Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Can we have the top speed topic closed as I see many people including me testing top speeds.

I am scared that people are going to do more top speed runs, now they are aware of the speed.

Even if folks are CAUTIOUS while doing a top speed run, please please do take care of yourself with proper riding gear and keep an eye on surroundings.

no offense meant to anyone!!

Cheers,
Sanjay

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Exactly, rev limiter can protect the engine well at this cases (Esp with load), but when your rev your engine on idle the rev limiter may not protect the engine very well always, because revs hits max very quick.

So RS gets fuel cut off (Like D200) at max speed. Well, I hope like the AS200, the rear sprocket of RS200 could also be 41 (instead of 39 on NS) hence the top end hits the rev limit fully. In NS the rev limit will never hit (@ 6th gear, the rev limit indicator blinks but fuel supply wont be cut off) even on full throttle because it never saturates, and of course the bike never makes any further progress too. But all I remember on speedo was 128 kph and the bike refused to speed further, but the rev limit indicator was blinking but no fuel cut off. However I slowed down to 110 kph as the wind resistance was very high, gave a hard time seeing the road.

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Hehehe, I started it . I wanted to ask this time as many owners would've completed the run-in by now.

ok, so here it goes. Unless you know the road very well, wide road with less traffic and the sky is clear this should not be attempted. Because the bike goes out of comfort zone beyond 120 kph and doesn't have full ABS, controlling the bike at such speeds is not easy or safe. IF you want to cruise, try 100-110 kph which is considered as ideal and practical by many tourers on Indian roads.

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

I totally agree with you, at 120kmph past the bike goes out of its comfort zone. I still miss my Karizma R for its top speed and handling cause even past 120 it used to be rock solid and not give you that scary feeling.

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Well, CBR250 will be even better and gives a relaxed and comfortable cruising @ 120 all day. But you know, our roads are always with surprises, where people, dogs or cows do zebra cross anywhere, anytime, patch works or bumps without a notice board, potholes in unexpected places, etc. sometimes, these dogs/cows are better than some stupid people

A safe cruising speed for a bike in India will always be 90-110 kph irrespective of any bike you have from Bajaj to Benelli.
and of a car it can be 120-140 kph (depends on capability). Anything above these are definitely unsafe and will give you only fraction of second to think and take decision which we can't and don't.

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

I can barely take it to 90km on the roads here. These days there are dedicated trap holes in the road for bikers, thanks to the road authority, where they are cutting the road in tyre width for some cables or small pipe kinda thing. Once the bike passes through those potholes the tyres will get into it and sway the bike and we loose control. Very dangerous.

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience


I which city?

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Dude, those things are damn scary! I have had a bad experience and almost fell at one such spot where there was a (minor) difference between two patches of road. The remaining road was very good but that worked against me as I was on good speed. Have been extra careful since....

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Thanks for bringing out this important point bro. Bikes with broader tire width escapes mostly. Those are they ones with 110\120 section profile can easily get stuck and sway you to it's path and putting the biker to risk. I've felt into such problems numerous times, esp on Activa, and have lost control. But I usually slow down to 20-30 on such case and hence will be able to manage it. But on my NS, it didn't affect much because of the broader tire width.

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RS tires are broader and it should skip most such cracks in the road. Yeah it's risky, but bigger and round tire profile will help a lot here. Round profile tires will help prevent locking on the corners of the crack and will climb up easily. NS ( i guess RS too, I didn't notice) has round profile tires where as P220 has square profile. square profile helps for more traction and braking, round profile will help in climbing elevated side roads, helps climb over from cuts on road, great corner fun and grip, etc

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Trivandrum - I'm in the middle of the city part.

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Yes, my front tyre is 90 and back - 120. Front gets into these holes and back follows and we loose control, I have now by hearted the road and it's pothholes and if someone rides along with me will be surprised to see me dodge these holes beforehand.

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Hello guys,
this would be my first bike. Earlier i had aviator
i want to know two things
First is the mileage that the bike gives in city and highway conditions and the second is the whether i should opt for abs or non-abs version
I am really confused because some are telling me to go for the abs version and some non-abs

thanks in advance

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

35 km/l in city
around 40 km/l in highways

Go for ABS version. When you get ABS for just few thousands bucks more why do you wanna miss it. If you still have confusion. Go to you tube and watch the videos of comparing RS 200 ABS and Non abs also APache ABS and non ABS. Then you decide. Ride safe

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Good decision. Try this,
Get the money for ABS version, and buy non-ABS model. Confused?, Use the remaining amount of say 15-18K and buy a good helmet and riding gear, trust me single channel ABS is not a great deal to miss and not a must to have feature (But okay to have, can say 30%) that you are going to miss it. At panic braking, still your rear will lock and the bike can skid you to dust.

But if you have money enough, you can get both.

Mileage, some RS owners can help you, ( I think they were saying 30-35) or search this forums previous post. Surely you will come across.

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

City mileage: 33-35kmpl
Highway mileage: 38-40kmpl

ABS anytime given the safety and riding conditions in India. You can read about how ABS saves us in panic situations..

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

I too recommend ABS but only if money is not a concern. Instead he can invest that into good riding gears and helmets. I think the difference should be close to 15K. Single channel ABS can still make the rear skid on panic braking. Front wheel doesn't lock on hard breaking unless say road is wet, stones, gravel. So I'd say, it's not a must to have, but good to have .

Re: Bajaj Pulsar RS 200 Owners Review and Experience

Wearing the complete riding gear while going for market or other short rides are not possible. Atleast for me .. So i feel its good decision to go for ABS.

Recovering the bike from rear wheel lock is comparatively easier than front wheel lock. Its almost not possible to recover the bike when the front tyre locks. This is just from my experience. I am not talking about the guys who deliberately drift in the corners.