Good looking, well equipped, packed with exhilarating performance and handling, Bajaj’s 200NS takes the Pulsar family one step ahead of all other Indian bikes.Within the first few minutes you will clearly know that you are on a vastly improved machine with the new Pulsar. The refinement on offer is excellent, the engine revs freely as usual, gets to its 10,800rpm redline without fuss and is generally a mechanically happy sounding engine.Bajaj’s Pulsar 200NS is a storm raiser.The Pulsar 200 NS has been armed with the right hardware. It has petal disc brakes front and rear, a steel rectangular section swingarm and a pressed steel twin-spar frame. engine matches the chassis by providing smooth and flexible power delivery.
The ride quality is probably going to be stiff but it's hard to tell at the Bajaj Chakan plant track where we rode the motorcycle. Handing on the other hand is eye-opening. Gone is the long, slow-turning feel of the old Pulsar and in comes a new weightless and agile feel that keeps the stability intact but speeds up response to inputs noticeably. The bike seems to drop to lean angles without any hesitation, almost too quickly and feels nearly weightless in direction changes.
Good looking, well equipped, packed with exhilarating performance and handling, Bajaj’s 200NS takes the Pulsar family one step ahead of all other Indian bikes.This is a busy design and there are a lot of lines, planes and slashes on it. But some of the roundedness of the old Pulsar is there, a lot more definition is visible in the lines and it's a distinctive, extroverted design to be sure.
Bajaj have said earlier that the motorcycle should see light of day in April and the pricing is the only unknown quantity, but keeping Bajaj’s track record in mind the Pulsar 200NS will carry a tantalising price tag of Rs 1 lakh.
