2009 Bajaj Pulsar 220 Discussion Thread - First Ride Impression at Post No. 514

[sai_ace]

all said and done. the new pulsar seems quite good. and thats from a tvs fan . any other test ride reports? i have not gone through the full thread but I cannot ever trust adil J.D with a bajaj test. he is just a big bajaj fan. period. so any other tests ?

PS: i am not trying to discredit the new 220 but i cant read such an amateurish test ride (zigwheels.com). he compares the 220 to a hornet! excusez moi?

[Samy]

Hey , I didn't expect you to look at the stats in detail .Have you booked it already?

Yup booked it.

Congrats samy for your new warhorse

Thanks. Still 2-3 weeks to go for delivery

[SiD13]

Credible review??

The review on Zig wheel sounds extremely impressive and quite a bit deceptive.
Will be really happy if all of what they have told is true.

But why would an amateur site like zig wheels get first review of such an important product(for Bajaj). All they have told is really really great things about the bike. Cmon guys even the Hayabusa and Fireblade do have drawbacks!

Again, keeping the doubt aside, If what said on zigwheels is true then 220 sounds like a stunning machine with unbeatable VFM. I really do hope that what they have said is all true . But my logic doesnt allow me to do so.

Fingers crossed! till some credible reviews arrive.

[BANDHAV]

^^Some pretty serious comments there.

Bike india has also tested the bike and come home almost as impressed as zig wheels guys.

And i would like to know what you will consider as a credible review? I am just curious.

[MR ACE]

Price On Road in chennai is 79850/- ... just booked one 2day !! black colour

Delivery time 7 to 10 days ...since black is on demand already

Wow..Congrats Srivaatsav,Did the bike arrived @ PBK ?
I'll be joining you afterwards

[rookster]

Congratulations to all of us here at xbhp for d launch of this mean machine. like all even im very happy n xcited abt dis machine n cant wait till i get my hands on it. but 1 thought is still hovering in my mind that what abt d other launches like the 200 with fi n clip-ons n rear disc n stuff that we saw in a spy video a few months bck n were very curious n anxiously waited for its launch ? is there gonna b ne such launch or dis is it ????

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[Technocrat]

The review on Zig wheel sounds extremely impressive and quite a bit deceptive.
Will be really happy if all of what they have told is true.

But why would an amateur site like zig wheels get first review of such an important product(for Bajaj). All they have told is really really great things about the bike. Cmon guys even the Hayabusa and Fireblade do have drawbacks!

Fingers crossed! till some credible reviews arrive.

Well Zig wheels is a Times Group Venture headed by Adil Jal Darukhanawala who was previously heading Car & Bike & Overdrive earlier.

Its a known thing that any review of a Bajaj Product from his venture would always paint a rosy picture.

Before anyone says Varad who tested the bike is not biased, I know this very well but he aint the chief of the zig wheels

[srivaatsav]

Wow..Congrats Srivaatsav,Did the bike arrived @ PBK ?
I'll be joining you afterwards

Bike is coming on Saturday !! you can have test ride by then ! Surprising that they even quoted the price without the bike ! Silver and Red is available for imm delievery as soon the bike hits the showroom... black will take 6 days from the time of full payment !

[Joel]

Before anyone says Varad who tested the bike is not biased, I know this very well but he aint the chief of the zig wheels

And in the next 1hr, I'm gonna have a drink with varad. I'll get the truth out from him when he is slaushed . He is the guy who tested the bike for the review.

[MR ACE]

Bike is coming on Saturday !! you can have test ride by then ! Surprising that they even quoted the price without the bike ! Silver and Red is available for imm delievery as soon the bike hits the showroom... black will take 6 days from the time of full payment !

Cool... Do you live in chennai ? Do call us for the D-Day

[insanebiker]

And in the next 1hr, I'm gonna have a drink with varad. I'll get the truth out from him when he is slaushed . He is the guy who tested the bike for the review.

Lolzz..

[dhairya]

Another P220 2009 Edition coming to XBHP!

Hey folks just booked a 2009 editions Pulsar 220 DTS-i!

As for ownership thread, let the first person who gets the first delivery have the privelage! I would love to do that though

[payeng]

The review on Zig wheel sounds extremely impressive and quite a bit deceptive.
Will be really happy if all of what they have told is true.

But why would an amateur site like zig wheels get first review of such an important product(for Bajaj). All they have told is really really great things about the bike. Cmon guys even the Hayabusa and Fireblade do have drawbacks!

Again, keeping the doubt aside, If what said on zigwheels is true then 220 sounds like a stunning machine with unbeatable VFM. I really do hope that what they have said is all true . But my logic doesnt allow me to do so.

Fingers crossed! till some credible reviews arrive.

I see that this is your first ever post on xBhp.. so its my duty to remind you that our mods had closed down this very thread for a full half day because of flaming posts. Mods have reopened this thread with a strict WARNING. Guys found making troublesome posts or instigating comments will be banned for one full week.

Therefore please think before posting.

^^Some pretty serious comments there.

Bike india has also tested the bike and come home almost as impressed as zig wheels guys.

And i would like to know what you will consider as a credible review? I am just curious.

One can add Autocar India, Overdrive and BS Motoring to that list too.. as far as I see so far all of them seem to be impressed. So why single out Zigwheels..??

Is it because they probably has one of the best racers in India in the form of Varad More..?? Or is it just because Zigwheels has covered the story 'faster' and better than another publication..??

I remember buying my first ever bike the Hero Honda CBZ in 1999 just because I had read its enthusiastic review written by none other than Adil Jal D. when he was in Overdrive.



If anyone is so skeptical of this new bike, then he is at liberty to take its test ride, click a few photos and post them at xBhp so that it benefits all of us.


R.I.P: Ride in Peace.

[DarthVeda]

@Darthveda-You didn't gave me this news when I was in Bangalore.Btw congrats in advance.

On the pricing front it is priced around Rs700 less than Karizma in Delhi while around 3k in Mumbai.Let's see what's in store for other cities.

That time it wasn't announced yet

You went and did an advanced booking on the bike and you say that there is no info on the price of the bike! How much did you pay for the booking?

1k as token amount.

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dude u want ur bike asap ???????? gimme a call i have a friend in khivraj who will and has helped my friends get their bikes soon !! lol lets say he can be a bit pushy with the khivraj ppl !

The bike hasn't arrived in Bangalore yet, they don't even know when it will arrive.

[Obsessed]

And in the next 1hr, I'm gonna have a drink with varad. I'll get the truth out from him when he is slaushed . He is the guy who tested the bike for the review.

I hope you won't have one drink too many and forget all that he'd tell

Will be waiting for your next post