Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

First of all, you cannot compare fazer and ns,as ns is a performance bike, meant to be ridden always in high rpms and worse conditions, while fzr is a relaxed biking thing, you don't go 0-60 whoopingly. You just sit, ride and sometimes try to ride fast. Do that with ns and you'll feel riding a splendor, as low end torque (upto 4krpm) ,in my opinion, is very low, but maybe it's me as after 4k rpm, it's rocket and I'm comparing the post 4krpm acceleration to pre 4k one) after 4krpm, you're in for a show baby.
Second yes, in terms of money, you can put fazr in ns regime, so let's talk about money wise decision. Lets say, like I was walking with 1L₹ ,a year before, still walking with a Lakh ₹, and what are my options.?
1. Pulsar 150&180
Looks old, quality not good, I have money to buy ns.REJECT .
2. RTr160&180 .
Looks maybe subjective, but doesn't look more exclusive and badass than ns, Also its a vibrator, more worse quality than bajaj, it's too common. REJECT .
3.FZ &FZR.
looks good but extremely common, plus very old design, yes Yamaha so build is good but LOW MILEAGE as a 150cc should give. Fzr is nothing but farings on fz. Power is totally absent as compared to ns ,I'll buy if Im not into those fast bikes, I like to ride slow, my biking days are almost as calm as a breeze,I'm noob and I'm happy to spend almost same amount of money on a bike, which can get me a 23.5 bhp 18nm T hooligan, I'm a yahama fan and I don't know what ns is and neither have ridden it but I do know it's waste and pathetic as its bajaj and I'm Mr know it all guy.
4. 200ns.
Most powerful, most exclusive, most technologically advanced, coolant +radiator equipped engine, 6-GEAR TRANSMISSION ,brakes are awesome 0-60 in 3, which even a BIKE BELOW 140000₹ BIKE cannot do, C.o.g is perfect and all and blah blah.
Note p220 and avenger not included as they're best in their fields, that is best and only cruiser under 1 lakh (avnger) And best faring bike under lakh(220).
Now reliability is a elephant case as ns is a performance bike,you'll push it to limits mire often, stress on bike will be more, so accordingly parts will be needed to replace earlier than fazaer like clutch plates, engine oil, chain etc. Which will happen even on a litre class bike more, BUT what's good is that parts are extremely cheap,paid services cost less than free services of activa, leave alone fz or fazer.
Thing is ns is a gem of bajaj, if earlier bajaj bikes in terms of quality were 5(on a scale of 1-10 ),then Ns is now 8 while r15 at 8.8-9 in terms of quality,speaking with expreince of owning both r15 ANd ns.
ALSO BE INDIAN ,BUY INDIAN (until my Ducati comes )
Enough of talking, let's go vroom...
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Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

Sweet post Anuj, awesome rain in Chennai today, first time with my bike in rain , got a free wash lol

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Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

The underlined part dont go together well.

It was not a point of discussion and NS is undoubtedly the best under 1L bike. But the built quality should be good. No one wants to visit the SVC every now and then. This is why FZs and Fazers are still hot cakes in the less than 1L performance bikes(above 150 cc).
A high performance engine does not make the parts wear faster. Its the quality. Using a under powered engine at its peak power degrades more parts than using a high powered engine at lower rpms.
Whats the point in buying a bike and on the first day going to a tyre shop to replace the tyres?
The maintenance has started off on the day of purchase itself! Who is stopping Bajaj to put good tyres and take 2K more from the consumer.

When I bought the fazer, NS was not born otherwise my choice would have been different. But even today people are buying FZs and Fazers more than NS even though both machines have similar mileage and have not much price difference.

Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

I bought my NS on sept'12. Now its 21 months and 14000kms old. Though I have read many posts here with people facing various issues(honestly, most of them are minor), I for one have had a very hassel free 21 months experience.

I hail from the mountains of Arunachal Pradesh with serpentine roads, where a straight would stretch to a maximum of about 50mtrs. Road quality is pathetic even by Indian standards and the nearest proper ASC fo 200NS is 60kms away. I may add here that in our roads, maintaining an average speed of 40kmph is considered 'very fast'. So if my NS had been a service centre magnet, it would have been a nightmare for me.

Till date, I have only changed my front forks and handle bar, which got damaged due to a crash. No problem with my chain set yet as I have always maintained them well. After 7000kms I started on Motul300v but now I feel that that oil is an over kill for my puny 200cc bike. I'll change to Motul 7100 in future. Not much of rattling sound from my bike and easily bearable vibrations(my opinion-people make unnecessary fuss about its vibrating charactristic but honestly I have not ridden a twin cylinder, so can't make a strong statement there). 100+ kmph is easily attainable and I have done upto 145kmph on speedo without breaking much sweat. I was enjoying it all the while.
Oh! I almost forgot; I did change my rear tyre to RevZ-S.

So, if somebody wants a performance oriented motorcycle

Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

@muztariq
Our 200NS is 2 years old, I hadn't realized.

My NS is 20 months old and has clocked 17k Kms, my experience with it has been really good. Skeptics still wont believe what 200NS really is.. only with a longterm ownership experience you can get know it in detail. a spectacular motorcycle being sold under Bajaj name. God knows how Bajaj did such good progess in past years. In 2012 they went in absolutely the right direction, giving enthusiasts what they really wanted. A Pulsar that is track ready, yet comfortable for touring and commuting, a well built and tested liquid cooled engine, a high revving motor with a top whack that is so fun to play with..

Best things about 200NS -> The Engine ! Today I can safely say that the engine of 200NS is a proven one... It's bulletproof and shockingly reliable. The chassis, And the enviable killer looks.
Worst things abut this bike -? Almost none when you look the plus points and what you get under 1 lakh. But may be I can say that they must improve the quality of fibers, also quality and ergos of instrument panel, provide better rear tyre and also a FI version as an option may be.

Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

So if somebody wants a performance oriented bike within one lakh budget, then I would agree with your suggestion.

P:s- sorry for incomplete post earlier. This stupid phone has a mind of its own.

Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

Also forgot to add, I still love riding this bike. It always manages to put a smile on my face whenever I pull the throttle. I am contemplating to buy an RC390 or Yam R250 or even Ninja300. But I would still like to retain my 200NS because it has served me loyally and has managed to create a sweet spot for itself in my heart.

P:S- This is purely my experience, so please don't hit me if you had an experience otherwise.

Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

Hi NSians ma bikes battery was drain after not ridden for 2 weeks. I have charged the battery externaly at battery shop. After replacing the chargered battery bike wasnt started, so push and started. But after running for about 10kms battery trips during each start. My doubt is that ur battery is rechargeable or not?
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I dont think bajaj quality is what it used to be. Yes they do cut corners but with the ns the manufacturing process and clearances are so much better... the engineering as well as design is so much better it proves to be quite reliable...older pulsar engines(which have earned bajaj a bad name) were a bit poorly designed... no proper in engine oil circulation....pathetic piston ring quality...(I dont know why... pick up a set from a uni and a pulsar in hand. youl see the difference) and a lot more... plus overboared engines and a dated design and on top of that crappy bajaj oil and rubbish asc...being a cheap performsnce bike when there were few people kept pushing them too there limit then theres the cost cutting.... bajaj chooses to cut costs with materials and honda with switches and lights etc...

All that has changed with the ns... I belive the material etc comes second and design comes first...the ns say the engine... is a marvel in its own right... great r&d and you have an engine that out performs and undercosts more than all the other bikes in many categories and vibrates the hell out of the competition.
Ps! My decade old classic150 still purs! Quality and materials were different back then.... but then again thats with everything now a days...no point complaining... again... design is much better these days and so is other manufacturing technologies..

Divyansh....

Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

This is the best pulsar till now or the best bajaj bike till now
Its total value for money.
I myself dont like bajaj bikes cauz of their quality
I thought about it a 100 times before buying the NS.
When you buy a bajaj bike you have to understand that its not the best quality bike and you need to be gentle otherwise somethings going to break and even if your gentle it may still break by itself.
And when it comes to pistons, your absoloutely right. Bajaj piston skirts are very wide compared to the crown so the rings stick out and get hammered on power stroke. Thats what the bajaj signature sound is all about. The NS on the other hand has comparatively less piston noise for its high compression ratio but they couldve made the piston like the duke's.

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Re: Chnaging K&n Airfilter for pulsar 200 ns

Buddy, please donot put a K&N air filter in your bike. The K&N air filter has holes in it which allow some dirt to go into the engine. Even if you put oil on the filter, some amount will still go in and reduce your engine life. I have a Unicorn and I used a K&N filter. I had to overhaul the engine within 2 years after that. I dont mind using the filter on my unicorn because I'm okay with overhauling the engine again as I do it myself. People dont understand this point. Try racing with another NS with a K&N filter whose had the filter for more than a year on his bike. You will win if your engine is good and well runned in.

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1. People visit svc in case of ns, 90% due to AFR problems, which in MY opinion, isn't a defect at all, just ignorance of mechanic ..
2. 1 lakh is very big thing, you can spend 80-85k, but try to convince parents/family that you're eyeing a 1L₹ bike, and see how things go. Also, some people who cannot afford ns, buy fz, they also buy fz/r as they're limited to 80k budget and they don't wanna get 150&180 as fz looks more beautiful than 150&180 ,so, you cannot say vs selling hot cakes and ns isn't as ₹₹₹₹₹ is a big thing bro, 1 L isn't everybody's piece of cake.
Okay high performance engine doesn't wear the parts faster, hmm why do we need to change our chains in just 12-15 k kms, why do we need to change pur clutch plates in just 15-20 k kms, why do we need to change tyres more often (except if you're having euroslips and drive a performance bike like a commuter one) ,why we need to change coolant in one year. ..? And all things, so buddy these were the parts I was talking about, not crank, engine of major parts, I've seen nses done 30-40k and haven't undergone engine opening.
FOR YOUR SATISFACTION ,GOOGLE LIMCA RECORD OF LONGEST KMS DONE ON BIKE IN ONE GO BY VISHNU SIR ,And please do tell on forum WHICH BIKE WAS THAT..??
3. Euroslips are something on which you're right and also wrong. Technically, they are good upto speeds of 150km/he and have passed all tests, so bajaj is right but they are hard compound tyres and bajaj should've used a soft compound one for more grip, so they're wrong a little bit too.as product quality depends, it depends on you how you ride and in what conditions...my riding is done on well laid tarmac and leaving 2-3 cases, euroslips have never let me down, be that doing highway runs or beating down so called fz/rtr wanna be racers. So blaming a product based on tyre is like blaming iPhone not to work under water while a cheaper Sony xperia z does..!!
About that underlined part, It was sarcasm, and if you had understood the accompanied sentence in brackets, well then...
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Re: Chnaging K&n Airfilter for pulsar 200 ns

Yes, conical air filters hurt the engines in the long term if you live in dusty conditions, but i don't think Unicorn's engine is built to take abuse and handle performance mods like 200NS.
what does a well run-in engine have to do with good acceleration ? infact, it's said and seen that a hard run-in engine actually makes marginally more power.
source - personal experience

Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

Forget everything else. The fact that so many people responded to one negative comment about the NS shows how good the bike is.
Well done Bajaj!! It gives me that extra confidence to get this bike.

I only have one problem now:

The waiting period..(personal one not the company one)
Since I am only 18 and this is my first bike my parents have to buy me the bike.I spoke to them a lot of times and they don't have a problem with the 1 lakh cost too.
They are not agreeing to buy it any time soon .First they agreed to buy it in JULY and now postponed to December. NO specific reason,just like that.
Hopefully it wont be postponed again.
And now...

A LONG WAIT CONTINUES......

Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

Your comment is funny and sarcastic and mine is not? Why? I also made the underlined comment to continue the humor.

I was here to find any alarming issues in bajaj's NS. Have gone through a few pages of this thread and I have got the answer.

Who is racing with NS and who is winning is not what I was looking for. Also, who is breaking which record on which bike is out of context, the previous record holder would have done it on some other bike and the next winner may do it on some other, it does not prove anything.