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**Rover200** · 11-16-2016, 07:51 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Originally posted by Nakul Bhugra View Post

Thanks for the reply.
The guys at the SVC at smaller branches or towns are not really experienced in handling bigger bikes. I lubed the chain well and i am guessing the sound will fade away? The main problem is occuring when decelerating or coasting in neutral.

I am also facing this buzzing sound issue while downshifting of gears followed by vibrations on rear brake pedal. This only happens when I apply the brakes and downshift the gears. I cannot say that whether this sound is from chain or from engine. Till now I am unable to find any solution for this.

Are you also facing this vibration issue with this sound. Both the buzzing sound and vibrations are simultaneous in my case.

I am facing this issue right after the first service of my bike.

**Nakul Bhugra** · 11-16-2016, 08:33 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Originally posted by Rover200 View Post

I am also facing this buzzing sound issue while downshifting of gears followed by vibrations on rear brake pedal. This only happens when I apply the brakes and downshift the gears. I cannot say that whether this sound is from chain or from engine. Till now I am unable to find any solution for this.

Are you also facing this vibration issue with this sound. Both the buzzing sound and vibrations are simultaneous in my case.

I am facing this issue right after the first service of my bike.

I noticed some vibrations around the foot pegs today only. The buzzing is from the chain ,front sprocket to be specific. I also started facing these issues after my first service. In my case, the buzzing starts if i go to 30-40kmph and either downshift or coast in neutral. Above 40, i guess the noise is dampened by the wind.

**Rover200** · 11-16-2016, 09:10 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Originally posted by Nakul Bhugra View Post

I noticed some vibrations around the foot pegs today only. The buzzing is from the chain ,front sprocket to be specific. I also started facing these issues after my first service. In my case, the buzzing starts if i go to 30-40kmph and either downshift or coast in neutral. Above 40, i guess the noise is dampened by the wind.

Now I don't know what to do on this issue. Its really annoying that the bike was totally perfect before the first service and now according to SVC this issue is normal.

If you find any solution on this then do let us know.

In my case the vibrations are very prominent on the rear brake pedal while braking and downshifting.

**B7ACKTHORN** · 11-17-2016, 03:12 AM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Originally posted by Nakul Bhugra View Post

Thanks for the reply. It is not a feeble buzz though. Loud enough to hear while riding normally. I noticed something though. I hear it getting loud when i release the throttle and bike is under load. After a lot of visits, the best i came to know is that the pressure wash may have removed the grease from the 'o rings' and it will get better with time. If you think it is anything else, then let me know.
And also,
The bike and the chain is new so there is no wear for now.
The chain is well lubed.
And i loosened the chain a little, just in case. Afterall a slightly loose chain is better than a tight one.

Folks have chimed in nicely. Pressure washing is not a bad idea, what must be done is the after care. After a pressure wash, dry the chain, apply adequate lube, go for a small ride, of 1 KM and relube the chain, this extra lube helps the rings retain the lost lubrication that was present before the wash. Do this after every pressure wash, if warranted. Secondly you are absolutely right, a slightly loose is chain is beneficial than a extremely taut chain.

Cheers!
VJ

**rachitsharma2000** · 11-18-2016, 12:28 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Time for a nice story friends: How my anxiety almost led to engine failure!

The story starts with me giving my RS200 for its 2nd paid service (almost 15k km done!). Got the bike the next day with all the usual things like oil change and chain cleaning and lubing etc. The next day I saw that there is some oil leak in the parking. Not much, just a couple of drops. Did not pay any attention to it and continued riding. Almost 2 weeks went by.

Next Monday, I saw a few drops of oil in the parking again. Internal alarms went haywire this time and I dropped to my knees to see the oil indicator window below. It was empty. No oil. I went mad. Had faced same issue years ago when rode my bike (Karizma then) in zero oil and had to get the engine rebuilt. It was a nightmare!

Rode the bike very slowly to the nearest petrol pump and bought the 900 ml engine oil bottle (some HP brand). Such was the tension in my mind that I didn't even bother to open the engine screw to let out any remaining oil, just put the new oil in. Checked the oil indicator window, now it showed some oil. Decided that I'll wait and watch for some time.

Next week, rode the bike extremely sanely, not exceeding 70 kmph even on Eastern express highway. All good so far. Oil level remained the same whole week.

On Friday, I left pretty late from the office (about 12 or 12.30 am). There was minimal traffic on the highway. So, rode at high speed first time in one week. Came back home and let out a shrill cry to see that oil level was again nil in the indicator.

Repeated the same exercise of riding very slowly to the nearest petrol pump and filled 1 L of oil. On Sunday, had some work and ended up riding for almost 50+ km. In the night, while coming back I was stopped by the police at a toll naka for the usual checks. It was then that I saw smoke coming out of exhaust along with oil droplets sticking to the exhaust outlet. I swear I almost fainted. The performance of the bike had also gone down (for the first time during the whole fiasco)

Spent the whole night thinking the bike is gone now --> Will have to sell the bike --> What new bike to buy --> May be RC390 --> Or go for a higher upgrade like Ninja 650 --> No money

for that --> Buy an Avenger and save money to buy N650 --> take a big loan and buy Hayabusa --> zzzzzzz.....

It was high time now and I had to visit the service station. The major inconsistencies in the narrative troubling me were:
1. How can so much oil disappear without any leakage
2. How is the mileage unaffected during the whole scenario (I use tank to tank method and mileage was almost the same ~32 kmpl)
3. There was no effect on the performance of bike till today when I saw smoke coming out of exhaust.
4. No weird sound from the engine when I rode the bike to petrol pump for oil purchase after seeing zero oil in indicator window. How is this possible?

Well, take some time and think about the whole issue. I got answers to all the above 4 questions and the mystery was solved the next day when I visited the service station.

Continuing the story, I went to SS next day and explained the issue to mechanic. First thing he did was to open the engine screw and drain the oil.

It kept on draining. and on and on.

Whole container was filled with engine oil.

Total quantity ~ 3 Litres!!!

And I understood what a moron I have been! The bike was on the side stand when I had checked the oil level both times!!! The bike never ran on zero oil. So, no effect on mileage and performance. The few droplets of oil I saw were maybe because of chain lubing I had done the other day. Like a moron, I just assumed there is no oil in the bike and kept on filling oil. This extra oil overflew and somehow ended up in exhaust giving that smoke.

The mechanic removed extra oil and I ran away from there as fast as possible with an embarrassed face.

Epilogue: The performance came back to normal after about 50 km of riding and things are back to normal. Whenever I look at the oil window, I remind myself never to assume anything in anxiety. Form a hypothesis and test it against facts. Only then form a theory. Lesson well learnt.

PS: Happy that the bike is fine. Sad because all the plans of buying RC390/Ninja390/R3/Hayabusa scrapped for time being.

**Yatheesh S Yashashvi** · 11-18-2016, 02:46 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Originally posted by rachitsharma2000 View Post

Time for a nice story friends: How my anxiety almost led to engine failure!

PS: Happy that the bike is fine. Sad because all the plans of buying RC390/Ninja390/R3/Hayabusa scrapped for time being.

It happens with every bike if you over lube your chain...
If you don't have any problem with bike don't go to SVC's. change your oil, coolant, n lube n grease by yourself..

**nabin_RS200** · 11-18-2016, 07:16 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Originally posted by rachitsharma2000 View Post

Time for a nice story friends: How my anxiety almost led to engine failure!

The story starts with me giving my RS200 for its 2nd paid service (almost 15k km done!). Got the bike the next day with all the usual things like oil change and chain cleaning and lubing etc. The next day I saw that there is some oil leak in the parking. Not much, just a couple of drops. Did not pay any attention to it and continued riding. Almost 2 weeks went by.

Next Monday, I saw a few drops of oil in the parking again. Internal alarms went haywire this time and I dropped to my knees to see the oil indicator window below. It was empty. No oil. I went mad. Had faced same issue years ago when rode my bike (Karizma then) in zero oil and had to get the engine rebuilt. It was a nightmare!

Rode the bike very slowly to the nearest petrol pump and bought the 900 ml engine oil bottle (some HP brand). Such was the tension in my mind that I didn't even bother to open the engine screw to let out any remaining oil, just put the new oil in. Checked the oil indicator window, now it showed some oil. Decided that I'll wait and watch for some time.

Next week, rode the bike extremely sanely, not exceeding 70 kmph even on Eastern express highway. All good so far. Oil level remained the same whole week.

On Friday, I left pretty late from the office (about 12 or 12.30 am). There was minimal traffic on the highway. So, rode at high speed first time in one week. Came back home and let out a shrill cry to see that oil level was again nil in the indicator.

Repeated the same exercise of riding very slowly to the nearest petrol pump and filled 1 L of oil. On Sunday, had some work and ended up riding for almost 50+ km. In the night, while coming back I was stopped by the police at a toll naka for the usual checks. It was then that I saw smoke coming out of exhaust along with oil droplets sticking to the exhaust outlet. I swear I almost fainted. The performance of the bike had also gone down (for the first time during the whole fiasco)

Spent the whole night thinking the bike is gone now --> Will have to sell the bike --> What new bike to buy --> May be RC390 --> Or go for a higher upgrade like Ninja 650 --> No money

for that --> Buy an Avenger and save money to buy N650 --> take a big loan and buy Hayabusa --> zzzzzzz.....

It was high time now and I had to visit the service station. The major inconsistencies in the narrative troubling me were:
1. How can so much oil disappear without any leakage
2. How is the mileage unaffected during the whole scenario (I use tank to tank method and mileage was almost the same ~32 kmpl)
3. There was no effect on the performance of bike till today when I saw smoke coming out of exhaust.
4. No weird sound from the engine when I rode the bike to petrol pump for oil purchase after seeing zero oil in indicator window. How is this possible?

Well, take some time and think about the whole issue. I got answers to all the above 4 questions and the mystery was solved the next day when I visited the service station.

Continuing the story, I went to SS next day and explained the issue to mechanic. First thing he did was to open the engine screw and drain the oil.

It kept on draining. and on and on.

Whole container was filled with engine oil.

Total quantity ~ 3 Litres!!!

And I understood what a moron I have been! The bike was on the side stand when I had checked the oil level both times!!! The bike never ran on zero oil. So, no effect on mileage and performance. The few droplets of oil I saw were maybe because of chain lubing I had done the other day. Like a moron, I just assumed there is no oil in the bike and kept on filling oil. This extra oil overflew and somehow ended up in exhaust giving that smoke.

The mechanic removed extra oil and I ran away from there as fast as possible with an embarrassed face.

Epilogue: The performance came back to normal after about 50 km of riding and things are back to normal. Whenever I look at the oil window, I remind myself never to assume anything in anxiety. Form a hypothesis and test it against facts. Only then form a theory. Lesson well learnt.

PS: Happy that the bike is fine. Sad because all the plans of buying RC390/Ninja390/R3/Hayabusa scrapped for time being.

Hello Rachit,

Trust me!! The moment I saw your post in my office I left my work and start reading your post

.

But post like this is not at all acceptable from you

(No hard) feelings..Though its a good story to share with

Your are among those guys who encourage other rider to treat their bike as the way she need.

P.S-I really felt bad the moment u start dreaming of other bikes instead of getting your bike repaired

...

Though this post really fun to read and end with very good message as usual

**sgbikerboy** · 11-18-2016, 07:55 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Originally posted by rachitsharma2000 View Post

Time for a nice story friends: How my anxiety almost led to engine failure!

The story starts with me giving my RS200 for its 2nd paid service (almost 15k km done!). Got the bike the next day with all the usual things like oil change and chain cleaning and lubing etc. The next day I saw that there is some oil leak in the parking. Not much, just a couple of drops. Did not pay any attention to it and continued riding. Almost 2 weeks went by.

Next Monday, I saw a few drops of oil in the parking again. Internal alarms went haywire this time and I dropped to my knees to see the oil indicator window below. It was empty. No oil. I went mad. Had faced same issue years ago when rode my bike (Karizma then) in zero oil and had to get the engine rebuilt. It was a nightmare!

Rode the bike very slowly to the nearest petrol pump and bought the 900 ml engine oil bottle (some HP brand). Such was the tension in my mind that I didn't even bother to open the engine screw to let out any remaining oil, just put the new oil in. Checked the oil indicator window, now it showed some oil. Decided that I'll wait and watch for some time.

Next week, rode the bike extremely sanely, not exceeding 70 kmph even on Eastern express highway. All good so far. Oil level remained the same whole week.

On Friday, I left pretty late from the office (about 12 or 12.30 am). There was minimal traffic on the highway. So, rode at high speed first time in one week. Came back home and let out a shrill cry to see that oil level was again nil in the indicator.

Repeated the same exercise of riding very slowly to the nearest petrol pump and filled 1 L of oil. On Sunday, had some work and ended up riding for almost 50+ km. In the night, while coming back I was stopped by the police at a toll naka for the usual checks. It was then that I saw smoke coming out of exhaust along with oil droplets sticking to the exhaust outlet. I swear I almost fainted. The performance of the bike had also gone down (for the first time during the whole fiasco)

Spent the whole night thinking the bike is gone now --> Will have to sell the bike --> What new bike to buy --> May be RC390 --> Or go for a higher upgrade like Ninja 650 --> No money

for that --> Buy an Avenger and save money to buy N650 --> take a big loan and buy Hayabusa --> zzzzzzz.....

It was high time now and I had to visit the service station. The major inconsistencies in the narrative troubling me were:
1. How can so much oil disappear without any leakage
2. How is the mileage unaffected during the whole scenario (I use tank to tank method and mileage was almost the same ~32 kmpl)
3. There was no effect on the performance of bike till today when I saw smoke coming out of exhaust.
4. No weird sound from the engine when I rode the bike to petrol pump for oil purchase after seeing zero oil in indicator window. How is this possible?

Well, take some time and think about the whole issue. I got answers to all the above 4 questions and the mystery was solved the next day when I visited the service station.

Continuing the story, I went to SS next day and explained the issue to mechanic. First thing he did was to open the engine screw and drain the oil.

It kept on draining. and on and on.

Whole container was filled with engine oil.

Total quantity ~ 3 Litres!!!

And I understood what a moron I have been! The bike was on the side stand when I had checked the oil level both times!!! The bike never ran on zero oil. So, no effect on mileage and performance. The few droplets of oil I saw were maybe because of chain lubing I had done the other day. Like a moron, I just assumed there is no oil in the bike and kept on filling oil. This extra oil overflew and somehow ended up in exhaust giving that smoke.

The mechanic removed extra oil and I ran away from there as fast as possible with an embarrassed face.

Epilogue: The performance came back to normal after about 50 km of riding and things are back to normal. Whenever I look at the oil window, I remind myself never to assume anything in anxiety. Form a hypothesis and test it against facts. Only then form a theory. Lesson well learnt.

PS: Happy that the bike is fine. Sad because all the plans of buying RC390/Ninja390/R3/Hayabusa scrapped for time being.

Hey, you might wanna check out your air filter element after this episode. Excessive engine oil levels tend to "splash up" and leave very oily stains on the air filter element. If so, you may want to consider replacing it and cleaning up the splashed up oil stains around the area.

**nabin_RS200** · 11-18-2016, 08:17 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Originally posted by rachitsharma2000 View Post

Not much, but take care of the below 3 pointers:

1. Most important: NEVER run the bike with empty/close to empty tank. The FI will get burnt if you do so. I get my tank full at 230-260 km mark.
2. Get petrol only from trusted petrol pumps. Adulterated fuel might clog/damage your FI.
3. While starting the bike, wait for 2-3 secs after you turn on the engine. This is to ensure full electrical checkup is done. Remember that most mechanics have this habit of starting the bike immediately after turning the engine on. Keep an eye on that.

Hello Rachit,
-Most important: NEVER run the bike with empty/close to empty tank. The FI will get burnt if you do so. I get my tank full at 230-260 km mark.
Just wanted to know, are you following any calculation for refueling at 230-260km because I usually refueled at 350km. So next top up comes approx 10 liters.
My RS average is 36 km/litre

Could you please shed some info on this...

**nabin_RS200** · 11-18-2016, 09:26 PM

Refuel doubt

Hello Bikers there,,

Can someone please tell at what kilometer figure you usually refuel your bike???

**1mesh** · 11-18-2016, 09:50 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Originally posted by 1mesh View Post

Post 13k odd kms, major issue with her, typical bajaj-ktm problem, waterpump o-ring is done, coolant into the oil sump, I haven't rectified it yet, but that's what it seems will be going to the svc tomm, the see through shows partly milky colour of oil. The symptoms for this issue is overheating and fan not switching off, 3 days back i topped up the coolant as i was facing this fan issue and this was the ultimate outcome.

So after this,she's running on bajaj oil, previously on motul 7100, I'm having a hard time, motul makes the engine smooth af, meanwhile on the bajaj mineral the vibes are back, from the foot pegs to the handle bars at times , anyway will update it, has anyone used shell fully synthetic?

**Nakul Bhugra** · 11-18-2016, 11:30 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Originally posted by Rover200 View Post

Now I don't know what to do on this issue. Its really annoying that the bike was totally perfect before the first service and now according to SVC this issue is normal.

If you find any solution on this then do let us know.

In my case the vibrations are very prominent on the rear brake pedal while braking and downshifting.

I took the bike for one final inspection to the service center.In spite of listening to the same thing again that it is normal, they loosened the chain and i think was checking the wheel alignment. I drove away in dissatisfaction but i found the noise to be quite low which to me is now normal. I dont know what the problem was, but the demon is perfect again [emoji28] .
Problems could have been
1. Dry chain
2. Tight chain
3. Rear Wheel alignment
4. Pressure wash by the SVC.(do lube the chain well if this is the case)
Good luck and do let us know if the issue is resolved.[emoji6]

**Shubh305** · 11-19-2016, 12:15 AM

Re: Refuel doubt

Originally posted by nabin_RS200 View Post

Hello Bikers there,,

Can someone please tell at what kilometer figure you usually refuel your bike???

I usually get my tank full at around 320-330 km as my bike's average is 32-33 km/L and everytime it takes10 litre of fuel to get my tank full leaving 3 litres of fuel untouched as the tank capacity is 13L.

**Nakul Bhugra** · 11-19-2016, 09:18 PM

Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Hey guys,
I am looking to change the engine oil. Bajaj 10000 really sucks. From the thread, the best seems to be motul 5100 15W-50. Has anybody tried castrol or shell? How are they? Main purpose would be city riding,high performance and occasional touring.
Current odo reading 800km and I'll be changing it after 1000km.

**Sanket s** · 11-19-2016, 11:12 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

So for 2ND service should I go for motul 20w50 or other motul or bajaj?

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