Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

Many cases in NS of hard braking, where the front never has locked (Except in gravel where it does more, but I do control speed), but it's the rear that I'm worried which at times, has got locked and has scared the hell out of me. That's why I expected a dual channel ABS(when they said RS equipped with ABS) in RS200 like in Apache, but what we got here was a single channel, a shame on Bajaj. Because panic braking is more to do with rear than front, dual channel should've been considered, provided the rear disc has the mechanism. I don't know how much would a dual channel ABS cost more for Bajaj to add?. If a guy can spend 1.5L to get it, can't he spare additional 3-5K for that?.

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You echo my sentiments in perfect harmony...

A dual channel ABS would definitely be much more effective and desirable. I personally don't mind spending an extra 5-10k on that. Afterall it's precious life we are talking about. But still, something is better than nothing. I really hope ABS version sells like a hotcake forcing Bajaj and other manufacturers to consider ABS as a USP of their bikes and atleast offer optionally in all their higher capacity bikes.

OT, I tested CBR's ABS on the slippery cemented surface and absolutely loved it! They have absolutely nailed it with their C-ABS system. I decided then and there that I am going to buy only an ABS enabled bike. If RS was not available in ABS, I might not have bought it.

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Yups... Totally agree

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Resistance is too much I would say, will get it checked tomorrow once.

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May be its not your clutch, may be its your rear disc causing the resistance. Not sure if you already checked that.

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Yeah checked that already. Something seems wrong with clutch I guess, rotates freely in neutral, but niwhere near when pulling the clutch in any gear

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If your bike jerks forward a little when you shift to first gear (holding clutch fully), you can confirm clutch is the culprit.

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That is exactly what happens! I used to think that it is normal. Whenever I start my bike in first gear with clutch fully pulled, I always get a forward jerk.

And this jerk thing has been happening since a long time, I only noticed that tire rotation thing a week back. So thought to ask here.

Could it have done any damage to the clutch plate assembly?

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Not at all. Just get the 'play' of clutch adjusted

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Thanks, will get it adjusted tomorrow or soon then.

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Hello riders,


I bought The NS finally in 10th April 2015. Awesome bike so far except some minor problems.
Most bad one is the bike had a overflow which ruined my trip. The petrol was leaking from the pipe on rightside, it's leaking whenever i turn on pertrol. when i contacted the service guys, they said "The overflow will stop when you ride further. So, drive it to service station, we will check" and that went well.
Now, I noticed a smell coming from the engine area like a rubber burning. its very noticable when you are in a signal and the air from engine hits your face. I also notice a change in engine sound and the tapping sound is much faster than before.

Is it serious? What could be the possible reasons? Experts please help me out..

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Hi Krank.. first of all congratulations on your NS and hope that it serves you well....

I cannot comment on why the fuel is leaking from the overflow pipe.. did you top it up right till the brink of the tank or what ?

I used to face this issue of burning smell from the engine which used to be emnating from the radiator side ... it is because your AFR tuning is off... its running way leaner than it is supposed to... ask the SVC center noobs to set it right using a meter... you need to make sure they set the AFR screw since most of the times they will try to fiddle with the idling screw and fool you... the AFR screw is on left of the carb.

nevertheless nothing serious i would say... get the svc guys to check it out ..

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Since the leakage is only when you turn on fuel, it should be because of a bad 'float needle' in the carb. The needle is attached to a float inside the carb and shuts off the fuel when the float rises, ie, when the carb is filled with petrol up to a level. If the needle is bad, it leaks. Fuel keeps flowing into the carb. At a certain level it overflows through a pipe, which goes out. That is the leak you see. If the overflow was not there, the carb will flood with petrol, which will be sucked into the engine.

Another thing. There is a screw for draining the carb, at its bottom. If it is not fully tight, the same leak can happen(same outlet). To find out if this is the reason, put the engine off, turn off fuel. After half an hour, Don't On the fuel. Try starting. If it does not start, this is the reason, the carb is drained empty. Otherwise, first reason, ie, float needle.

Burning smell can also be some lube on the silencer, which falls from excessive chain lube. Engine getting overheated and noisy is most probably AFR. Also check if there is the correct level of engine oil (half level in glass window, on centre stand)

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Thanks. I'm not a mechanic, but a programmer. So, i don't take risk doing those myself like the AFR adjustment. Anyway, what is to be done with AFR? Atleast i can tell my mechanic in service center.

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Thanks GauravD,
I have been hearing some noises from the day i bought it. Now, its very loud and irritating. i will be taking the NS to service soon.

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Hey guys.... Can anyone throw light on the utility of the "exhaust tec" box on top of our NS exhaust? Today I saw an NS with its exhaust tec removed.. (not sure if it's drilled), but it sounded awesome.
It's like an after market exhaust.
The best thing.... You get that sound without buying one.!

Now I want to know if this is safe and OK for the bike? Because only pulsars have this "exhaust tec" facility. So... The bike should run fine even without the right?

I searched many threads about this too, but couldn't find a satisfactory explanation.
If removing the exhaust tec box can aid in a better free flow of exhaust, then it ought to improve the performance too.

One thing for sure.. It did sound awesome...
It was a roarrrr........