i guess what people are trying to say and myself included is that bajaj have taken the commonality concept a bit too far and in doing so have diluted the individual product characteristics and USP's of each of the models.

The most brutal being the 200 and 180 fiasco. And yes i am a 200 owner and i'm not in support of what they did.

However i do agree it made good strategic sense from the financial point of view.

Having said so, and saying it again... what would the reaction of car owners be, if say for example... BMW did the same thing and diluted the parts and styling of the 5 series straight to the 3 series??

Or Merc doing the same with the C class with everything from the E class..

i hope that gets the point across?


what bajaj should have done was to push through the improvements to the lower models but yet not touch the USP and styling of the premium bikes and dilute them while ignore the development of their upper end. Albeit they did indeed revamp the 220, but using the same improvements to the 200 in the parts bin would surely have made a case for the 200 to be cheaper too and therefore cost effective.. and then ofcourse the 180 in the same manner, without bringing up the 180 to everything the 200 offered and then just end the 200. Many agree that the 200 was the sweet spot between performance and VFM returns. The engine was its most potent weapon, frugal yet responsive and decent breathing room at the top end with smooth revs throughout the power band. What it sorely lacked was handling response and cornering stability but it was and is still one of the best cruisers in its class

I never got this "commonness crib", if there is a bike which is good then how can one decide not to buy just because it is common. If that's the case then Activa could have been out of business as you find almost every other scooter an Activa.

I agree that they could have named it some other name, but they just wanted people to at least be receptive about this bike as they might have found hard to establish new brand name like XCD while discover did wonder even if they decreased the engine size.

So they names pulsar to get some attention otherwise how many of us discussing about TVS Jive

Totally agree! I really don't think that the bike looks bad! It's a bold design,apart for the rear tyre hugger the bike looks good.....wts wrong with naming a 135 cc bike a pulsar? The company wants to cash in on the goodwill of their pulsar brand and as the pulsar series has always been a successful outing for Bajaj I guess thts why the nomenclature........... Think of it as an opportunity for the people and the masses who always wanted a pulsar but couldn't afford to buy anything above a 125cc bike.

My only disappointment is why is Bajaj bringing out all the lower cc's as pulsars?? As already seen Pulsars are so common and by this it's gonna be even more!!

bikes good guys...i like it...i hate the hugger though...but considering a 135cc class,its really good and i guess VFM if pricing is correct

@ Crazy NJ : Pathetic ???

Would you help me understand what is pathetic in that bike, or is it just a typical pulsar-bhashing club's outburst.

Thanks Bro..

maybe tht tyre hugger Coze of the SBk kinda number plate holder.
i agree abt Flame n Stunner..

The bike looks pathetic to me... I dont think it has any quality to compete Flame or Stunner...

Hello, Bajaj has already phased out XCD...

the tail of the bike looks good
so now we can say one more bhel puri from bajaj

I guess Bajaj will phase out the XCD 135 after the launch of this.

ya thats me....so motoroids do scan xbhp threads...lolz

The bike looks good. Headlight looks similar to hunk.the only part o felt bad is it's rear tyre mud guard and it's silencer.it's really gonna trouble tvs flame and stunner in it's sales

Already posted !!

@neo88 : Nice Sig