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**BikerRS200** · 08-07-2015, 12:28 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Originally posted by rockstar.ash23 View Post

I was pretty much satisfied with my bike. But a few days back, I went for a small ride with my friend. He had a CBR 250R repsol edition. On our way back we switched our bikes and I was so amused with how smooth gear shifts and clutch was of that bike. Since that day, I can never see my bike the same way I used to see it before... 😔

same with me when someone hit my clutch lever in a parking spot and it was bent to an angle...

I could not find a replacement and was very disturbed riding my new bike with a bent lever......

**kaizen88** · 08-24-2015, 12:15 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Hi guys,

I took my red bumblebee for his 1st service and SVC guy told me to use Motul engine oil. After going through this thread I came to know that I should not have agreed. Can anyone please tell if it's going to do any damage or void warranty.

I had completed 1300 kms after service and so far there is no complaint except some vibration noise from front which I guess is coming from mirror.

**rachitsharma2000** · 08-24-2015, 01:28 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Originally posted by kaizen88 View Post

Hi guys,

I took my red bumblebee for his 1st service and SVC guy told me to use Motul engine oil. After going through this thread I came to know that I should not have agreed. Can anyone please tell if it's going to do any damage or void warranty.

I had completed 1300 kms after service and so far there is no complaint except some vibration noise from front which I guess is coming from mirror.

Damage: No.
Void warranty: Possible, but not probable.

Do not mention in your next service that you changed oil to Motul. I do not think they can make out just by looking that oil is Bajaj or not.

**Black0ut** · 08-24-2015, 02:03 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

All the pulsar RS 200 related pages in XBHP giving error message as page not found. Except this one. Got any clue????
It seems they have messed up...

**krish2778** · 08-24-2015, 03:18 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Originally posted by Black0ut View Post

All the pulsar RS 200 related pages in XBHP giving error message as page not found. Except this one. Got any clue????
It seems they have messed up...

They downgraded back to the old interface, so about 2 weeks content and posts have been lost/has not been restored yet.

Cheers
Ride Safe
Krishna

**bhargavkundem** · 08-24-2015, 03:18 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Originally posted by Black0ut View Post

All the pulsar RS 200 related pages in XBHP giving error message as page not found. Except this one. Got any clue????
It seems they have messed up...

They have migrated back to previous version(vb4) of xbhp which is the reason for loss of some data iam guessing... iam not seeing any posts which were posted in last two weeks where vb5 was used...

**Black0ut** · 08-24-2015, 04:33 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Originally posted by krish2778 View Post

They downgraded back to the old interface, so about 2 weeks content and posts have been lost/has not been restored yet.

Cheers
Ride Safe
Krishna

Atleast now we are able to use the app without any issues..

Before RS: Riding in 100+ km/hr was fun
After RS: Riding itself is fun

**BikerRS200** · 08-25-2015, 01:01 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Guys, Is the clutch lever used in RS 200 the same as in KTMs? Please let me know if anyone is aware.

**Rhimm** · 08-26-2015, 04:01 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Completed my 2000 kms and took my RS for Coorg Trip. It was raining throughout. After riding for 500 kms on a rainy day i notices some moisture and water droplets inside the Display panel. Is this something i should be worried about considering it as manufacturing defect? Please help me on this

**Akash.Yadav** · 08-26-2015, 04:29 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Hi guys, i am back with another pop question for everyone and it is again for my friend's RS200.

NOM to the owners but I don't feel that awesome when I switch to RS from my P220, although the newer species from Bajaj is fantastic. The two problems that I faced while riding my friend's RS are:

1. The clutch engages and disengages at the very last part of the whole clutch movement, the part where the lever goes back to its normal position when you release it. That made me uncomfortable and ruined my happy feeling. I know this is due to the clutch setting and I will get it done to normal again.

2. The RPM shoots itself to about 3K level when you pull the clutch and downshift to negotiate a speed breaker. Something like an anti-stall thingy. That is a weird thing to have on a bike. The accelerator cable is not stuck anywhere and has ample free play. The bike remaining straight with no handle movement. Any pointers to solve this problem?

Things I didn't like:

1. The bike, seat and posture is wide. I liked how NS200 felt but RS is different. It felt big to me, it never made me feel at home. I am 5'6" from dirt level.

2. Rear brake is wooden but it does the job. It is doing its minimum requirement with no drama but has absolutely no life or feel to it.

3. The gearshifts. It is hard and does not slot properly. Again, this may be due to the clutch setting but even before that setting change it never felt wow. When hot, my 220's gearshifts feel sweet.

4. Pillion seat is NO First Floor but there is absolutely nothing that the pillion can grab on to. The slots provided in the bodywork is as useless as lighting a candle to warm up a 10 feet long room.

5. Absolutely no engine braking feel. This feels like a car and that's like a family car. You downshift to put use of the engine braking and that stupid Auto-RPM thingy cuts in to give you a gliding feeling where you need to use brakes.

**Black0ut** · 08-26-2015, 11:03 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Hi... i have completed 1100 km now.. till first service my clutch setting was good. After that its totally annoying. I even went to svc to restore my clutch setting. But he advised me to stay with same setting as If the setting is Sharp, clutch plate will wear sooner than the actual life time. But I am unable to manage it when I wear gloves. Wrists are paining a lot and engine is lugging. Is it okay to change the clutch setting so that I could apply minimal movement rather than completely squeezing the lever and releasing it.
Regarding pillion seat: I stopped giving lifts after buying RS not because its not comfortable for them to sit. But I want to enjoy my ride. RS made me bit selfish

Upto 6k RPM pick up really sucks.. I really have to try harder to over take other bikes once the signal turns green... But Man... after 6 k RPM it behaves totally in different way.. jumping like a horse

Before RS: Riding in 100+ km/hr was fun
After RS: Riding itself is fun

**petervarughese** · 08-27-2015, 05:29 AM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Could some one please explain what are the things done during the first service of the rs 200 and how long will it take for completing the service.. ??

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**Black0ut** · 08-27-2015, 09:05 AM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Originally posted by petervarughese View Post

Could some one please explain what are the things done during the first service of the rs 200 and how long will it take for completing the service.. ??

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Hi,
1. Oil and oil filter change
2. Chain lube
3. Coolant top up if needed

It hardly takes 20 mins for them to do all this but u gotta talk with svc about when are they least busy on weekdays. Mostly on monday crowd will be less.

Before RS: Riding in 100+ km/hr was fun
After RS: Riding itself is fun

**rachitsharma2000** · 08-27-2015, 11:46 AM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Originally posted by Akash.Yadav View Post

Hi guys, i am back with another pop question for everyone and it is again for my friend's RS200.

NOM to the owners but I don't feel that awesome when I switch to RS from my P220, although the newer species from Bajaj is fantastic. The two problems that I faced while riding my friend's RS are:

1. The clutch engages and disengages at the very last part of the whole clutch movement, the part where the lever goes back to its normal position when you release it. That made me uncomfortable and ruined my happy feeling. I know this is due to the clutch setting and I will get it done to normal again.
This is faulty clutch setting. When I got my bike back after the first service, the ss people had screwed up with the clutch settings rendering it a 0-1 setting not unlike the one you described. Wary of their "expertise", I changed back those settings by myself.

2. The RPM shoots itself to about 3K level when you pull the clutch and downshift to negotiate a speed breaker. Something like an anti-stall thingy. That is a weird thing to have on a bike. The accelerator cable is not stuck anywhere and has ample free play. The bike remaining straight with no handle movement. Any pointers to solve this problem?
This is a problem. If the accelerator wire is not stuck, this could be due to ECU and unfortunately could only be taken care of by the service station.

Things I didn't like:

1. The bike, seat and posture is wide. I liked how NS200 felt but RS is different. It felt big to me, it never made me feel at home. I am 5'6" from dirt level.
This is correct. I am 5'10" but still bike feels huge to me. This is after my last bike was Karizma, not a small bike in itself!

2. Rear brake is wooden but it does the job. It is doing its minimum requirement with no drama but has absolutely no life or feel to it.

3. The gearshifts. It is hard and does not slot properly. Again, this may be due to the clutch setting but even before that setting change it never felt wow. When hot, my 220's gearshifts feel sweet.
The gears would become smoother with time. Earlier, I used to hate the gearshifts and 2-1-2-1-neutral pattern was very common. But now, I can find neutral with precision and there is hardly any false neutral.

4. Pillion seat is NO First Floor but there is absolutely nothing that the pillion can grab on to. The slots provided in the bodywork is as useless as lighting a candle to warm up a 10 feet long room.
True. But fortunately, I never had to ride with a male pillion in the past. Would be a bit awkward

5. Absolutely no engine braking feel. This feels like a car and that's like a family car. You downshift to put use of the engine braking and that stupid Auto-RPM thingy cuts in to give you a gliding feeling where you need to use brakes.
My experience is different on this. I find the engine braking to be good enough. In fact, I try not to minimize the use of brakes and let engine braking do its work.

My comments in bold. BTW the candle remark was funny, I remember the "Birbal ki khichdi" story after reading it...

**Black0ut** · 08-27-2015, 12:59 PM

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Originally posted by rachitsharma2000 View Post

My comments in bold. BTW the candle remark was funny, I remember the "Birbal ki khichdi" story after reading it...

Rachit... sometime back I was checking web regarding engine braking... More than one source says don't depend on engine braking too much because brake pads are cheap but engine is not...

Before RS: Riding in 100+ km/hr was fun
After RS: Riding itself is fun

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