho that has a better review. They report a petrol consumption of a liter for every 70 kilometers of ride. IndiaAuto has a similar report claiming to having seen a 70 kmpl fuel efficiency on the Sport 100cc.

I looked through some reviews posted by the members of BikeAdvice since the time the TVS Sport used to be called the TVS Star Sport. The numbers claimed are not consistent with people claiming anywhere between 55-75 kmpl of consumption. That may not be too helpful if you are trying to make a purchasing decision here, but then, this also means you can possibly see a better mileage than what other reviewers above have noted.

Looking up IndiaGarage, one user who claims to be a Sport user says that the mileage differs vastly depending on your driving conditions. Regardless, on an average, you should see anywhere between 68-75 kmpl which is totally good for a 100cc bike. The review from IndianDrives is similar too and the report notes an economy of close to 75 kmpl.

As a final word, let’s check out what the folks at MouthShut have got to say. There are 38 reviews for the bike with the customers pretty happy on the average with respect to the fuel consumption. They have rated the bike 4/5 on this aspect. The reviewers have complained of a few features like wobbling and bike combustion but fuel economy is not one of them. Most reviewers have rated the bike’s mileage to be between 65-75 kmpl which is not bad at all.

So what would you make of this bike? There have been a few not-so-great reviews of the bike claiming a mileage of just around 50 kmpl but if you ask me, they seem to be outliers or an one-off case. A majority of the reviews from real world customers seems to be pretty positive where they have noted a mileage of at least 65 kmpl. This is a pretty good economy to note on city roads and so if you are happy with the rest of the features of this bike, you should go for it. It’s one of the best buys you can make for under 40,000.