I had purchased a tvs starcity (alloy) in JULY, 2006 after reading good reviews of this product on mouthshut.com and it is now 9 months. I learnt bike riding on this bike. I must say that this bike is very good in terms of fuel consumption and confort. However, its biggest problem is the below standard parts of the bike. Once it fell down on the road and its leg-guard was deformed. I think the leg-guard itself needs a guard. Also the warranty card has vegue wordings (eg the electrical circuit is not covered under warranty) and the persons at service-centre charges for everything they replace, at least here at Patna. I recently found one day that horn was not working, turn-signal not glowing, neutral indicator not glowing etc.
When I went to service centre, they told that the regulator is defective. They replaced it but charged a sum of Rs. 403/- for the same. It is only one week now and again the horn is not blowing. I have not taken it to the service centre yet. But I am sure, they will charge again for whatever they find. In reality, its reliability is very poor and the maintenance cost is quite high.