Re: Pulsar 200 NS

Hi friends,

I am not certain if this was discussed here before.
I have to switch to reserve even with half tank of petrol. If I don't, the engine stutters now and then, but does not stop. I mean the engine would still run. Once, I turn the fuel knob from ON to reserve the stuttering stops. However, if I run on a full tank, there is no such problem.
Any one observed this in their bikes?

Re: Pulsar 200 NS

This is my experience with my NS. Sorry if the post is a bit long, but please do read and some suggestions from you experts will be helpful for me. I've been using the bike for about 4 months now and had done about 3600 km on it. My experience on my bike was not that good. This is my first bike, I bought it on 12th august 2013. Before that I was using my dad's tvs victor which is about 12 years old now. I really never had a problem with that bike ever unlike my ns. I love my ns. Its really powerful and it's my first bike so I love it but still it gives me lot of problems. Mind you I'm not new to powerful bikes as I was riding my friend's p220 extensivley and which is one of the reasons why I went for a bajaj product. His p220 is really smooth, had good low end power and had no vibrations in the lower and mid range. I hear people here telling that NS is much smoother than p220. I also felt that during the first 700km. But after that I never felt it to be true(This is completley my opinion based on my experiences). Till 700 I was enjoying every ride in my bike, the handling was the one which amazed me most, it was way better than the p220. The brakes were brilliant eventhough the tyres were pretty bad, amd the gear shifts are butter smooth. After 700km my bike started behaving really harsh, vibrations were intolerable. But I realized that the engine is new and takes time to break in, so I waited and rode my bike patiently. After 1000-1100km, the bike was behaving well and the harshness was reduced to an extent an it felt smooth again except in 4-5k rpms. I was at peace. But at about 2000 km rear disk noise came into play and days after that were miserable. I paid visits to the svc atleast once in a week for about a month like if they were some relative of mine. They would clean the disks with some water, the sound will come back again after 2-3 days. I would have went to a good mechanic, but then that would void warranty and I didn't want to ask my dad money for doing that as he was totally against me buying powerful bikes especially pulsars, he wanted me to buy a honda unicorn. And at about 2500 km things got even worse, the front disks were also making noises. I just got really frustrated. I got it to the svc to get it repaired again, and always they failed to keep the noises from coming back. I lived with the vibrations and noises. My friend who is a fz owner was laughing at me as I used to say that I said his Fz was underpowered and couldn't even catch my NS's smoke and I was not able to say one word. Finally I told my Dad that I have such issues with my bike and the svc guys are unable to solve it and I wanted to consult a good mechanic. As expected he told me that you should have brought the unicorn and such dialogues. But finally he said he'll help. He said that as your bike is still in warranty you should ask the mechanic at the svc to completley rectify your problem, and if they don't then we can complain to bajaj about it, and then if the can't do that we could take it to a good mechanic He noticed me that there wasn't even a drop of brake fluid in the rear. Thus I went to the svc again. This time I told them all my problems and I will complain to bajaj if you guys can't rectify the issue. They took my bike in for 2 days. 2 days later they called me and said your bike is ready to go. I went there checked all the things, all was good, rode it around for a couple of times and checked for any problems. That was at about 3k kms. The bike ran pretty good for 500km. Then slowly old problems creeped in again, now all of them came together. Eventhough the rear brake noises are not there, the front disks compensate for that with really irritating whining noise, the brake pads are constantly rubbing against the disks which you can feel when you are rolling the bike without starting. To make matters worse there are vibrations on handlebars, seats(rider+ pillion), rider and foot pegs. I can't even see though the rvm because of the handlebar vibration. My dad's tvs victor was really vibey, but this is intolerable. Even my friends who rides as pillions with me is complaining about the vibrations. Two of my friends having a blue and a yellow ns have the same vibration problem, they don't have the disk noise problem though. I am really busy and don't have time to take it to svc, I need the bike every day. My 2nd service is near and I was going to give the bike to them and rectify the problems during 2nd service but I sort of lost my trust in svc guys. I was thinking of taking the bike to a good mechanic. I would like expert advice from you guys and suggestions on how I can rectify issues with my bike. Should I change the engine oil to something synthetic? And what to do with the disk noise problem?

Re: Pulsar 200 NS

So I m planning to buy a 200 NS. I have a Pulsar 220. Been running it for 2 years and 6 mnths now. So is such a transition from a 220 engine to a 200 fruitful?

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Re: Pulsar 200 NS

Guys, some have inquired about valve clearance and front fork oil of Pulsar 200NS. The intake valves' clearance is 0.05 mm and the exhaust valves' clearance is 0.08 mm. The front fork oil grade is SAE 10W20 and the amount is 295 +/- 2.5 ml. I'd be glad if mods add it to the first post together with the specifications, it would help a lot of confused 200NS owners. In case you are wondering, these values are taken from the service manual so they are correct.

Re: Pulsar 200 NS

With your extensive knowledge you could assemble an NS at home why bother buying a new.

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Your bike's idling is too low.

Re: Pulsar 200 NS

It is not a big leap from the 220. Wait for the bigger pulsar.

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Engine braking. Happens on every petrol IC engine, that's why the deceleration happens. Most probably, your clutch was not adjusted properly earlier. Hence low engine braking, now that it has been adjusted properly, the effect of engine braking is more evident. Actually it is a good thing, and the Bajaj owners' manual advises to utilize engine braking while stopping a bike in order to come into a halt faster and more efficiently. A lot of riders develop a bad habit of pulling the clutch in while stopping but the correct way is to be in the first gear when you come to a halt and after that pull the clutch in to prevent the engine from stalling. Takes some practice but it's a better trick and not to mention safer. Also, the lower the gear the higher the effect of engine braking, that's the reason it feels more prominent in first 3 gears. Read more about engine braking here, Engine braking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That's the plan actually now, as you can gather from my signature. Looking for used 200NS and planning to rebuild it myself.

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Any one faced the above issue?

And today while on my way back home from office at 01:00 AM. The lights (all ligjhts, headlight, console lights - except the blue Bajaj logo LED, tail lights) went out. Indicators were working. Whenever, the bike goes over bumps on the road, the lights would flicker.

Re: Pulsar 200 NS

yeah .. man , please do it ...

Re: Pulsar 200 NS

Vapor lock man, happens commonly. Just open and close the lid and it should be normal again. Pretty common issue, not only on P200NS but on all the petrol bikes. Also check the vent holes on the lid, they may be clogged.

About your second problem of lights going off, I suspect a loose connection. Check all the connections carefully.

Re: Pulsar 200 NS

Well I know what's engine breaking. I use that 90% of the time. Specially when am at high speed I prefer down shifting to lower speed. But now I feel like the engine breaking effect is more. Like 30 to 20kmph is very quick. That's what makes me worried.

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HI everyone, a newbie here . I owned P150 for 5 years n now i bought 200NS and its around 2500 on the odo. I am from Delhi but currently working in Chennai.
i have many questions, please bear with me, and plzz plzz answer my queries.
first one- i am planning a trip to Kerala on 28th of dec, and trip is about 1500-1600 kms. I have only done frst service of my bike at 550kms. Should i get it services and change oil to Motul 5100 or should i return from trip and then go for the servicing and oil change??? as of now my bike is running good with 42-45 kmpl with 70-80kmph on city roads.

second question- How long can i stretch my NS without stopping on a highway trip?? I mean its a liquid cooled so how far can i go without taking a stop?? i heard on p150 one should not go beyond 100km in a single stretch. So at what interval should i keep stopping to keep my engine safe n sound?? (Sound plays major role here, i dont want my undwerbelly baby to sound rude to me )

And now the gear lever problm, when i downshift fast, it gets struck or sumtyms it gets totally free and moves like nothing is attached to it. But when i press clutch and start downshifting slowly it works fine. But problem is that in case of hard braking i dont have enough time to downshift slowly and got into scenarios where i was standing in middle of the road with speeding traffic on the highway cause i had to slow down because a car took urgent brake and as cant downshift so had to stand still and then downshift as i was stuck in 5th gear and my speed was too low to pickup frm there. But SVC people say its meant to be downshifted this way only and my gearbox is perfectly fine. Dunno what to do, i am in chennai and dont even know their language.
Plus the rear disk sound is there since staring but they only rub it with sand paper and it comes back within 3-4 days

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HI everyone, a newbie here . I owned P150 for 5 years n now i bought 200NS and its around 2500 on the odo. I am from Delhi but currently working in Chennai.
i have many questions, please bear with me, and plzz plzz answer my queries.
first one- i am planning a trip to Kerala on 28th of dec, and trip is about 1500-1600 kms. I have only done frst service of my bike at 550kms. Should i get it services and change oil to Motul 5100 or should i return from trip and then go for the servicing and oil change??? as of now my bike is running good with 42-45 kmpl with 70-80kmph on city roads.

second question- How long can i stretch my NS without stopping on a highway trip?? I mean its a liquid cooled so how far can i go without taking a stop?? i heard on p150 one should not go beyond 100km in a single stretch. So at what interval should i keep stopping to keep my engine safe n sound?? (Sound plays major role here, i dont want my undwerbelly baby to sound rude to me )

And now the gear lever problm, when i downshift fast, it gets struck or sumtyms it gets totally free and moves like nothing is attached to it. But when i press clutch and start downshifting slowly it works fine. But problem is that in case of hard braking i dont have enough time to downshift slowly and got into scenarios where i was standing in middle of the road with speeding traffic on the highway cause i had to slow down because a car took urgent brake and as cant downshift so had to stand still and then downshift as i was stuck in 5th gear and my speed was too low to pickup frm there. But SVC people say its meant to be downshifted this way only and my gearbox is perfectly fine. Dunno what to do, i am in chennai and dont even know their language.
Plus the rear disk sound is there since staring but they only rub it with sand paper and it comes back within 3-4 days

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HI everyone, a newbie here . I owned P150 for 5 years n now i bought 200NS and its around 2500 on the odo. I am from Delhi but currently working in Chennai.
i have many questions, please bear with me, and plzz plzz answer my queries.
first one- i am planning a trip to Kerala on 28th of dec, and trip is about 1500-1600 kms. I have only done frst service of my bike at 550kms. Should i get it services and change oil to Motul 5100 or should i return from trip and then go for the servicing and oil change??? as of now my bike is running good with 42-45 kmpl with 70-80kmph on city roads.

second question- How long can i stretch my NS without stopping on a highway trip?? I mean its a liquid cooled so how far can i go without taking a stop?? i heard on p150 one should not go beyond 100km in a single stretch. So at what interval should i keep stopping to keep my engine safe n sound?? (Sound plays major role here, i dont want my undwerbelly baby to sound rude to me )

And now the gear lever problm, when i downshift fast, it gets struck or sumtyms it gets totally free and moves like nothing is attached to it. But when i press clutch and start downshifting slowly it works fine. But problem is that in case of hard braking i dont have enough time to downshift slowly and got into scenarios where i was standing in middle of the road with speeding traffic on the highway cause i had to slow down because a car took urgent brake and as cant downshift so had to stand still and then downshift as i was stuck in 5th gear and my speed was too low to pickup frm there. But SVC people say its meant to be downshifted this way only and my gearbox is perfectly fine. Dunno what to do, i am in chennai and dont even know their language.
Plus the rear disk sound is there since staring but they only rub it with sand paper and it comes back within 3-4 days

Re: Pulsar 200 NS

If something was rubbing against your wheels or other things, the FE would drop, have you noticed any drop in fuel efficiency? Also does both wheels move freely when you move them with your hand.

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Even i feel engine braking is too strong but it is good especially on corners, no need to apply breaks . I am getting a fuel economy of 40-42 with lots of ripping redlining and traffic rides ( no highway ) so engine must be running good.

Re: Pulsar 200 NS

You do not have to do anything before going on the trip, just check chain tension and tire pressure. Do the service after you reach 5000 kms. You don't have to change oil before 5000 kms. You can ride a bike all day all night long as long as you maintain a proper speed (80% of the top speed is considered as cruising speed) and shift properly. The P150 can go more than 100 kms easily, all depends on the riders' skill and stamina. I suggest you take break after 150 kms for your own sake.

About gear shifts, NS is short geared, not as short geared as Duke but still short compared to P150. You need to shift often and if you have to brake suddenly, disregard downshifting, roll off the throttle and apply both brakes judiciously. I can imagine the scenario, if you have to brake suddenly and have to accelerate suddenly, you don't have to downshift to 3rd or 2nd gear. You can just downshift to 4th gear and accelerate, it will need some practice and getting used to. You may want to get the gear shift lever adjusted to your comfort.

Ratio of the 4th gear is 1.24 so it should offer okay tier acceleration on the NS and good top end too (Around 100 kmph at 9500 rpm). So if you see busy traffic ahead and anticipate joywalkers and other retarded cagers, downshift to 4th. Be vigilant on the road and always expect the unexpected, that's the only way to ride safely in India.