Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

I was in same dilemma while buying ns ..
But my ns proved me wrong its being 2 years that i have thrashing it around and riding it in worst possible conditions ,roads etc
Touchwood never did it give me any problem ..
As issues i had sorted out in 1 service and apart from front sprocket oil seal failure i have no other problems
That failure was my negligence of not cleaning chain properly and result the seal corroded and gave up due to mud and other things ..

If suspension is saggy try to refill the gas and see ...
Or simply if possible opt for dukes rear suspension

As far as cost goes nothing comes closer to bajaj and also the pricing of spares ..
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Compared to older bikes of bajaj ns or ktm are well built and i guess it'll improve further ..

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I agree with you. That's why I said I haven't gotten a single issue in all these 10 months of ride(Though I don't ride hard, off road, etc). 200NS quality has improved over traditional pulsars including P220 a lot. But not lot enough to equalize Honda\Yamaha. But that's acceptable for the money we throw at. But my earlier disco 125 had hell number of problems. Never could I ride >50 kph on a 125 cc bike, what a shame?, the bike would rattle all the way and make you tired in a matter of minutes. I had it only around 3 years and sold it. First hesitated to get 200NS, but since left with no option, as I hated D200 for some reasons I had to buy this, but I never regretted after buying her as she is keeping me happy till this date.

By the way, sometimes there could be manufacturing defect in the bike itself which will be hard to rectify, making some owners a bad experience.

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That is what i wanted to say..
But defects can be rectified within few days or weeks of owning the bike .. Rectifying a problem depends on mechanic who is working if skilled enough all will go ..

I have came across various ns owners and none of them came with complaints like the ones discussed here :/


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Bajaj is definitely different from other vendors.I mean the problem is not with the quality (a little though considering the price) but there Quality Check department.they are just terrible.
Definitely Yamaha is superior but considering the price you pay you get quality parts but power?Definitely a let down.
The reason why Yamaha is so good with quality is because they have very good Quality Check departments.unfortunately I don't think Bajaj has any.So its upto your luck kind of.we have bikes with awesome reliability and no issues at all and we have biked that visit service centre every weekend .and for those bikes no matter what you do you just can't fix the issues.doesn't matter how many times you fix the problem a new one will arise.And on top of that we have the poorest of service centre .
Point is NS/AS/RS are of different league and their quality of parts is really good.Bajaj do cut the cost in certain parts but they have never cut quality in engine, clutch,brakes etc which are vital for a bike.
Let me tell you something . I bought a pulsar 180 16 months ago and went for like 25K kms in 16 months.that bike was full of problem. I mean from 450 kms to 25000 kms.I was sick and tired of it.vibes,low pickup(heck even a Discover 125 can overtake my bike),electrical problem ,front wheel problem ,wobbling problem,horn priblem,... And so many.
Doesn't matter how many times I go to service it would come back.I used to treat it like a baby but still problem used to happen.eventually I had to sell it coz it was a lemon. It's a quality issue and that bike should have never come out of the factory and should have been labelled as faulty.
But with AS I don't have any issues at all.the Yamaha's and Hondas even face same problem as we face so its just the outer finishing which looks killer on those but by inside every part wears and tears and its universal to Any bike vendor.

I am sure after driving an R15 or CBR150 you will then miss power and you will be ready to compromise on finishing.
We are human being and its simple ,When we get something better we dont tend to look back....

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Same here i own 180 to0 09 model i didn't face any problem till 70k km
At 70k my engine block and piston replaced because i forget to change oil and ripped my bike hard for 6000 km on dtsi oil [emoji28]

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So i happen to fix the ride height issue.Was pretty funy how i did it but ya its done.
All these days i was feeling that the ride-height is a bit low as i rememebr how tall it was when i bought this bike.I also thought the shock absorbers are really on the softer side.So hought of making it stiff but didnt do it as the stock one is best.Today I Almost went to a shop and changed the settings but couldnt do it as the guy didnt have the tool(Luckily).

So couple of my frineds, we all met in the evening.THere is a place for awesome bike washing where we went.Itys kind of a garage with hi-end Bosch machinery.He had nitrogen gas so i thought of filling it.Last week i filled nitrogen gas with F 26 and R 30.I was shocked to see that it was actually showing as Front(F) 12 and Rear(R) 11.Absolue shocking.

So i filled it with 26 and 30 and man i could instantly feel the ride height to go high.It is just as same as when it was stock which i rememebered so well on my bike.

Then i asked him and he told the BP or HP petrol bunks which show this reading are pretty much faulty and no wonder he is coorect.Also one strong reason to trust his reading was he was using some Hi-End Bosch machine for nitrogen filling.

So check your tires for Air.I doubt suspension has to do anything on ride height,may be a 2-3 millimetre difference but nothing noticable.ALso if suspension is gone you will Kind Of see a lot of movement on the bike specially when cornering.

Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

I am totally frustated due to these faulty air pressure gauges at petrol bunk and finally am planning to order this:

Slime Digital Gauge | eBay

Has anybody here used them? They are quite expensive but atleast I'll have my peace of mind!

Disclaimer: I dont work with either Slime or e-bay

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Good for you buddy if yours is working fine.

I am in no mood to invest even a single rupee on this bike now, my bike has had multiple manufacturing defects and its been a headache for me since day 1.

Issue can surely be sorted out at the SVC but then i dont want a bike that forces me to visit the SVC every other day.

Important lesson learn't - invest in reliable products period!

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What ask problems is your bike giving ?

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Well talking about quality of engines, my bikes rings got busted at 20,000kms even after regular and timely maintenance. Earlier 200 DTsi went through valve replacement at just 30,000kms along with ring replacement. I wouldn't call them well built at all.

For NS, bajaj has mentioned in the user manual to replace the ring and piston kit at 30,000kms. Talk about quality!

As you pointed out its all depends on your luck.

But would anyone want to play with luck when you invest your hard earned money? I don't think so.

Yes i did that mistake twice but now this is the end of Bajaj for me.

Regarding other brands being a little under powered, yes it can be an issue for some but then when you mature you do not crave for 1-2 more ponies and want complete peace of mind.

You comparison of 150cc as opposed to 200cc doesn't holds any good. Comparing NS with something above 150cc would be better lets say a cbr 250. I am sure it wont disappoint many people.

To each his own anyways.

Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

I have Coido analog pressure gauge.
its working fine for me since last 2yrs & have good accuracy.
I do the following procedure to adjust the air pressure :

Over inflate the tyres then let them cool down completely say for one night & check, adjust the air the next day, this way you will get more accurate readings.

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List of problems faced till now -

1. Rear Disk noise / Wheel bearing noise - disk plate replaced/ Wheel replaced with bearings
2. rings busted at 20,000kms - rings plus piston kit replaced under warranty
3. Petrol tank leakage - replaced on my expense as the warranty was over
4. Front wheel wobbling/alignment issues - solution not found till date - cone set replaced, steeling T-stem changed, front alloy wheel changed, fork alignment checked. Guys from Bajaj(company person) checked it but still they could not solve it. Then they started to just ignore my complaints and so on.
5. Few parts falling off like rear number plate assembly, some nuts bolts etc.
6. Coolant leakages

These are some major issues that i can recollect at the moment, i am sure i have missed out a few things.

Image the the time wasted by me at the service center and the headache i went through

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Well, I agree most of your point. The RS alloy wheel issue wouldn't have risked some lives if the QC of Bajaj had proper rules, not forgivable. Can you even imagine that happens @ ~100kph?. Can all of us afford for full riding gears?. That was a shame for Bajaj.

But R15 and Pulsar 200 comparison is like a chariot with 2 horses and 4 horses. Of course can't imagine riding a lower CC bike after getting used to bigger bikes. But the chariot should remain the same. But that's not the case here, the R15 body and finish levels are so high and even the refinement levels. I'd say the new generation pulsars are about as much as 70% well improved than old gen pulsar in all ways. But still they lack behind the Japanese, mainly because of VFM(except CBR150, poor quality switch gears and assembly, which is a shame for Honda itself). But hey, that shouldn't result in breaking of alloy wheel, giving Euro tires, brake failure, etc. Bajaj has improved a lot in quality making with latest range of Pulsars, but still has room for improvements.

Even the new Unicorn 160 is having good build quality. Just observe it once and prove me wrong. When I say CBR, I compare always CBR250 only. It's the highly refined and best reliable performance bike that you can buy till to date (well it's old, but still worthy buy) No KTM. I've even advised many to opt for CBR250 rather than RS200. But many settled with RS for pure VFM concept, that's acceptable.

Well that's my point .

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Bro, don't get me wrong. Digital measurements really sucks and will not work after few days of purchase. Try buying analog meter. It's worthy any day.

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Bro, can you share any links?.

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Conrgats bro, you managed to extract up to 6000KM on Bajaj oil?

Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

hello everone. i am from dehradun mussoorie where i hardly get chance to go above 100 mark so my question is i want to increase my pickup and ready to loose top end.

Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

Change ur sporket [emoji6]