Well, I am not dis-agreeing with you. And its for sure that Duke and NS are completely different bike.
But taking ur facts between R15 and GS150R, then Duke should give lower Mileage than NS.

U got it wrong buddy............

Duke 200 and Pulsar 200NS are very different bikes, infact two different bikes.

1.Weight factor - 200NS weighs more than Duke- this definitely affects both power delivery and mileage.

2.Engine head configuration - 200NS is SOHC and Duke is DOHC- again a difference in power delivery and mileage.

3.Fueling - 200NS is carbureted and Duke 200 is Fuel Injected - again a difference in instant power delivery and mileage.

4.Ignition - 200NS is triple sparked and Duke 200 is single sparker - difference in torque,power delivery and mileage also gets affected by varying degrees of ignition.


So if so many things affects the difference of the two vehicles- it is evident, that they are completely different.............yes after all these they are two different bikes from two different manufacturers, albeit in the same 200cc segment.

I may go as far to say, that the line of difference between the Pulsar 200 and the Duke 200 is as much as the GS150R and the R15............ask me why ?

It is because even the GS150R and the R15 sports the same gear ratios and dito similar bore\stroke configuration of the engine.........but thats where it all ends.

R15 has Di-Asil, high lift cam 4valve engine with liquid cooling, GS150R has Aluminium coated engine internals and basic cam profile 2 valves and an air-cooled unit.
R15 weighs around 136 kgs and GS150R weighs 150 kgs,
R15 is fuel injected and GS150R is a carbureted.

Result :
R15 is a 150cc sportsbike and GS150R is a 150cc power commuter........two very different bikes in the end despite the similar bore\stroke from two different manufacturers- Yamaha and Suzuki.

Hence I like the fact that Duke 200 is entirely different from the Pulsar 200 NS..........nothing similar except the engine Cubic Capacity- not even the gear ratios.

What makes Pulsar 200 NS different from the former Pulsar 200 DTSi, is the new 4valve engine and the triple spark technology and a possible bigger carburetor along with monoshock suspension.

At last, U are getting all the support.
Me too think that since duke and ns share same bore and stroke, both will have similar FE levels(if ridden in similar conditions)

even wind contributes a lot to FE .. it was showing 56kmpl on highway when i was sitting straight but it went up to 59kmpl when i crouched ...98kmpl omg
need lot of patience .. since duke and ns share same bore and stroke , i feel 70-80kmph is the sweet spot for maximum FE ..
we will eventually lose patience after the initial run-in ..

+1
This time you've got it right..! Riding styles affect mileage for sure.

Na.. Ashwini.anand has got 49.2 kmpl.

FE

I can stand for Rohan200ns ( yeah yeah u read it correctly.My luck?) . May be something wrong(shall I call rite?) with nandi hill road.I also got around 60 kmpl (may be a little less) with pillion on nandi strech, downhill showed 73 finnally. tried 3 times with different riding style and it varied last time of full ripping .Dropped till 39kmpl.guess dat also ok for duke when riding at 120+ all time .
Note: FE varies with the cruise speed. 1 kmph speed means "X" FE again ride at 10kmph means You get "10 X" FE (as the fuelling stays almost same) but this difference goes up when You compare riding at 60 and 70 kmph, here Your speed stays almost same but fuel intake increases dramatically.So every bike/car has their sweet spot.For duke200 I think it is around 70-80 kmph. ride , increase speed gradually and shift as soon as possible and u got FE like platina.During Leh trip 1 duke got 98kmpl.Now what ??

i am not the only guy reporting this kind of FE .. just go through the early pages of duke thread and one duker has even managed 61kmpl in bangalore by tankfull method ...
@rahuldevanth - anytime ... i saw a yellow ns on NICE road today morning .. was that you?

Ha Ha.. Ok jokes apart.

Rohan, let's meet up next weekend for a ride. We will try to measure the FE of Duke and 200NS side by side. We will ride sanely and then we can put lot of doubts to rest! What say?

Yeah bro flame has a milieage indicator...but its simply crap... In stock form it showed me 100- 130 kmpl and actual mileage was 55 max... And as i told you that later my bike was heavily modified with almost nothing stock with more than 150cc up from 125, aftermarket exhaust, k&n, carburator upgrade from rtr160 and a lot more, my bike's mileage became 35 under heavy ripping, 45, normal riding and 50-52kmpl on highway maintaing 60-65 max at 4th(top) gear..(checked on nh117 from joka to diamond harbour)..and still my console showed 130kmpl.... This is the height of tvs engineering...lol... The best part about the bike is it has the most accurate speedometer with almost 0% error...the speedo sensor is inside the engine casing and runs from inside the front sprocket....

Flame had a milage indicator??!!!!!!
Now, if Duke is giving that Awesome mileage, I'm sure NS too can, but if ridden properly.
Having said that the highest efficiency that i have seen on NS ownership thread is 46kmpl

58.2 kmpl wow ! even my Honda Twister givers 50 ! well i am inclined to get a duke !

i really dont see how thats possible... war or no war... Duke is the Duke if it gives 60kmpl

Mileage is generally low during run-ins.........increases as the engine frees up.

buddy..am definitely not hear to start a war...
even i have got 40kmpl during run-in mate..
but don't you feel that 58.2kmpl is a bit unrealistic..even if you ride it in splendor mode..??
cheers..