pavanchirmade

One thing bad about the FZ: Uncomfortable for long rides with a pillion as the length of the seat is very less.
One thing bad about the P180: Heavy
One thing good about the P180: Nice throttle response and better acceleration than the FZ
One good thing about the FZ: Fat ass Soft compound tyres providing awesome grip and confidence.

FZ has loads of poser value. P180 is more suited for almost all kinds of riding except offroading.

PS: Getting a bike just because its tyres are fat doesn't make much sense.
And Bajaj is also reliable. Don't start on the usual brand war that people here normally do.

@Ashwin208: Bajaj also has very good quality now. The UG4 variant of the P180 is more refined and more reliable than ever. The vibes are almost nil when compared to the UG3. I ride a UG3 and have ridden a friend's UG4 extensively. So I know what I am talking about.

My take: The P180UG4...hands down!

Do NOT decide unless you ride both.

Mileage: Both have almost the same mileage. But P180 makes more sense as it pumps out more power but is fuel efficient at the same time.

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kaynmantis

There are some cases where choices are quiet difficult. Yours seems to be one of the easier ones, considering there are only two and not to mention quiet different.
Was I you, I would go for FZ. To be honest, I didn't go for FZ when I had to decide for myself . Sounds hypocritical. However my choice was different from yours and me requirement is probably different as well. Mine was between Zma-R and FZ. Like them both. Ultimately went for Zma.
Many would quote the engine power. But for me, that wasn't my primary concern. I don't see much of a difference between Zma & FZ. For that matter I don't see much difference among all bikes below Ninja 250. I see them as small commuters bikes that are hell of a practical machines. A couple of CCs and HPs difference doesn't strike me as deciding factors. Whats more important to me were..
1. Which are the one I like most (Of course, as per my wallet).
2. The manner on how those tiny amount of powers are delivered. And for my purpose, Zma's power delivery on highway was more to my liking than that of FZ.
3. Quality/reliability. Which I find them equally good.

Had I not have to travel on highway daily. I'd probably be riding the FZ today.

Abhinav18

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Keep your prejudices aside and go ask for a test ride for Fz16 and p180

when you are at it, check if you like the rider position.(assuming that other parameters like performance, FE, Depreciation, are nt important)

its like buying a shoe, yew have to try out a couple of them to find the one which fits you well and is also comfortable. ^ ^

that being said pulsars are heavy, but coz of this reason its assuring at higher speeds, remains stable as a rock (poisoning yer mind with my prejudices)

yes fz16 probably handles well in city riding conditions, after all they claim that they have achieved near 50/50 weight distribution.
(i can imagine those engineers to have designed the rider's seating position keeping that in mind too, , even tho it might not necessarily mean good rider comfort )

PS: i had gone for a test ride for the FZ16 few weeks after it was launched, but the guy over there said that they didnt give test rides. so i went over to Bajaj , and looked up a P180. But the flyers for P220 S caught my eye and i booked one (this was in Jan, they didnt have any to give me a test ride, i assumed it would be like my pal' p220/p150 ~~)

Nevertheless the wait for 220S was kinda long, and the dealer said that i would have to wait for some more months, so i ditched the 220S plan and got a 220F dtsi .

sry i got carried away

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2stroker

I trhink you should go for fz16(the new model with some cosmetic changes).It has good low and mid range torque and beats pulsar 180 in 0-60 drag.For this you can refer overdrive (july edition- actually i m not confident as i dont remember the month)

after all heavy bike for a heavy man.
( i m also 90 and ride yamaha rx100 -a very gentle bike)

drarifhashmi

Hi just ride both the bikes and then decide...

Great poser value for FZ and as someone said all bikes are common, so you may have to go in for a custom build

Give a thought to RTR 180 you may just fall for it I did

BTW aren't girls also common??? So then......

madhav krishna

if your concern is city riding then get the fz but if your concern is highway & city riding in a ratio of 70:30 then get the pulsar.

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Abhinav18

Accoreding to the opinion by all of you i took test drivess of both the bikes and It looked to me as If i had driven the same bike 2 times........there was not much of difference in smoothness of both the bikes both are smooth but in FZ i was a little bent while driving it which makes me think that wheather it will be problem in long route driving.........PLEASE HELP

Abhinav18

Ooooo mere veer bharavon mainu guide te kar dvo.......!!!!!

kinshuk.arya

long route driving is abit tedious in fz because of the seating position and hard grips the palms start to hurt after around 100-120kms.... but you can always get a pair of gloves....

i am not a big fan of the pulsars dont like their quality...

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