Great! Have read your other travelogues too.

I thought pulsars had 6 digits in the odo.

Odo reading is at 20K something, bike has done a 'little' more than that probably around 120K.

Sir, what's the odo reading of your bike?

So apparently, my bike can still tour

Hi guys new to xbhp I want some help from u guys as my pulsar 220 dtsfi starts missing as if there is no fuel in the tank....
As per mechanics in bajaj society motors service center they have changed my whole fuel pump... The problem goes off but not permanently it again continues after 4-6 months ....
I have changed my fuel pump 3 three times ....and now I am fed up of this bike plz tell whether to again install fuel pump or go for carbureter installation....
Guys plz help ....
Fed up of this issue....

How to remove the starter motor?

Hi there,

I'm following this thread from past few weeks as I own a P220fi(November 2007). My issue was similar to that of @forcooler's. The projector went OFF, speedometer stopped working and after a few days the bike refused to start.
It all started when the municipality guys selectively took my bike from a huge herd of parked bikes from a No-Parking zone. I don't know how they handled the bike or what have they done to it, I got it back in mere 20 mins, but the damage was already done.

I was broke, so thought to take the bike to service on next salary (which was indeed a mistake). But, before the salary could arrive, on one Sunday eve, it refused to start, it wasn't even making any sounds on pressing the ignition. I tried shaking the wiring with no success, then somehow took it to nearest mechanic and asked him to check the wiring. He started doing something weird with the wiring and checked the relay as well. He concluded that the mistake is in the relay and it needs to be replaced. He then went to a couple of Bajaj service stations and came back saying that P220fi's parts are rare to get and the service stations don't have them in stock. I pushed the bike back to my place and then went to the nearest Bajaj service station and asked them for relay problem, the guy there bluntly replied "Boss! agar relay ka problem hai to mai karwa dunga, but aur koi problem hai to mai help nahi kar paunga. Mere paas pehle se 2 P220fi khadi hui hain 2 mahine se. Maine lena hi bannd kar diya hai FI."(Boss! if the issue is with 'relay', I'll replace it. But, if the issue is with anything else, I won't be able to help you out. I've already got a couple of P220fi standing in my yard with some or the other issues. I've stopped taking FI for service.).
This was really disappointing for me, but being helpless, I took the bike to them next morning and asked them to call me by noon and let me know whatever is the problem. They called me in the evening and told me that they've replaced the starter relay and the bike has started to take the ignition, projector bulb was fused so they've replaced it as well. Then they told me that the harness is damaged and needs to be replaced, but it is quite hard to get. They've contacted there suppliers for the harness but the harness is not available with them and the probability of getting it in near future is very low. In the evening, I went there to get the bike, it started smoothly on the very first ignition attempt. I was so cherished with its sound. But, then to my surprise, the bike could only take the ignition on Neutral, which was a complete reciprocal of what used to happen before, i.e. the bike used to take the ignition only on gears and did not use to respond while on neutral. Anyways, I asked them to order the harness ASAP and let me know when it comes. While I was about to leave the service station, I came across a new issue. The bike may or may not take the ignition on first attempt and may require several attempts to get started. I called the service guy and told him the issue, he said the same thing again, "Sir, harness is the issue". I came back and called them on there phone for next whole week, but the harness never came.

After a few days, I located a renowned service station(a startup) and went there and told them about the issue and about the loose fairing's horrible sound. He assured me that he'll do everything he could to get the issue resolved. I had heard a very positive feedback of that center and thus I gave them the bike. The next day he called me and told me about the same thing, "The Harness Issue", or if that is not the issue, there is something wrong with the sensors. I was totally annoyed, but then he told me that the fairing and speedometer is fixed which gave me a sigh of relief. Then he told me that the Bajaj guys have somehow replaced your starter relay with that of Pulsar150's relay, which also could be the issue of this problem. He assured me that he'll get the harness arranged from somewhere. I don't know when will he do that.

Can you guys please confirm me that, is it really difficult to get P220FI's spare parts?
Can I get the harness from somewhere else?
What else could be the problem with my bike?

PS: My current location is PUNE, MH.

-Vibhor

Carbon issue in the motor?

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Issue fixed, the local mechanic fixed the starter motor by tinkering with it.