India, Oct. 15 -- TVS Motor Co. Ltd. has entered India's fastest growing premium motorcycle segment with the TVS Apache RTX, to take on the likes of the Royal Enfield Himalayan and KTM's series of adventure motorcycles.

The TVS Apache RTX is powered by a 299.1-cc single-cylinder, liquid-cooled, four-stroke DOHC engine that produces 36 PS of power at 9,000 rpm and 28.5 Nm of torque at 7,000 rpm. It gets a six-speed gearbox with a bi-directional quickshifter, as well as a slip-and-assist clutch. All of this hangs on a steel trellis chassis with a visible subframe.

"[TVS Apache] is now a global community of over six million riders," Gaurav Gupta, president of TVS Motor's two-wheeler business in India, said in a statement on Wednesday (15 O...