Re: Short Review of 2014 Pulsar 180

The Engine body material is aluminium. The Royal Enfields before 2000 were Cast Iron and were long lasting, never mind howmany times we assemble it for varoius problems.
See the below Pic, my threads had got rusted and due to this my 8mm CI bolt got rust and broke. Though Aluminium never get rust. Damm!! why did this happen


And about the Gearing

I calculated its RPM at every speed and found that it is not efficient.



Couldn't agree more, this bike could have used a 6th gear.

What I meant to say is the bike has lot more power, but it is not transformed to its wheels. Bro.... if You are free then please visit the below link. And I liked your review too..

http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/general-biking-discussion/29588-calculations-engine-rpm-vehicle-speed-known.html

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I have done my First service for 800Kms and that too with an engineer who came upon my request. He changed the faulty chain sprocket. And he couldn't detect the actual problem. Later I done it myself by getting fed up with bajaj service. So there I couldn't go with the other brand oil. I shall use the oil you suggested from next services. And they say their oil has a drain period of 10000kms!!! What the hell!!! I say at that time the oil could have become black as coal and will stick to the engine parts. We may need petrol to flush it. I myself had reassembled a cd100 engine for my project. Thats why I know.

And about the carburettor. I may have to repair it myself. Bajaj wont help

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Yes I know, I thought you were referring to some other part of the bike body.

Many may not know this, but Motul is Bajaj's official oil for kawa and ktms.

Yes, that's how bajaj overcomes the issue of very crowded and high waiting period at service centers. You may not know this, but official service period was 2.5k km before for UG4. I think it's 5k km for you. Nothing has changed for your bike except for some stickering.

You may not need to repair the carb at all. Just spray carb cleaner from any roadside mechanic.

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Thanks for the sugession bro....I however replace the oil for every 2500-3000 KMS deciding its color. With reguard to design, For black p150-180 , it is same as 2012 model. But for colored models 2012 stickering was better looking. The black in 220 has some stickers on it.

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If i' correct the first lots of UG4(i mean the ones after post 2008) has got type 1 setup and ones after 20010/11 feels like type 2.Is this because the suspension of type1 is of P200DTSI?.However i feel the newer lots different than those two types

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Yesterday i installed a 55w bulb from a maruthi dealer. I also installed 28smd pilot lamps from ebay. I removed the numberplate bulb to decrease load on battery. During my ride i didnot experience any drastic changes in terms of brightness. I compared the brightness with my friends unicorn & it was almost same. I also checked the battery voltage by keeping the lamp ON and the bike in idle for 10 min. The reading was 12.34 volt same as before.There was no loss in volatage. Now the only option with me is to install avy stator coil and make the optimum use of the bulb.

The pilot looks awesome with much brighter than the old ones.

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I have R15's rear brake assembly, Should i fit it? They are from Nissin.

Absence of Auto-Off indicator means switches are probably contact type as found of NS and most of the motorcycles and wont cost a bomb to replace.



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Avy's stator coil will make the bulb work at its full efficiency, if possible change the RR to P220's, It can take HID with ease.

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Today i compared with zmr and found my bulb to be 10% brighter. Thats it. Anybody tell me, replacing with avy coil will void warranty? coz my bike is new

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Same here, not much of the difference with 55W installed. And if you're going to change the stator coil then you'll need to change the RR too as our bikes are full DC.
With non-oem bulbs, light spread is increased and that's why the less intensity.

First thing you should know that is this operation isn't plug and play. You'll probably have to change many things upto swing arm (axel, alloy wheel, addition of hydraulic system, procket chain, if not swing arm itself). This could go so expensive that you could sell your P180, pay the difference and get a similar used P220.
You also need to understand one more thing is that, even with nissin brakes it won't make the bike brake like an R15 because our bikes are front heavy as opposed to R15 which is balanced. So under drastic braking our bikes are tail happy and with any greatest disk brakes situation will stay the same.

If you want to increase the rear braking, just put in new shoes and change the rubber to something soft like piralle. Get a fatter pillion while you're at it.


Avy coil is single phase whereas RR from P220 is three phase, they are not compatible with each other.

Yes it will void the warranty the big time.

You're taking so much trouble for nothing. If you're going to change stator coil then you'll have to change the RR too, Avy coil + Ape RR will go around Rs. 2k.

For that kind of money you can fit 35W HID without needing to change stator coil or RR. A 35W HID produces more light than 2x 55W halos.

Clear your mind.

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The rear springs can be adjusted for stiffness/softness, I don't think that Bajaj would use 2 different spring setups for same model especially when they share parts across their range of bikes.

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A big hug buddy !

Almost all bikes I compared had the softest setting. You say they share the parts but in current P180 (which is still counted as UG4) they have changed switches and the console.

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Bro your answer is 100% true. I just dont want to install cheap quality hid's. And since it produces white light, it glares the oncoming traffic. And also hid without projector is illegal in india. Since i ride mostly on highways, more light is a basic need to me. In my old passion pro, i was using pass light for highways. Now i need to adjust this for 2 years since it voids my warranty. According to me 55w setup may be much reliable than 35w cheap hid.

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The cost doesn't even come close to 10000INR including new rear alloy wheel, my friend is already running on this setup on P200dtsi and it is surely better than stock, my ride is not stock, it's a 220cc by engine, being the reason i need better braking. Swing arm doesnt need a change, We can fix the rear caliper using the rear brake stay( that black metal tube that holds drum at place), In simple words like it is on a busa. All i want to know is how reliable it is?

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It should be reliable if you could weld/attach the caliper directly to swing arm.

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I see. Thanks for the info

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