Till date whenever my bike has hit reserve, I've never had any bar on the fuel gauge. Rather my bike hits reserve about 5-10kms after the bars disappear.
Yes the reserve light when there are two bars. And sometimes if I switch off the console and restart it, the light goes off. Yes, never trust the light or the fuel gauge.

The dealers don't give any fixed quantity of petrol, it may vary from .5 lts to 2 lts.
I got .5 lts at the time of delivery.

Till on what basis do you switch to reserve...console or the engine gasping?
Next time try not switching to to reserve until your bike gasps/jerks for fuel.

no no i have never turned to reserve yet..i am only at 83km and when i took my delivery the bike was about 11 or 12 km on odo(no fuel bars and the reserve light blinking and petrol knob on reserve)...i filled 4 litres and now its on 2 bars with reserve light blinking...

my frnd had a 220 and his bike showed no petrol when there was about 4-5 litres of petrol has the reserve light showing...so i guess its the bajaj trademark of faulty reserve which we'll have to live with...

i'll change to reserve only when the bike gasps for fuel....

today i thought i hit reserve and there were 2 bars but then realized i forgot to turn the knob to "ON" :P

On my NS, the reserve light comes on at 3 bars and reserve is reached at 2 bars. It varies from bike to bike.

You're the first owner I'v come across whose low fuel level indicator comes on at 3 bars! All others (whom i know) have it when two bars are left. But again...the digital fuel gauge is very mis-leading.

Pulsar 200 NS Acceleration problem

Hi!

I am having a very frustrating problem / issue with my NS.

The bike is 60 days / 5400 kms and is due for servicing soon.

Since the last 1500 kms or so, the engine has become very rough.... and the acceleration has also become very weak. It accelerates like a 100cc till about 7500 rpm, after which it gathers a bit of pace. Till about 3800-4000 kms, I was able to clock 148 kmph top on a daily basis, but since that time the acceleration has dropped, the bike takes ages to reach even 130 kmph. It also feels under powered, and is hardly accelerating in top gear. I took it to the service station but, they simply adjusted the ration and cleaned the air filter, with NO result / improvement. Instead, it has started to heat up too much, and knocks like crazy in 2nd and 3rd gear when it heats up with a further fall in acceleration.

I have made no mods to the bike till now, and am using the Bajaj engine oil.

Any suggestion guys about what could be the problem / issue...???

Also, anybody here using FS oil from Castrol / Motul.
Please share your feedback about the same.

Cheers!

Sounds to me like,ur AFR ratio is a bit lean... And reagarding engine roughness..chk your oil level and top up if necessary.. Engine oil n AFR are the main possible culprits for such problems.. Gud luk..

Hi Aditya,

Thank you for the reply.

Will get these done at the 5000 Km (already over due!!) service.