What about its younger sibling???

No offends but I fail to understand how that was funny. Because all of sunday, I was actually thinking what it is that Bajaj will implement in the new Pulsar that will raise the FE to acceptable levels above what the Duke seems to be managing. I ruled out Variable valve timing / direct injection / turbocharging and supercharging because all of those would be expensive to implement and would in effect make the Pulsar more expensive than the Duke. Since those were the only mainstream CAR technologies yet to be implemented on production motorcycles, I was actually out of ideas. What Bajaj did was take one of the 'cheapest to manufacture' components in an engine head and avoided all that RnD costs and equipment costs. Anyways, why should it matter to the rider if there is a carb or an ECU at work underneath as long as it is a hoot to ride and acceptably green for the govt.?

P.S.: This year there will be a helluva fight for the 'Bike of the Year' award between the siblings . Will they give it to the super high tech one or the ingeniously designed one?

I think existing range 135-220 will sell along side this new model, however, this new model 200 NS may be priced at a premium around 90K-98K on road.

They may try to sell it as a better technology.

Holy Schmoly

This bikes looks oh so F-ing gud!!

I am regretting my decision of buying the r15 v2 alrdy. Need a buyer to take it off my hands now.

The rear end looks very much like the gt650 n however the front end is oh-so-gud-lukin. If at all i end up getting this babe the tyres would be the first thing to go out, I mean come on guys -Eurogrip - is that the best bajaj can do.

Nonetheless its a great moment in the history of the indian biking, proud of bajaj. Take that you Japs!!

So ,,

If this Bike is named as NS (naked Sports),,,, That means we have a Faired One coming in the Lineup, with FI and Full fairing and yes Projectors?????

If yes that would be a Hot Pick too,,,,,

And yes thats a Good Right up about the 3sparkplug thingy,,,,,explains a lot,,,,

Yellow looks like Bumble Bee

P200NS will be a deserving winner of "Bike of the year 2012" contest, just for the fact that it brought up a ground breaking technology. Duke 200 is outstanding bike, no doubt on that, but think of it, did they bring up anything new with Duke 200, everything that's used on Duke 200 is already pretty common in bikes, albeit in higher cc bikes.

As you pointed out, Bajaj took a cheap to manufacture tech and squeezed maximum out of it. This goes on to back the fact "Thinking simple is complex". How come competition never thought of this when going for FI, which is a good tech, but comes at a huge cost.

By the way, did you guys notice that P200NS got Bajaj symbol in just two places, they are tiny spots just above headlight and one more on speedo console, engine area now proudly displays triple spark!! I think soon they will remove Bajaj symbol from pulsar line-up.

Yet the big story is the fuel efficiency which Bajaj claims will be around 58kmpl overall when the bike is ridden at speeds under 60kmph. Raise the speeds by a significant bit and you will still get figures above 50kmpl though anything above a 100kmph drops it to under 30kmpl. Yet that's good efficiency..............

Bajaj Pulsar 200NS - first impression - Overdrive Magazine -

Duke 125, as a whole

exactly sir... but, to be fair to every bike fan, lets admit that at least fz, apache, r15, and p135 (a handful, as i said) are good handling bikes

So, let's put down a quick list of components that can be shared by P200NS & Duke 200

1. Discs both front & rear
2. Liquid cooling parts
3. Spark plugs
4. Switch gear on handlebars
5. Basic engine block (as cylinder head is different)

anything else guys, I know there is a lot missing from my short list.

OMG what a beautiful bike...

I'm hoping this 200cc bike come to Indonesia this year

This bike in yellow looks fantabulous.
Even though it looks like its an amalgam of many bikes,the design is neatly sorted.The power is equally good and justifies the look.6speed tranny and mono shock and the mileage are the most welcoming things.
Did BAL mention anything about gear ratios(is it a close ratio like duke200)?
Is BAL afraid of the sales of duke200 to launch this bike early or anything else?
Hope BAL will price this bike around 220's price(don't mind paying 90kOTR for this).

87/88k (OTR Pune) and 81/82k (OTR Pune) is 8k difference and not a 15k difference. are u sure it was 15k ?

For me the overall package is fantastic. I am expecting the bike to be not more than 90k OTR Pune , thats a substantial savings of 40 k over duke with a little less power and more mileage.

@MG/Inflammable : is the exhaust note any better than KTM ? Any idea if its a better handler than KTM ?

You I am absolutely positively sure the difference was 15k. The reason is the following story . I still remember the day I went to PBK back in June 2009 to book the P220 Fi since it was my dream bike back then only to be told that it was discontinued . Shocked as I was, I asked there has to be a new version to which the showroom staff replied in the affirmative. So I asked them what was the price difference between the 2 versions. The guy gave me another shock by telling me the difference was 15k .

Since, at that time, the P220 Fi was priced at 93xxx, I safely assumed that the new one would be priced at 1.08 lac (same as R15 back then) and so as I didn't have enough money to make the purchase , disappointed I was leaving the place. As a final gesture, I turned around to the sales executive and casually asked him the OTR price only to be given another shock . The answer (Rs. 78,220/-) had me almost jumping with joy and I immediately paid the booking amount and left.

P.S.: All prices OTR Nasik. Introductory price of P220 DTSi OTR Pune was Rs.78,117.
P.P.S.: Some facts may have been twisted to make the narrative more enjoyable . The actual booking was done on 20-July-2009 as documented below.

You are right, it was just 8k. But now, the carb costs more than fi.