2015 Bajaj Pulsar 150 NS

With the Indian launch expected in the second half of this year post the arrival of the Pulsar 200 SS, Bajaj Auto will be bringing the new generation Pulsar 150 NS in the country that was recently showcased in a production ready avatar at a trade fair in Istanbul, Turkey. This is also for the first time that the bike has been caught with the on the tail section, ending all rumours of the engine being upgraded to a 160cc unit. Bajaj will be enabling a highly competitive pricing strategy for the 150 NS undercutting its rivals by a healthy margin.
Sharing its design traits with the Pulsar 200 NS, the 150 NS gets a sporty styling that will be liked by the masses. The 150 NS on display came with several changes differentiating it more effectively from the 200 NS including a high visor that is expected to be a standard feature (optional in India); the perimeter frame is now attached to the sub-frame while the tyre hugger has been replaced by the mud guard similar to the one seen on the outgoing Pulsar 150. The bike also gets a half chain cover. The instrument cluster too is carried over from the 200 NS with the digital+analogue assembly.
In terms of powertrain, the Turkey spec Pulsar 150 NS is using a highly revised 149.5cc 4valve, air-cooled, triple-spark engine that is tuned to produce 17 PS of power at 9000 RPM and 13 Nm of torque 7500 RPM, paired to a 5-speed gearbox. With those power figures, the 150 NS will be the most powerful bike in the segment, even though the torque output is marginally lower than the Yamaha FZ and Suzuki Gixxer. The fuel tank has been reduced to 12-litres from the earlier 15-litres while the weight remains the same at 144 kgs.








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The windshield looks like a crown from Narnia.

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Hasn't bajaj learnt anything from their previous failures. This just looks the same trend as the 125st which had peak power coming in at a whopping same 9000 rpm and torque at a relative higher rpm. What did this config do to the bike? On paper it looks the most powerful 125cc bike ever. Theoretically it should anhilate everyone on road. But reality was totally different. The bike needs to be revved hard always to extract the high power. In city the bike is not that powerful since the power and torque comes at a higher level and by the time bike builds up the rpm u come to a point where you rum out of road or traffic thereby having a kind of rubber band effect wherein by the time u come to the power and u have to slow down.

Now you may say, this bike will excel other 150s in open highway. What bajaj does is for pricing it low they reduce quality of parts. Now what happens, the bike starts vibrating at higher rpms, that you rather are comfortable riding at lower rpm. Now all pulsar fanboys will start saying this to be sensational thing. Fastest in segment and it can hit gixxer and fz and blah blah. In reality, this strategy will only do more bad than good.

P.s. I myself own the great discover 125st with the best in segment, 12.8hp power at 9000rpm with 4 valves. I had so much of expectations when I bought this and disappointed to core. To top it, what does bajaj do. Remove it from sales and makes a discover 150 with same chassis suspension and worst of all same price. And btw, I love the pulsar 220 a lot and even thinking of buying one soon before they replace it with another high revving 200as.

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This model really looks cool.. just remove that shitty windshield. and 17ps.. wow thats same as First genration ZMA power..

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Great, first there were too many same looking Discovers, and now its the same story with the pulsars.

And most powerful 150cc bike??? Seriously... I'm sorry did anyone forgot CBR150R and R15.... they have been on roads for a few years now with 17 PS horsepower and 15 NM of torque. it also weighs about 10 kgs less than the pulsar. Ever heard of power to weight ratio?? So anyone please explain how is the new pulsar most powerful 150 cc bike in India?? And how is it gonna be the fastest, with that weight???

It is still way too heavy for a naked street bike. The whole point of a naked street bike is to be light and nimble on its feet, isn't it.

Now coming down to the styling. There is nothing new. It looks exactly the same as 200NS, which was copied down straight from 135LS. So all the designers in Bajaj have just visited a photocopy shop and made 2 more copies of the bike, which itself was a copy of another bike. Good Going, very innovative and ground breaking.

Yes it will be cheap, I agree, but cheap does not always mean better. The quality has to go down to cut down the price.

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200NS was not a copy of 135LS. you can say that design was moving from old pulsars to the new 200NS and 135LS was an intermediate step.

but yes it is not the most powerful 150 CC ... but again it is one of the most powerful ones.

and yes a Discover having an engine with max power at 9000 RPM is of no use, but same is not true with P200NS.

most important thing to note is that 150 NS is an air cooled engine with 5 gears, so it means this engine will have less commonalities with the KTM engines of Dukes, meaning this will be an engine which is evolved from old pulsars ??

anyway i am unhappy coz now a 150 CC bike will look similar to my 200NS. but thats the way pulsars have been always.

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I completely accept discover anology can't be used for 200ns, I was comparing it to 150ns. Bajaj has had few good models in past which are excellent. One such is the 200ns. Its an wonderful machine. It had a liquid cooled engine which was capable of being at high revvs and being stable at the same time for long hours. Not to forget it was based on the ktm engine. But 150ns engine is air cooled and with comparatively less torque and that too at high rpm it needs to be revved hard to feel the punch, which will not be good IMO.

Bajaj is so confusing most of time. They have
a street fighter design with air cooled high revving engine.
A cruiser again with again a short stroke engine with very less change in tuning.
A so called sports tourer(St model) with a pure commuter, not so comfortable seating.
Now an adventure model(as) with just an addition of half faring and not much changes again to power train or suspension- at least the details leaked till now only speaks of this.

And a numerous mix and match strategy and not to mention having a line of variants of the same model, worst of all discontinuing most of them and confusing everyone.
Though they have sent good models in their stable in both pulsar and discover ranges, and have changed Indian motorcycling scene a lot, they overdo everything. On a funny note,
They just plonk different engines to different style of motorcycling(cruiser, street fighter etc.) without much thought of what changes need to be done to engine or suspension or chassis. Its just like Indian arranged marriage, just marry to good people without thinking whether they are both good and compatible with each other and say niggles are bound to happen you have to adjust to it.

In that sense, yamaha is the best. They know what they are making. They have a street fighter which behaves like one with ample low end torque, a commuter which is comfortable at the same time fun to ride, a high revving fun track machine which has necessary add on with fuel injection and liquid cooling to support the working. All are spot on with high quality and reliability. According to me the only place where they went wrong was the fazer which could have been better with a bigger engine and higher torque figures to support highway touring .

Am not starting a brand war. I myself don't own any Yamaha bike. Just sharing my thought.

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Brother, one engine is different from another. The analogy you apply might be true, but it isn't that generally applicable.

Peak figures say something about the peak behavior of the engine, but it stays silent about the low to mid range. Completely silent.

A striking example is Duke 200. 19 NM @ 8000 rpm sounds depressing for low end, but the reality is different.
It actually has more low end torque than Duke 390 with 35 NM @ 7500 rpm.

And wait... Duke 200 isn't just an example.... It is the root engine for the this engine, right? Yes. Don't miss the "NS" tag.

125ST was an older Bajaj engine being treated with modern stuff like 4 valves' head.
This is a new engine with "NS" tag, whose source engine is a KTM, and nothing more needs to be said regarding vibrations, low end torque, etc. Let it come and we will have more clear facts.


Guys, I'm 70% sure, this was the bike I saw in Chakan plant in December 2013, ready to be dispatched. But I'm still not clear why it didn't make it so far to the market? Months before my visit, this was seen on the road too, what happened after that, I wonder?

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I myself wonder what was the use of re-introducing a 150 cc with 17 hp. Just to take on the R15/CBR150? Or for bragging rights? With due respect, R15 and CBR150 both are a class
apart and are flagship models in the 150cc segment. Now are we expected to see P180 with 19/20 hp and so on?
There is no denying the fact that India loves Pulsar. It was already one of the top selling 150ccs of all time. But, true to Bajaj's tradition, the internal interchange of designs and specs are taking place. With the serious bump in power and top speed, FE is bound to get hit. Also, if I were a prospective P180 buyer, I would seriously ponder which one to go for - the NS150 or the P180?

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Bro, this really ironic that you're complaining about the extra power that they've given the P150. People normally wish that their bike had more horsepower. I don't see what's wrong with introducing a 17bhp pulsar 150. This is all part of product evolution! The P150 has always been the most powerful 150's below the 1L rs mark. As you mentioned, India loves the pulsar. India loves it because it's always been periodically updated with cosmetic and mechanical updates. The original pulsar had about 12 bhp. The current one(ug4) has 15bhp. The new p150 carries this mantle foward. And with regard to your observation that consumers will be confused between the 150 and 180, I think your observation is unfounded. Wouldn't they have gotten confused when the p150 used to make 15bhp and the p180 used to make 17bhp? I'm also pretty sure that this pulsar will still be pretty fuel efficient. My 47,000 kms old p150 still gives me mileage of 49-50kmpl.

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Fit and finish are not at all appealing ! It looks like a combination of several bikes !! Come on Bajaj. learn something from Yamaha

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Sad looking bike. Wish Bajaj had kept the 200ns a lil unique. Now, because of this puny bike, 200ns is gonna lose its looks.
And what is it with Bajaj, making all black bikes with crappy stickers.

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I took know that each engine is different. And in the same way, ns engine is also different and it was having liquid cooled engine,, and was based on the KTM . KTM is being the best because, added to increase in engine power they look into improving other things too for making the bike a complete package. Actually the engine of 125st is very good in its own part when u see it engine as alone. But other parts are not as good and well put up. This is what I am worried about in 150ns. If the engine is supposed to be high revving one at least make the whole bike parts to be able to sustain that.

I too hope the 150ns is in the line of 200ns and not other bajaj bikes.