TVS Ntorq 125 Race Edition

With fuel prices going berzerk, we wanted something economical to use as a daily, so we popped into TVS South Africa and grabbed the TVS Ntorq 125 Race Edition scooter. At just on 24k brand new, it seems like a great option…

Powered by a 125cc four-stroke engine, the Ntorq is dressed in funky racing graphics, has a single sided sided swingarm and cool LED Lights. You get a neat digital dash with bluetooth connectivity and turn by turn navigation. You also get a charging port.

Nifty right?

We gave the Ntorq to Deon who suited up and navigated his way from TVS South Africa headquarters in Sandton through some seriously crazy Jo’burg traffic – in the rain.

Because it has not stopped raining in GP for the whole year so far.

Deon says:

This wasn’t my first time riding the Ntorq Race Edition, we were invited to the TVS South Africa Launch where we got a short ride on all the TVS models available in S.A. From what I heard nobody had anything bad to say about the little scooter.

I was barely out the gates when it started raining. So, I had two choices: go back, load it on the back of the bakkie and sit dry in the Jozzie traffic or just keep going, get wet and still have fun on two wheels. I kept going.

The 124.79cc 3 valve single cylinder engine is not the fastest out there, but with its 6.9kW – 10.5Nm of torque the peppy little motor does let you glide through the urban back roads with ease. Weighing only 118kg it is very easy to flick it around the pesky cars and with its single front disc brakes and rear drum brakes it stops on a dime. The TVS house brand Remora rubber handled just fine on the wet road surface and I got to the office in no time at all.

Slightly wet, but smiling as I thought of the rest of the team in the car sitting in the traffic.

I had so much fun, that the little scoot became my daily commute for the next week. The under seat storage compartment is handy on any scoot, great for any electronic equipment or paperwork, but not quite big enough for your crash helmet.

When time came to shoot the bike, we took a ride up to the quiet roads around Pretoria North.

I was seriously outgunned, the smallest of the pack in the company of a Triumph 800, an italjet 700 and a QJMOTO SRV600… Needless to say they had to wait for me a couple of times, but I had fun. Especially after finding the Sport or Race Mode…

The TVS Ntorq 125 comes with dual ride mode. Street is more for economy. Sport mode is well – a bit sportier.

It also has Built-in Lap-timer that compares your current lap to your best lap if you take a dice around the track. Cool huh?

The fully digital console gives you lap times and shows you how long it takes you to get from 0 – 60km/h.

Our best time was 8.8sec that led up to a top speed of 103km/h complete with a box full of camera equipment.

Someone at the TVS office had managed 7 and a bit seconds. That person must weigh less than a fly! The only problem was that once we discovered sports mode all thoughts of real economy figures went flying out of the window..

When the guys had to stop to get fuel, the Ntorq still had plenty! In fact, I can’t remember filling her up until we had to return her to the TVS offices.

The Ntorq never ran out of fuel so we can’t say exactly how far it will go on a single tank as there was still fuel left when we took it back. But it is seriously light on fuel.

The guys at TVS claim that you can get between 45 and 53.4 kilos per liter which, if we figure how much mileage we did makes a lot of sense.

Once we got to our photoshoot destination the joy of riding a scooter like this really came out. The tight and curvy roads are a joy, flat out and lean… So easy to ride and as the old saying goes; “it’s more fun to go fast on a slow bike than to go slow on a fast bike!”.

Find a spot, hop off, take photos, hop on and see if I can beat my personal best 0 – 60 times, it became a bit of a game. Lots of fun…

We’ll grow up one day!

The little Ntorq has a nice upright riding position, the seat is comfortable for long rides, the suspension is soft enough not to rearrange your innards and I must say, it’s a good looking little scooter. At R23,999 it seems like good value with a quality feel. It’s really light on fuel, small, nimble and heaps of fun.

One of those seriously sensible commuters.

Not ideal for freeways because of it’s max speed, but acceleration and all that from the traffic lights never left us worrying that we’d be smoked by faster cars and the brakes did a good job of keeping things tidy.

There is one thing about the Ntorq that will take getting used to. The beepers on the indicators. Every time you use them it sounds like a truck reversing. An additional layer of safety for the rider though.

Beat the fuel crisis, check out the TVS Ntorq 125 Race Edition, seriously stylish, inexpensive, economical, quiet and easy to ride with a 3 year 30 000KM warranty.

At your TVS Dealer.