Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Will give a try sure bro.

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Time for more experience sharing...

I am having some bad time with the bike. First there was the issue with battery/charging coil and then, on Friday I had an accident. This was my first accident in almost 12 years (not counting when I had dropped the bike while stopping/parking etc). Let me share the story and then I'll give my learning from the incident. I hope this helps you avoid any similar incidents in future...

I was riding back home on Friday night after office. It was an interior road leading to the highway and was almost empty except one auto rickshaw in front of me. The road is ok in terms of width, not very short neither too wide. I was also on regular speed ~ 40 kmph. While I was about to increase the speed and overtake the auto, it braked heavily. Guess what, the brake lights were faulty. Alarmed by the screeching sound, I too panic braked. One mistake I did was that I applied the rear brakes first and the bike had a small skid. That was fine and I can manage such conditions very easily. What I could not manage was a speedbraker right in front of me. The auto had braked so heavily because of this speed braker. The moment my skidding bike went over the speed braker, I knew I was in trouble! What happened next was predictable and I had a nice fall on road.
I stood up after a couple of seconds. Thankfully, there was nobody driving behind me. Somebody came and picked up the bike. I checked the bike and there was no damage except for a bent gear lever. I too had no injuries, mainly because of my gears (Helmet, jacket and gloves). Only thing was not wearing was a knee guard. Guess what, in 2 min I was feeling a lot of pain in my left knee. I shouted a mouthful of expletives to the auto driver who ran away the moment I stood on my feet. Looking back, I think the mistake was 40% auto driver, 40% mine and 20% circumstantial. My mistake was that I was not alert enough and could have reacted early. Secondly, my braking technique was not correct.

What I learnt from the experience? Mainly two things:

1. I felt for the first time that my braking techniques have gone worse since the time I bought the bike. I think it is due to over-reliance on the ABS. Please don't get me wrong here, I believe that ABS are absolutely necessary for my well-being and I will not buy a bike without ABS in future. But having ABS does not mean that you should ignore the correct braking technique. Every time that ABS light hits, it means that your braking was incorrect and you were saved only because of ABS. I need to keep this mind in future and need to brush up my braking skills!

2. ATGATT!!! I was wearing a jacket, gloves and woodland boots. Only gear that I was not wearing was a knee guard. And I got hurt on my knee. This accident happened at a very slow speed but still my knee was paining for 2 days. Imagine if it were an accident on highway! So friends, please invest in good gears and wear them even on your daily commute. Future is uncertain. What is certain is that if you keep on riding for a long time, you will have an accident some day. Be prepared for that day!

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Yes until the exhaust end can has a DB killer, but doesn't the change of system require a ecu remap for fueling to be right?

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

It does require a remap for the fueling to be perfect. But it's not absolutely necessary. Seeing as they cost upwards of 18K just for a single remap, I don't see how a normal person can afford it along with the cost of the full exhaust system.

There are people on YouTube who've had full system's on their bikes (RS 200 only) for a while and they don't report on any major problems. Yes mileage may drop a little and you may loose some low down torque, but acceleration and top speed improves according to them. It's your own choice.

Besides if you don't remap the ECU the unburnt fuel is lit in the exhaust itself which gives it a cool flame along with pops and crackles. To most of the people that's more important, as you'll see a lot of people with "Flame Thrower" exhausts than people who have had the ECU remapped professionally.

It's up to the owner I guess. Cheers!

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience



Buses & Rickshaw's movement especially in Left lane is unpredictable(anytime they can decide to stop or change lane) , In case of most car ,taxi,bikes even trucks it is quite predictable.
So,whenever I am behind them i personally always try to maintain some distance & low speed in case they decide to stop else I keep an eye in advance on some space sideways to steer bike into while panic braking.

Sometimes people don't prefer to even stop in case someone falls / accident.
2 days back some RS rider was stuck in middle of Juhu road junction when cloth stuck in his rear calipar, there was line of vehicles everyone honking at him,but nobody moved ahead to help & take bike sideways,I had parked my bike sideways & go to help him.
Even approx 5 years back I had my first & last fatal crash on my kinetic while crossing highway truck collided with my scooter totalled ,even chassis was bent(Although I rebuilt it now). My leg was injured as I stuck under it, As it was early morning people just slowing down then passing by,after an hour one guy helped to get out even gave me lift to get back.

So,everyday while driving to concentrate I always keep in mind these three things - there are lot of fool drivers I have to tackle ,nobody will take me to hospital if I crash on time & someone waiting/dependent on me .

Ride safe.

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Was 200 rs available with dual channel abs?

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

No. Only single channel (front brakes) ABS.

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Today I went to bajaj dealer and could see abs rings on both front and rear brake setup.
Does that mean that its now introduced with dual channel?
Posting pics for reference.

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

THAT'S an interesting development! Check out this Mar 2015 RS200 Q&A:

https://www.rushlane.com/insight-into-bajaj-pulsar-rs-200-12149115.htm

A dual-channel ABS RS200 was spotted, BUT it was mentioned that it won't be sold in India.

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

So the 2017 200 RS is available now with dual channel abs! :-D

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience


Don't get to conclusion so fast.
Older bikes also have sensors on both wheels.

Only way to verify if the ABS is Single to double ,unless you strip the tank off & see rear Brake line going into ABS module.
Current version of Module used in RS is Bosch ABS lite-with only option to plug front brake lines with input from sensors of both wheels.

I don't feel it is going to happen soon, that also silently. I expect only new paint schemes.

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Mine is a first batch yellow ABS RS 200. The rings are on my bike as well. They're used to calculate the accurate speed difference between front and rear wheel. ABS works only on front wheel. Cheers.

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Thanks for the clarification!
I thought that its dual channel.
My bad.

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

One general question.

Recently i changed my engine oil to Motul 7100 20w50. I have ridden my bike about 50kms after that.

But still the oil color is nearly same.

I could see that in that oil indicator of the engine.

After how many kms the oil's color will chnage?

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience


7100 is fully synthetic so it will not change color like DTSI mineral oil,it will stay in red color only.
So, if you start feeling harshness or feeling problems in shifts it will be the time to change oil-approx after 3500 to 4000 km.