Hello, I just received my share of the mighty beastie, i.e. 200NS (Black). Have put up around 37x kms on odo. Performs like a gem! Surely this one is gonna be a love affair!

Wow! I love the pics! Especially the second one. The NS looks so damn good from far! It's my wallpaper now!

When I said 'As clockwise as possible, so that the engine can sustain it's rpm', I meant I kept turning the screw clockwise till the engine was just about to turn off (due to very lean mixture of course). You can make out the engine is about to go off while turning by listening to the sound. I noticed the tachometer, it showed <1k rpm just before turning off. You don't have to keep peeking at the tachometer while you're at it. Just keep your ear alert (and please note, it's not the idling screw you need to fiddle with since your idling rpm is perfect, it's the fuel screw located all the way inside - mentioned this just in case you didn't know! ).

I saw a suggestion on this thread (please forgive me, I don't recall who gave the wonderful advice) to next turn the screw anticlockwise a few calculated number of revolutions till the engine breathes easy and runs happily. The 1.4k rpm was when the engine was warm of course. Tuning shouldn't be done when the engine is cold. Besides, it's hard to tune, especially for an amateur, like me. It took many trials and errors before I got it right. Every time you feel you've twisted the screw perfectly, take the babe for a small spin and you can make out any imperfections whatsoever.

I've now decided that I'll never again mess with the screws for I've achieved the perfect tune. But I don't know if further tuning has to be done after a few hundred / thousand more kilometers. Can anyone help me out on this?

@Everyone, I'd been to the SVC this evening and out of doubt I asked the serviceman about the running in procedures. He said, there's no need to follow running in procedures as the people at the PLANT are instructed to thrash the vehicle for ~20km as soon as it's manufactured. According to him, they follow the motoman's method of running in their bikes and our bikes are completely mature. I asked him 'then why are the strict run-in rpms printed in the owner's manual?' and he said parts of the manual have been copied from the 220f. How far is this true? Can anyone throw some light on this?

clutchless upshift,if done properly,is not harmful.down-shift is strict no no.

I once shifted from 5 to 6 without holding the clutch (by mistake). It was just as smooth though. Don't know about the other gears. But just like @sagar_phoenix asked, why would you wanna shift without using the clutch?

Got my bike yesterday .. thanks to the forum for helping me choose the best bike in the lot.... not much of a experienced geared rider to comment about the bike.Strictly following the run in period and encountered 2 or 3 times false gear shift other than that bike is very good.Waiting for first service.

You can shift without clutch. Am now doing that.
Am using clutch in 1st to 2nd. Rest of gears are slotting without clutch. Its more easy. Smooth.

But the pulsar site says it has ignition type of Independent spark control through ECU. I'm not much aware of these technical thingies. Can u pls explain?

Okey... Now what i was thinking was, if I could manage to provide an after market programmable ECU on the bike, during run in period i can limit the rpm to 7000. And after that I can increase the cut off a bit more than what comes in stock (I remember reading somewhere here that the bike has the capacity to rev a bit more from the stock cut off). And I hope by that I will be able to get a bit more power than 23.5. Is this possible?

Now that makes me much more confused.

LEts say NS is such awesome handler, that it can stand straight without any support
1) If the background grass can be YEllow, then why not the coolant..
2)LEts say NS is such awesome handler, that it can stand straight without any support
JUst came back after a Long enough ride, and I'm facing the same Issues as told by you. Plus I think there is some problem in the Fuel line in my DESTINY.
After tevery tuning, you will be satisfied with the small rides. But Take a Long ride, to understand the overall feel of the bike, and both in free routes,and on the route where you will usually ride. Then you will understand whether the tuning is OK or not.

Every time I tune, I fell it's the best in the immediate short spin. But while Long ride, i feel that the Engine needs some more tuning.

I have taken my bike to 7 - 7.5 k RPM also. I believe, new engine can take such revs, and it will provide a better break-in, as there will be adequate pressure for the rings to get sealed. But try doing it in the high gear, and Keep in mind not to go to the redline. Before that it's safe enough.
As Rahul Devnath said, NS has a CDI, which Bajaj refers as ECU.No ECU is present in NS in real.

ECU means Engine Control Unit...It is also known as ECM Engine Control Module...
It controls The amount of fuel Injected into the Cylinder through PWM of Injector coil, controls Ignition timing at various loads and RPMs, and Limits the RPM to pre-set level..Of the functions ,the first two are the most significant controls...For doing this the Unit requires the following main inputs,
1. Lambda sensor to tell it about the amount of oxygen in Exhaust..at Exhaust manifold, and after Catalytic converter.
2. Inlet Air Temperature,
3. Engine / coolant temperature
4. Throttle Position Sensor input.
Except for Electronic RPM Limiter in CDI ,which is present in all modern stock CDIs, rest all are not present in P200NS...
P200 NS has a CDI with RPM limiter,which cannot be termed as ECU and it's preset values are not open for modification.
Please read the Info in the link...

Engine control unit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Went through the link. So, if the CDI in NS was one which could be remapped, will what ever I said make sense? And I would also like to know some of the bikes in india with ECU (srry for the OT)

^^ Every Bike whose engine have Electronic Fuel Injection(EFI), have an ECU.
Eg - Duke, R15, CBR250R, Ninja 250, CBR150R, Bullet 500, and some commuter models of Hero(Probably Glamor PGMFI)

All Bikes with Fuel Injection...CBR 150,250,KTM,Ninjas,Karizma ZMR,Hyosung,Super Splendor ,Glamour,Yamaha R 15, etc., Google and find out...
If you alter the CDI to higher rev limit,there is a good chance the engine will go into destruction.Each engine is designed for certain amount of RPM only and the designer sets limits to operate the engine within Safe Limits.

okzz...

Ok got it...

now-a-days, programable CDI units are also available, and you can program them just like and ECU, with the help of a software and a laptop.