So those test mules were smaller versions? If yes then why wasn't this bike tested on road?

what do u mean to say that, Pulsar 200 or 200+ CC will not be launched now, that it will take some time?

ok, today morning when coming from pune to ammby valley city, i saw those two camouflaged pulsars being tested around 7:45 AM. one rider stopped and turned around and went other way so continued my chase of the other rider who was ahead of me. i was chasing him on my pulsar 150. My Observations are -
the bike was little bit quicker than my pulsar150. his accelaration was better than my P150, but not by a very big margin.
he was ripping his bike hard and i was having slight difficulty in keeping with him after 100 kmph (on my speedo) then achieved 105 kmph when we have to slow down for toll plaza. after which he went other way, and i was in a hurry to reach office, so couldn't follow him.
it seems either he was aware of me chasing him, since i was wearing riding gear or otherwise he was too determined not to let anyone catch him, coz he was riding like he is john abraham with abhishek bachchan chasing him in DHOOM.
so i think the bike i was chasing was not more than 150 CC. my guess though.

I guess the bit in bold is what Rajiv Bajaj would want us to believe. Or how else would you explain the 'Non-Rear-Disc-sporting' test mules. IMO, the entire Pulsar series will be revamped with completely new ones with the P125TSLC replacing the current P150 and the P150TSLC replacing the current P180. Improved FE and Power no.s will take care of the 'social stigma' of 'downgrading' from something like a 150cc (13.5 Ps) CB Unicorn to say a 125cc (14.x Ps) P125LC (Duke 125 was actually 'restricted' to 15 Ps).

Do you remember, when Bajaj first acquired stake in KTM back in 2008 or was it 2007, immediately they displayed Race & Stunt concepts based on 125cc engine, you think KTM developed them just like that? those were completely developed by Bajaj. Once they entered into a binding agreement, these products got push and they decided to develop bikes on this platform, when I say platform i'm talking about engine. Of course the chasis/frame used in Duke are from KTM, but in Pulsar Chasis/frame are different to that used in Duke. So, they share basic engine block, head is apparently different in both bikes and probably transmission.

Oh yeah, reagrding your yardsticks.. Pulsar is more into creating categories rather than competing with existing ones. Perhaps you remember when P150 came in it did wipe out competition, but for bikes such as P135LS/P200NS there is no competition as they are unique. On price, you may end up comparing with some bikes, but on performance you again need to look for a different set for comparision.

I guess the bit in bold is what Rajiv Bajaj would want us to believe. Or how else would you explain the 'Non-Rear-Disc-sporting' test mules.

The 200 NS will sell alongside the existing Pulsar lineup and will mostly be the choice of the typical power/style/wannabe consumer; similar people to the ones who preferred the FZ over the other 150/180 CC bikes. Segmentation of a particular product depends a lot on what is the target audience.

Love to ride this beast . Looks and specs are awesome.
Great going Bajaj...
A question to everyone ? will there be other versions of this pulsar as well i mean in terms of displacement CCs?

and the white knight cometh ..i wonder how purple and ktm-orange would look!

Okay, use your accurate Yardstick and tell me what are the bikes that fall in the same segment as P200NS?

Any why is Mr Bajaj announcing that the new P200NS will compete with R15 and CBR250? Hope they are all in different segments?


The point is, even with those breath taking pricing/power/mileage figure on papers the P135 was merely like another XCD135 in market.

Lets see how the P200 sustains.

Digitally modified color in white by an Indonesian Pulsar enthusiast.

Source: Adventure of Morukai

It seems some of us expected bajaj to launch a 250cc motorcycle. Why? I personally believe that creating a 200cc motorcycle is the right approach from bajaj as the first motorcycle in the series of motorcycles based on KTM engine. Creating the motorcycle of same cubic capacity with KTM 200 engine as the base would have less development cost and less risks for bajaj. A bigger engine would have increased the development cost and risk factors as well. Please correct me if i am wrong. So going for pulsar 200 NS is a safer bet. Pulsar 200NS will also be a learning experience for bajaj and will tell them how does it fare in day to day conditions after it starts to sell. There are several "firsts" in NS for bajaj so they have can't take too much risks with their first "all new" pulsar. And as Rajiv Bajaj has himself hinted clearly that bigger pulsars will come along with technical collaboration with KTM, what's the worry?

@sefanm
Looks like a lot of folks don't know this.
Bajaj owns a big chunk of KTM.
Bajaj is bigger than KTM. Bajaj earns more than KTM. Bajaj sells more than KTM. Bajaj > KTM.
Bajaj put millions of dollars in KTM. It's because of bajaj, ktm has class leading products such as Duke 125 and 200 (who initially started as stunt 125 and race 125 on paper).

Lol People think of this as Hero and honda relationship. Hero is not the owner Honda. But Bajaj IS one of the owner of KTM. Bajaj put a millions of dollars in KTM and in trade they are getting tech and know how, nothing unfair.

Apple sources most of the components from Samsung and LG. Dell uses hard disks from seagates. Tata safari feature digital clock which is mainly made by Samsung. Asus graphics cards use chipsets from nVidia and AMD. German Skoda and VW imports CKD from Mexico and sell them here as German cars. All BMW Bikes use gear bikes which is made by Hero Moto Corp. Corollas and Almost all other old Jap cars started their life by reverse engineering German/europium cars. Intel used AMD chipsets and sold as Geniune Intel mobo. All apachi engines are suzuki fiero at the core. All use bearings from SKF. Motorola sources display from Samsung.

Nobody in this world makes products from ground up. Most of the times companies are dependent on competating companies for raw parts. It was like in 2000 AD they used to make products from scratch.

It's just pure business. Here I'm not a fan of Bajaj's but a rational person.

@sefanm: get the facts right before posting rubbish. Keep the quality of forum.

Looks like we have too many minors between us.