Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

Hi guys,

I am searching for preowned NS to buy, and I got some 2015 200nss. So, I need to know what are the things I need to see before buying, and any chronic problems of the whole 200NS lineup that I should be aware of. Thanks in advance.

Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

Being a high compression engine , engine life is low for ns . So buying a low odo reading ns would be your first choice . Bike is really value for money. Regular maintenance is required & trained mechanic is also needed since its a ktm engine.

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Can you please elaborate what kind of maintenance required for this engine, as I am completely new to this bike, and thank you for the reply

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I don't know where you got this knowledge from.

Infact, the more you ask of the engine, the faster it will wear out. LOL

What wears out first is also a major consideration and factor to "failure". Bearing failure,*Head gasket, ring wear, crank breakage.
How fast it will fail is not anyone's guess, too many factors to list, the most important would be who built it, how they built it and how reliable are those components.

It is always 'ask the engine builder' rule.

I have seen more than just a few NS doing more than lakh kms without any major rebuild.
Also if you look at the thread carefully, Utsav's NS200 completed more than 2.5 lakh kms.

Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

And funnily enough Utsav just mentioned the number without any details of engine work done or his ownership experience. Or did I miss reading that part?

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Nothing major it is all DIY. Learn a few basic things like balancing wheels, cleaning spark plugs, bleeding brakes, tuning carburettor, et cetera.
Goes same with all motorcycles, no matter what you own. (exclude fi)

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He mentioned what all maintenance was done and everything. Do read again sir.

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I can't seem to find it through Tapatalk. Just a post wherein be mentions his oil change interval. Nothing about the parts changed.

Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

Can you please tell me the things I need to check in that preowned bike before buying

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Guys anyone has experience with rolon chain sprocket??

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Had it for my 2003 pulsar 150, to be short it is not good as the OEM, stick to the factory one for tension free driving.

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I have another doubt. They saying 200ns has 2 variant chain sprocket. One is old and one is new. Is it true? Its has any significant change?

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Hi all, I don't frequently follow this thread but today I went some 5-6 pages of recent pages. Few people are suffering from power loss issues at various rpms. I thought of putting forward my views.
I have a Pulsar AS200 2015. Till now completed 29k km and the bike absolutely awesome. Recently I overhauled the bike with new set of acc clutch cables, sprocket chain set, fork overhauling, air filter cleaning, tappet adjustment etc. All these were proactive and nothing was troubling my rides.
One thing I have observed here is that almost all of you baby sit the bikes in the initial period in the name of break-in. This not at all required. In fact you'd be gaming your engine by not opening it up at the right moment. Please rev your engine at all rpms initially. That is the right way to break in.

Also break-in happens in the initial 20-50kms on odo, after that it's as good as any old engine. I don't understand why an engine made of aluminium and steel needs 2000km to wear and bed in.does that makes sense?
I have broken in 3 bikes till now.
1. Desert storm - my first bike exactly like almost every one does. By restricting speed and rpm. That engine turned out to be shit with lot of oil consumption. Clearly piston blowby was there. I couldn't tolerate after 36k km on odo. I sold it.
2. Pulsar 200as - as per the instructions by mototube USA's hard break in method. I was sceptical but the technical explanation seemed correct to me. I revved shit of my new engine right out of the showroom. Did a small spirited ride till bidadi and changed oil at 50km on odo. You guys should have seen the oil, it had metal chips, gasket material as contaminants. Replaced with mineral oil and later rode it in spirited manner till first service and switches to semi Synth. After third service it's 7100 oil. My bike gives 34-38kmpl even now city or highway. I cruise at 125kmph with my wife as pillion most of the time.
3. New saluto 110cc- bought for my father, used the same method as in as 200. The bike has run only 3000km till now no issues.

My point to all new riders is that , allow your bike to breathe well during the first 20-50kms it should surely save you from power loss due to incorrect bedding in.

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I also wanted to give some perspective from the factory, forgot mention in previous post.
I worked for 3 years in motorcycle company, I was quality engineer @ final quality vehicle assembly. All these scooters we were making we road tested for 2 kms. Also before assembling engine to vehicle engines are tested on test bed.
Trust me during these testings the testers raise the shit out of each and every engine, thats the only was to check for defects. Also contract people who movevehicles in yard and dealership also ride with liberal amount of throttle. Then what is the point of riding engine under 6000rpm like so many of the people here do?
I have also worked in a major 4 wheeler company for 4 years and it's the same story there also. In my third company too there is no mercy for new engines.

One more fact is that, in my first company during the 90s the process was that new engines were tested on test bed for 10-15min and after that entire engine was drained and refilled. Because most of the contaminants and metal chips due to break in was supposed to be drained.
Later when quality of machining improved a little this process was abondoned. It saved a fortune for the company from oil savings and time savings.
Although the overall quality of machining has improved there will be some contaminants even in new engines. That's why it's essential to drain your new bikes oil after 40-45km and start afresh with a clean oil.

Exhaust pipe gets red hot.

Exhaust pipe becomes red hot (visual/touch) where it meets the cylinder head within 4 - 5 mins of riding. Have issues with cold start. Spark plugs and wire have been checked. The engine idles perfectly. Unable to understand why the exhaust pipe is turning red??

Re: Pulsar 200 NS Owners Review and Experiences

If this all true then y do the users manual mention about the speed and rpm to maintain in new engine?? I have ridden my bike like u said...ride it in all speeds upto 100kmph but not making the engine stress by not maintaining the top speed for more than a 5 or 4 sec.... its been 4k kms no prblm till now & getting good FE