heavy confusion

OMG , after going through the duke ownership thread here i am pretty scared to go for duke .. my pulsar 200ns booking is still on .. any ns owners feeling engine heat after riding for a while ?

Welcome back to our thread!!!!!!!!!
BTW, what do you think are the main issues in DUKE??

The charged me Rs 780 for 1.4 litre of oil.
Will surely ask them about the injector thing.

I have not ridden my NS for really long stretches but yesterday I rode it for 70kms non stop and NO there was no heat issues as to what you are describing. I could hear/sense the radiator fan working but there was no feeling heat wave/blast towards my legs.

i booked my pulsar 200 NS on 2/7/12 they said they deliver within July 14 in Madurai waiting for it and thanks to all this thread held me to take correct decision

Can anybody confirm what's the Oil drain interval for the 200NS? Because if customers are willing to put Dtsi 10000 oil, then the next oil change should not be before 10,000Kms atleast! (It's other thing that we will require it change it by max 4000Kms)

The Dealer at Adoor told that they will deliver bike before onam..so i think it will be an onam gift for all....Waitin for that...

issues common with all dukes --
-- engine overheating very quickly due to which the bike drastically loses performance and the gears become incredibly hard.. many dukers are getting their legs and thighs fried
-- gear slips , mis-shifts , false neutrals between gears( deadspots)
-- fork oil leakage
-- exhaust pipe near engine is loosing color and the chrome plating is peeling off ..
-- engine dies suddenly while riding .. can only start again after turning off the key and on again ..
-- chain goes loose every few kms and starts slapping the swing arm ..
-- duke engine seized before first service ( 4 dukes in team-bhp thread)..

ns shares same engine block with duke but dukers are getting their legs and thighs fried with just 15 mins of riding ..they even say that the heat can be felt by pillion and also by the people standing around them at the signal lights ..

That seems to be some serious heat, thats definitely not the case with NS i can guarantee you that, atleast in my case.

In that case, the issue is quite deep.
Senior members,
since 200NS, shares the same platform, and are produced in the same plant as duke, could the same problems come up with NS as well in the future!!

Sorry for the confusion, the Rs 50 mentioned in the bill as labour charges is for the coolant top up actually. I remember now as the billing guy was asking the supervisor in which head should they bill the coolant top up and he said put it as labour.

oh god .. they describe it as unbearable .. they even stop for the bike to cool down..

dont worry man .. if these issues are not there at present then they wont come up at all .. i say this because these issues are faced by the dukers from day 1 itself ..

Thats really strange as both the bikes share the same block and even the internals are very similar, the oil filter and its cap had KTM written on it on my bike and the mechanic told me that if you open up the engine you will find many KTM components inside. He said he saw them while he went for training at pune.

Hey you had messaged me and I am still to reply.
But keep in mind that the duke has been around for a while now and has been bought by enthusiastic people mostly. So not even a single tiny problem would go unreported. So you'll get more reports of 'issues'.
All the bikes when launched are 'issue free' IMO. The CBR and the duke for example. Both were eagerly anticipated and people went for them. Issues did crop up for both of them later as experiences started pouring in.
The NS has only been ridden by a handful of people here and that too for not so long. Surely in 1 or 2 months' time issues would be reported here too.

PS : On my way to office today Saw a black NS on display at Sai Service just before Airoli Bridge. Took a small break to check out the bike. It was the first time I saw it in flesh. The bike does appear big. The tank and the shrouds make it look very aggressive. THe seats are definitely softer and comfier than the duke.Pillion would be happier but only just as compared to the duke because I think the rider's seat is longer than on the duke.The fit and finish is good too but looked a notch below than what we get on the duke though.The headlamps were great.
I found the black colour a bit dull. May be becuase it was a rainy and gloomy morning and the orange duke was near it. Probably black is meant for that purpose. Being invisible and stealthy. BUt the NInja Black better meets these qualities. Yellow was not on display so can't comment.
All in all the bike has great presence and would have so even more in the brighter colours.
OTR quoted was 95K. No test drives.

Better find out with the service guys bro.. P200NS doesn`t have a Fuel Injector.. only Duke 200 does.. this is bad!

Chintan you are the once who started this thread .. I think for today your NS got old for a month..