another reason why YAMAHA is more youthful is their looks,style.
Youth are mad abt looks and speed,when its comes to speed and performance bothe are arguably good but when it comes to looks,YAMAHA clearly wins here.

yamaha is anyhow beter than bajaj but for me pulsar taken indian biking to next level when no company is intrested in indian market in terms of performance bike

that's the point!

PULSAR is the Brand name that introduced a new genes of biking to the youth. Now yammie is catching up with FZ-16 and Fazer . So My Preference would be PULSAR

Any1 with anything like the RD in their history gets my vote. No other bike in India that i have ridden has grabbed me by the B***S and said 'ARE U SCARED'

Apache RTR is attracting the youth for quiet sometime now.at the point of time before the launch of FZ, many guys were going for RTR as Pulsar was too common.i would say the "most youthful brand" fight is more close between the Pulsar and RTR as they are similarly priced.

Definitely YES!YAMAHA

Pulsar all the way..!

hey guys youth means all abt good looks & yamaha's bikes r gud in looks wise so my vote for yamaha

My vote to YES Yamaha !! It's not fair to compare a global brand like Yamaha with constantly diluting/dying Pulsar brand. No doubt, Pulsar was popular in 2002, it killed over priced CBZ, and brought pressure to 150cc+ segment with P twins.....but now Pulsar can't do anything to brands like FZ, R15, GSR, Unicorn, HHH, HHHCBZX,Zma,.. Pulsar brand is clearly under pressure, it can't beat any of these brands.

"Yamaha" for ever...that's my choice

yammy all the way but yamaha vs pulsar!!! yammy has a lot of weight as pulsar is only a single bike not like pulsar vs r15.....

bajaj all the way

i am writing in the basis of indian context,not so called international branding!!!!!!
The Yamaha RX100 is a 98cc two-stroke single cylinder air cooled motorcycle. It was M/s Escorts Limited "Bread and Butter" model for close to 12 years between 1985 and 1996. The only changes in its 11 year production history were the pin striping and an upgrade to a 12 volt electrical system.
--source wikipedia.

The Rajdoot 350 was a two-stroke motorcycle made in India by Escorts group from 1983 to 1990. It was a licenced copy of the very popular Yamaha RD350B, modified to suit Indian conditions. Many Indian motorcycle connoisseurs consider it to be the best two-stroke ever made in India. Even though the production of the air cooled Yamaha RD350 had ended in Japan in the mid 1970s due to stringent emissions norms, it was a technically advanced motorcycle in the Indian market in 1983. It had 7-port two stroke parallel twin engine, Yamaha's patented Torque Induction system using reed valves, 6-speed transmission, Auto lube system, mechanical tachometer,12V electrics and 0-60km/h in less than 4 seconds. In the interest of cost, the front disc brake of the RD350B was substituted with a 7" Twin leading shoe drum brake from the Yamaha RD250.
source wikipedia.

what flashes in our minds when we say yamaha,,,,,,if r1,mt1 then there is no point of discussing anything,it like comparing bill gates to ramu kaka of our old hindi movies.......

if yamaha name flashes models like rxs,Rajdoot 350 or even new generation r 15(too good ,must say here),fz then there is a chance of talking here.

i personally trust Yamaha very much,as i was a gear head from the regaining,i used to drool over rx s,still get a huge amount of adrenaline rush by riding them,..
but the scenario changed in our Desi country from 90s where a motorcycle means A HUGE MACHINE,NOT IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE THOUGH,ONLY ONE THING ECONOMY,,,,,,,,,,!!!!
I STILL REMEMBER THE LINES OF THE ADVERTS ....ek liter pe assi kilometer chalta hai, and so on.....

just remember those days,only flooded with economy commuters to which mechines PERFORMENCE MEANS ONLY AND ONLY FUEL ECONOMY!!add some scooters from lml and vespa licensed old copies made by OUR VERY OWN BAJAJ........the performance was dying in vein.....pathetic....

we ,so called performance addicts ,what we used to ride then,please remember once....

then Hero Honda CBZ, launched in early 1999 by Hero Honda MotorsBajaj Pulsar,,,,,, is a motorcycle brand owned by Bajaj Auto in India. The two wheeler was developed by the product engineering division of Bajaj Auto in association with motorcycle designer Glynn Kerr Tokyo R&D.
just think about the amount of enthusiasm was present at that time....
a naked street fighter ,not merely a japanese copy cat/not an engine which was made by another manufacture for another bike..its a complete born of a new era,a brand which changed the entire motorcycling experiance in india. just remember the promoes ,the ads,altogether india was suffering from a commuter fever,that stage came to an end suddenly with a massive dose from pulsars.
i can bet so many of now days of bikers were born at that time,.
just see the amount of upgrades from a so called indian scooter maker that not just only comprised of mere decals or visor change,,,even the term up gread term ug came because of bajajs endless trys to update the product,,,,classic/ug1/2/3/4,,bigger bore,smaller bore damn bajaj tried their best,i will say more then their capability,,,,,they brought competition which were practically abcent till then,where was our international players then.
I CAN SAY THIS BOLDLY BAJAJ PULSAR MATURED THE INDIAN BIKERS TO DARE/DARE FOR BIGGER ENGINES/MORE POWER/MORE TECHNOLOGY/demand more....
now close to 9 years after its launch its still popular/look at the sales figure and you will know.still the product is at per with other so called market leaders.
now yamaha with r 15 and fz having the part of the pie which bajaj pulsar had created for last 9 years,.no argue that products from yamie are very very impressive

but according to me bajaj pulsar is a true blue collar bike in india and my vote goes for pulsars,which dared to be different at the time of copycats,and changed the entire scenario,kudos bajaj/kudos MR.RAJIV BAJAJ period...

PULSARS ANY DAY....Atleast I don't want to ride a scaled down version of any sbk.And if we talk about indian market then yamaha stands nowhere infront of bajaj.Although they have a better tech but the prices are still way beyond many of Indian buyers.Even many people who have r15 dosen't know well about the machine,they just buy it for looks and unfortunately one is my friend also.So for me Bajaj wins the race with p220.

amazin..excellent write up...........i am a proud pulsar owner...........heh ma vote to pulsar