That's not cost cutting. How can expect a cover for the heat sink? That other terminal is probably negative. Your whole bike is the negative terminal of the battery. There is utterly no point covering that terminal separately. They should have provided a cap for positive terminal though.

(xi) Finding the neutral!! This is something thats just impossible. When i stop to park i have to go from 1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2 atleast 4-5 times and usually 7-8 times to be able to reach neutral. And sometimes even then i dont find it and then my patience runs out and i turn off the key with the clutch pressed. Ive never had an issue of the gear being stuck in neutral while going from 1-N-2 or 2-N-1 like some other people have been facing. It seems that my bike just doesnt want to stop!! ;P (are so many gear shifts 1-2-1-2.... bad for the clytch system/ gears ? should i just kill the engine in gear and then avoid so many useless gear changes and irritation?)

It's not surprising that you haven't used the choke. I didn't use the choke for more than a month, because I got the manual after a month. Even after getting the manual I wasn't sure how to do it. As the service center said that the bike had automatic choke, I was confused. The manual didn't help either as the pic shown in the manual is not what it actually looks like.
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This is what the choke looks like according to Bajaj.

If you got the bike serviced then there is a very good chance that they didn't align the rear tyre properly. Get that fixed at any good mechanic. Will cost you less than ₹50.

The engine harshness will decrease with kms clocked(my experience - but they won't go away). I too face the issue of the gear getting stuck at neutral whenever quick shifting. It is due to the long gear throw and the fact that the gear lever being too high. I will try to fix that as soon as I get my hands on the bike.

This is not a bad bike but it needs a lot of maintenance, and a lot of tweeks and mods. It needs to be serviced properly and by that I mean at a good mechanic and not any Bajaj service center.

I hardly think that Bajaj even tests the bikes out for ergonomics. There is a hell lot of complaints in that department.

P.S. I am coming from a GS150R which is the smoothest bike in all indian bikes. If you don't believe me test ride a new bike.

I didn't require the choke as of now. Bike starts on the 2nd push on the starter.

My bike is hardly 150kms old, so haven't serviced it yet. Wheel balancing? Shouldn't be done from the factory itself? The ergonomics should have been a lil better. The pegs also extend way beyond the frame. You'll know what I talking about if you try to walk you bike while sitting on it, kinda like duck paddling i traffic, parking, etc.

The bike will start up, but you need the choke to heatup the engine. You need to heat it up for the engine's well being and also it reduces a lot of vibrations.

For how long do you suggest I engage the choke? I heard it gets dis-engaged the moment you let go. is it true?

Stop using neutral. Why do you need it? Neutral is highly overrated. Park your bike in gear always, it's safer.

[MENTION=57847]xttony[/MENTION]...Thanks man!

Good suggestion. Maybe next time Bajaj will completely remove neutral gear

What to do on a signal if neutral is not found? Or is it advertised as 'free exercise to left hand wrist muscles while waiting at signals' when one can't find neutral easily?

Hi

Saw your post and thought of the problems i was facing. Luckily no big things came to my mind. however i have been observing for the niggles since that time and here are a few.

(i) The parking light, tail lamp, headlight, even the console backlight does not work without the engine being on. this is inconvinient at best. In Fact it is a safety issue when your engine shuts off for whatever reason while driving in the night. youre suddenly not at all visible to others on the road!!

(ii) The front suspension makes a rubbery noise hwen you go over bad roads as pointed out by anand.js below.

(iii) The weight of the bike is a lot and CG seems to be quite high so leaning and moving it becomes a difficult job while you're parking etc. Try moving back up an incline... its almost impossible for me.

(iv) Related to the previous one, turning radius is huge!! i feel my alto 's turning radius would be the same!!

(v) In the little experience i have had with bajaj svc, ive come to realise that their reputation is well deserved. Everything from overcharging, to not giving bills, incompetent mechanics, high headedness, to using FAKE parts and oil at the dealership itself!! I hope i dont have to go there anymore.

(vi) The bike takes ages to warm up during cold morning starts even in these summer days. think of the winters in the mountains. Also the choke lever is incoveniently placed and it does not stick to its place, i.e. you have to keep holding it and as soon as you release it, it disengages the choke. (when i pull the choke my rpm goes to almost 4k rpm!! is it supposed to be that high?)

(vi) No place to keep any stuff. I dont know where to keep the bike papers even. Have been riding without them but that cannot be sustained.

(vii) Low beam is too short but i see from some comments in this thread that it is adjustable. It looks like hard work though and from my Bajaj Svc experience dont want them to touch/mess up anything.

(viii) Suspension is quite hard. It really takes a toll on your body on bad roads. I feel too tired after even 10 km of bad roads. Again this is adjustable, but again cant trust bajaj svc to do anything good with the bike. so living with it for now.

(ix) The seat isnt very comfortable, its high, quite narrow and hard and you tent to slip forward onto the fuel tank. this really does no good for your private parts.

(x) Initially the engine is very harsh and loud. The engine has gotten better after about 1K Kms, but there are still some noises, probably from the fairing.

(xi) Finding the neutral!! This is something thats just impossible. When i stop to park i have to go from 1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2 atleast 4-5 times and usually 7-8 times to be able to reach neutral. And sometimes even then i dont find it and then my patience runs out and i turn off the key with the clutch pressed. Ive never had an issue of the gear being stuck in neutral while going from 1-N-2 or 2-N-1 like some other people have been facing. It seems that my bike just doesnt want to stop!! ;P (are so many gear shifts 1-2-1-2.... bad for the clytch system/ gears ? should i just kill the engine in gear and then avoid so many useless gear changes and irritation?)

(xii) i bet there were more but i seem to have forgotten them. will post when i remember.

Hi Guys, what would be the minimum height required for riding Pulsar AS 200?
I am about 5'6".
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First Breakdown at 1500kms!

Was riding out this morning, bike felt lethargic and unwilling to accelerate! It stalled in the 1st gear a couple of times, I suspected bad fuel or fueling! Tried to push the bike to the side it dint budge. Realized the rear brakes were jammed. Guess what, the tool kit doesnt have spanners to open the bleed valve of the brakes. Luckily another biker lent me his toolkit which had the correct spanner. After bleeding the lines, the brakes were completely out, dint show any sign of getting better. Rode to Bajaj service center, they had to pull down the entire master/slave assembly to fix it. I was right beside the bike for 30 mins, there was no progress, I just moved away for 5 mins, when I came back the all was fixed in a jiff and the SA was taking it out for a test! :P

Rode another 50kms after all seems ok with the brakes, but Most of today was riding in bumper to bumper traffic, engine is super duper harsh under 4K RPM. Seriously waiting to swap over to Motul and check. Upset with the bike as of now!

these are organic brake pads hence sometimes under heavy braking the pads gets over heated which in return also heat up the fluid and bam.. it expands and act like brake has been applied + you kept riding it for sometime while the pads were pushed along hence further heating. this shouldn't happen though. very rare instance.
that 5 minutes i assume they quietly removed the whole assembly with another bike nearby. ideally in such cases there are set of 2 rubber seals inside the floating pistons and on side. which go bad and needs replacement or you can call it caliper rebuild..