Motorcylism is our religion!

Reading the posts on a new launch threads, I some time feel that the western opinion about Indians elevating everything they admire to the level of religion does seems to have some truth in it, be it a sport or a film actor or in this case the corporate guys who rarely care about the opinions of their customers([ Coming to think about it most of them are not even vaguely intrested in the products they market, or even what guys from production think ). But then Aussies do have fights over races among holden and ford fan-gangs, Americans have cults of muscle Vs. imports, old-school mechanical art against the electronic wizardry and then Europe has a fair share of Ashton-bond-bunnys, lambo-lovers and ferrari devotees.

I say lets not fight over brands. We must rise above different means of our faith and spiritual enlightenment(our bikes) and focus on our common goal (salvation through speed).

^^This is what i call "Enlightenment'!!

seems like no one here had heard this dialogue

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."

whatever its name is, a good bike is coming to the market and thats the main point

YouTube - Men trying to get Through Traffic - Hilarious!!


this is the ad of p135 i guess...lolz

Bajaj follows the same policy which the manufacturers of other products follow. That is the basic marketing strategy. Why will they still keep producing a product which does not sell?

An example which I can think of is mobile phones. Nokia has many models under the Nseries. So will a person not buy a new Nseries phone just because it is not exclusive(i.e it belongs to the same N series)? This is not the case here. People buy phones by looking at the features and not by looking at the exclusivity. And after a few months or a year the same phone becomes phased out. So will he not buy that phone fearing that it will be phased out in a year? Suppose a person buys a phone for Rs.30000 and the very next week the price comes down to Rs.28000. So will he stop buying phones fearing that the price will come down in a week? Will a person still buy a Nokia phone if they sell the N70 till now and just keep changing the colour of the panel? People want a change in the product and want it to be up to date with the latest technology. If a person fears about losing exclusivity of the product which he buys, then he cannot make a right choice in the first place itself.

This same logic can be applied to bikes. Will a person stop buying a bike only because it is not exclusive or it might be phased out in the future? A person buys a bike for his own pleasure, not for telling others that he has a particular "exclusive" bike, so that they may praise him for getting that bike. A person looks at the features that he is offered at a given price and makes a decision based on that.

Period

Did any one see the pics of the pulsar 135 on ********** site.

same as the pics we kept in this thread...go back a few pages

damn funny thread as it is always on the launch of a new bike .

Anyways talking about the bike .
From the pictures it can be seen that the thing that acts like a mud guard , dont know whats it called , semi-circle on the wheel .
So this would mean that there is no or less scope to put a fatter rear tyre which is common for posers and pulsar guys who nowadays put FZ tyres in their pulsar . Just for this stupid cause , the guy would choose either pulsar 150 or some other bike .
And from the engine cylinder size it does not look like a 180 like some guys were telling .
But from my experience so far , I would like to make a guess that this bike will handle nicely , better than current pulsars may be 220 can be considered as an exception .
But as usual , in attempt to gain something , there is always a loss somewhere which I dont like to comment on about this bike , being safe

For eg : for improving handling , the 220 rear shocks were made more stiff
which improved handling but comfort level was reduced .
Why cant bajaj instead of hurrying , try to work on it and strike a balance between both . Agree from business point of view they are correct , but out there from an engineers point of view , a biker's point of view , a riders point of view they might lower themselves .

Bajaj should have perfected the pulsar design by now . I mean we blame HH for coming up with sticker work but they are supreme market experts in stickering now . Its been many years now , I really think bajaj should have perfected the design . But from the current strategy I know that might not happen , atleast till something compells them to .

That is why I sometimes like the japs , they come out with something which is kinda perfect . for eg : The Zma - whatta bike ... whatever bike comes out I will always have respect for this amazing bike , R15 except the alloy quality from yamaha .

It is this perfection because of which HH has earned respect in the eyes of common man even though they have not retained the same quality . But once impression is formed , it remains . For eg : the new Splendor+ is not the same reliable and strong going as the original splendor . I am talking this from what I have seen n I know , might be wrong .
And it is this perfection which earned RX n RD the legendary status .

Way to go bajaj , still I have a lot of respect for this company for they are the ones which keep the sense of competition which leads to constant improvement and good new bikes even from other companies .

Cheers

No mate Phones are Phones Bikes are Bikes! Different things. I personally don't apply the same logic as buying phones to buying bikes.

Some irrelevant posts aside, some things I wanted to say:

1. People who are concerned about it being named as a Pulsar are right when they say the bigger Pulsars will suffer BUT

2.It makes more business sense for the company to name its lower end models as a Pulsar so that people who cannot buy the 220, they can go for the 135 based on the name. There will ne thousands of people like this - executives etc.(Best example is the Fireblade series - 250 and the 1000).

3.The bike is interesting and good looking and is something which will grow on someone once starts seeing it every day.

4. The hullabaloo about the name etc is justified. After all people who are concerned are attached to the Pulsar and Bajaj brand. The best example would be the recent IKEA 'font' change from Futura to Verdana. Could you believe a thing simple as this could cause serious outrages in the online world. Have a read.


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Interesting... thanks for the link.

Goes to show how Branding is indeed a funny and interesting subject.

well once bitten twice shy. My 200 is the 1st and the last time i ever invest in a Bajaj product.

If only Honda ventured into the higher segment, i'd love to buy their bike with all their technological goodness

U read my mind dude!!!

its the pulsar 135
split seats
split handle bars
and a rear mudguard of a bicycle

...35 pages and 300+ odd posts !!