TVS Sport vs Bajaj Platina 100: Cheapest Bike to Run in Bihar

The TVS Sport and the Bajaj Platina 100 are aimed at the same buyer: someone who rides a lot, earns carefully, and wants the fuel bill as small as it can possibly be. Both do that job well. Here is how they differ once you own one.

The numbers at a glance

• TVS Sport: 109.7 cc, 8.18 PS, rated around 73 kmpl, 112 kg
• Bajaj Platina 100: around 102 cc and close to 7.9 PS
• The Sport has the larger engine and the higher rated mileage figure
• The Platina is known for its long travel suspension over broken roads

Mileage, the headline number

The TVS Sport is rated at around 73 kmpl, which is the strongest figure in our motorcycle range. Bajaj quotes the Platina in a similar band. In practice both will return figures in the sixties once you add a pillion, luggage and real road conditions. The Sport has the larger engine of the two, so it reaches those numbers without being worked as hard.

Engine and load carrying

The Sport uses a 109.7 cc engine making 8.18 PS. The Platina 100 runs around 102 cc producing close to 7.9 PS. On paper that is a narrow gap. On a loaded bike climbing out of a riverbank road, the Sport feels the more relaxed of the two, and a relaxed engine is a long-lived engine.

Ride comfort

Bajaj made comfort the Platina headline with its long travel suspension, and it genuinely soaks up bad roads. The TVS Sport counters with a long seat, soft suspension tuning and a low 112 kg kerb weight that makes it easy to place in traffic. Both are pleasant over a rough district road. This one is close enough that you should ride both.

Durability and service cost

These are simple, robust machines by design, and both are cheap to maintain. What differs is where you get that maintenance done. TVS Madni Motors on Dak Bunglow Road is the authorized TVS dealership for Araria, which means Sport owners get genuine parts and trained technicians without leaving town.

Which one should you buy?

• Choose the TVS Sport for the higher rated mileage, the larger engine and authorized TVS service in Araria.
• Choose the Bajaj Platina 100 if plush suspension over broken roads is the thing you care about most.
• Ride both back to back if you can. In this segment the seat and the suspension decide it, not the brochure.

Both bikes are honest about what they are. The Platina sells comfort, the Sport sells economy with enough engine to stay comfortable anyway. If your road to work includes long unmade stretches, ride the Platina before you dismiss it. If you want the lowest fuel bill with a bike that does not run out of breath when loaded, the Sport is the one we would put our own money on.

Prices and specifications here are indicative and change by variant and model year. Call for a current on-road quote.