Thank you shibadip. Its not been a month also. I started this thread on 8th of June. Also we have crossed 1000 quotes

Will be posting pics today and this time they are clear and high resolution ones.

@Suro would finish his Run In in a couple of days as antz.bin met him yesterday and he had already clocked 1400+ in 13 days whereas i have just done with 460 kms in 25days or so.

I too said that Buddy...
and thanks in advance for the HD pics.

You summed it up perfectly. Though I won't agree you calling the P200NS as a "Simple and humble beast". The P200NS is fast, just that its Deceptively Fast.

The P200NS is like a Grown up Man: Smooth, Stable and Sure
The 200 Duke is like a Teenager high on hormones: Restless, bit too enthusiastic and a bit hard edged



Its conclusive now that the P200NS and the 200 Duke are totally different bikes and have totally opposite character. Pick the one whose character appeals to you most. Both are great pieces of machinery and a testimony to Indian effort and manufacturing capability.

@payeng- how well is it regarding an r15.. i like to do extreme cornering and handling carrying serious speeds.. already i have an r15 and i know its TRUE handling capacities.. would like your take on it..

so now i feel like duke reflects my character more .. i can even afford duke now .. but i am more worried in what happens after buying .. pulsar 200ns owners are not disclosing the mileage figures ...duke owners are only telling the mileage shown on the display ..if ns returns 40+kmpl and duke only returns 30+kmpl , then it makes more sense to buy the ns.. please help me with this mileage part ..i will ride only in bangalore city and will rarely get a chance to exceed speeds of 80+kmph ..i will ride sanely most of the time..only while overtaking i will use a handfull of throttle

Someone told me if i buy from one state and register in other then i have to pay huge taxes eg current RT rate in HP is 3 % but my friend is saying if you buy from say Chandigarh or Delhi then you have to pay 8 % tax. Is it true ?

Regarding Duke
35 k is not only for feeling but for some other things also.
(1) Fuel injection (2) Grippy tyres so no need to change (3) Aluminum perimeter frame which makes Duke near 10 KG lighter than 200 NS (4) Front brake is better in Duke (5) Top notch build quality best in india (6) No fairing version will be launched in future so you never feel cheated (7) Better Instrument console { i personally don't like it, i think NS is better in this case } (8) 25 bhp power and 19 NM of torque with mileage equal to or sometimes even better than NS.

Now lets see the Dukish feel
Best roll on acceleration among indian bikes.
Slightly slow than CBR 250 in drag race { negligible difference }
Feel of riding a imported bike distinct from the crowd.

Some other points
People are already doing long long journeys with lot of luggage so those who say it can't cruise and luggage carrying capacity is limited are not correct. A slight seat modification can make it equal to nS in comfort so anyone interested in buying should go through both ownership threads and have a test ride of both. Last but not the least i have noticed something,
those who test ride NS say " it is good and pick is good " but those who test ride Duke say " it is ". Take your pick

Comparing the R15 (a Super Sports replica) to the Pulsar 200NS (a Street fighter) is like putting a "KungFu fighter" in the ring with a "Boxer". i.e totally different characters. The R15 has been designed like a track bike with a natural tendency to corner like one. The P200NS has been designed like an extremely flickable and aggressive Street bike. How can one possibly think of comparing two different genres?


If comparison is what one is looking for then here it is:

The Pulsar 200NS will be faster than the R15 overall due to its stronger low and mid range and top end and extra 50 cc. The R15 is a natural corner carver, the P200NS is a tall bike and its high center of gravity doesn't make it a natural cornering bike like the R15.. but having said that, once leaned over the Pulsar 200NS will surprise everyone with its stable and sharp handling abilities.

If the R15 is 9/10 in handling than according to me the P200NS gets a solid 8.5/10 (0.5 gets shaved off due to its higher center of gravity). Overall the Pulsar 200NS will be easily faster than the R15 in any condition and type of terrain/road/track.

NS owners are telling that it returns ~35 km-pl even while redlining, Can some one confirm this?Whats the best FE one can extract from NS? And how good is its low-end torque? whats the minimum Speed required for it to slot in to top gear without snatching???

Owners please reply

Is the suspension is adjustable ?? can it be lower down ?

Exactly! When people compare "only" track performance of R15 to a 200NS, its unfair. Every bike is made for specific purpose, and 200NS is much more all rounder than anything else in the market. One should compare all Indian bikes on Track/off-roading/street (traffic commute) performance. I guess 200NS should be the most well balanced among all.

its not just track that i am talking about.. and as ns has the same frame as r15(cut the weight add the power and torque of ns) would it please a rider who likes to have a nice handling bike? that's my real comparison, handling breaking etc..

Congrats bro..awsome ride...

Why are you saying that?
Consciyash here disclosed his mileage days ago.. 35.
MG bhai told in the hardcore test, 35-38 under insane riding and 42-43 in normal cruising.
RocketJack also got 35-40.

And, now its not the time to know the real mileage. Have to complete 2 services... to know real mileage.

And about your query, go for Duke.
As you hardly exceeds 80+ rarely and "using more throttle in overtaking", DUKE WILL RETURN 35-40 FORE SURE.


Chintan bro... waiting for your pictures.... please also provide a link to its High res pics...

Synthetic Oil....???

Guys I'll taking my NS for its first service in a day or two. Just wanted to know if I can use Motul 5100 15w50 semi synthetic instead of the Dts-i oil. I am not aware if the Dts-i oil is mineral or synthetic but going by the claims of 10,000 kms of drain interval it should be atleast semi-synthetic.

Also, how many kms are required before i can switch to the Motul 300V fully synthetic one.

I have read somewhere that fully synthetic oils like the 300v last for more than 8k kms, is it true.....???

@Rohan all P200NS owners who are active on this thread have posted mileage figures. I got 40.9322kmpl on my P200NS and it was posted more than a week back i guess. May be you could not check my post.



@Speedshift : Yesterday when i got my 1st Service done i put DTSI Engine oi. The supervisor suggested that you can go for MOTUL and it would cost around 200/- more than DTSI Oil. He was like for the first service you go in for the DTSI oil and on Second service you can go for MOTUL and he said if you can spend more go for 0W50 oil which is like water and is great for the bike and would cost me around 1850/-. P200NS need 1.4Ltr of oil.