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First Look: The Bajaj Pulsar-200
K Krishnakumar in Mumbai
November 24, 2006
Yes, what you see in the picture is a Bajaj Pulsar.
No, it is not the revamped Pulsar-180.
No, Bajaj hasn't given a secret makeover for the much-anticipated 220 cc DTS-FI.
This, hold your breath, biker boyz, is a Pulsar-200!
Merely weeks after springing a revamped Pulsar 180 on us without any buzz or promotions, Bajaj has pulled another fast one yet again.
Despite being parked in the shadows of its bigger sibling, the P-200 is the first brute that catches your eye at the Auto Expo in Mumbai.
The squat, 18 bhp, oil-cooled beast ensures that you don't even throw as much as a cursory glance towards the much-hyped DTS-FI.
The naked chain makes gives it the perfect, mean, made-for-the-streets look.
To be launched in Bajaj's pro-biking showrooms in January 2007, (that's what the Bajaj guy in the stall at the expo promised) the P-200 has most of the goodies from the bigger Pulsar. Tubeless tyres, the LCD speedo/analog tacho dash, split seats, two-piece grab rails, you name it and the P-200 has it.
Everything except the fuel injection, that is.
The bike, according to the Bajaj guys, is said to be "slightly costlier than the Pulsar 180."
Which means, come January you must be able to lay your hands on the beast at around a miserly Rs 70,000.
These pictures should keep you rubbing your palms and smacking your lips till then.
Just in case images of the P-220 are still in your memory, the DTS-FI will be out by April 2007, we are promised.
(Above) The Bajaj Pulsar-200
Photographs: Sanjay Sawant
K Krishnakumar in Mumbai
November 24, 2006
No, it is not the revamped Pulsar-180.
No, Bajaj hasn't given a secret makeover for the much-anticipated 220 cc DTS-FI.
This, hold your breath, biker boyz, is a Pulsar-200!
Merely weeks after springing a revamped Pulsar 180 on us without any buzz or promotions, Bajaj has pulled another fast one yet again.
Despite being parked in the shadows of its bigger sibling, the P-200 is the first brute that catches your eye at the Auto Expo in Mumbai.
The squat, 18 bhp, oil-cooled beast ensures that you don't even throw as much as a cursory glance towards the much-hyped DTS-FI.
The naked chain makes gives it the perfect, mean, made-for-the-streets look.
To be launched in Bajaj's pro-biking showrooms in January 2007, (that's what the Bajaj guy in the stall at the expo promised) the P-200 has most of the goodies from the bigger Pulsar. Tubeless tyres, the LCD speedo/analog tacho dash, split seats, two-piece grab rails, you name it and the P-200 has it.
The bike, according to the Bajaj guys, is said to be "slightly costlier than the Pulsar 180."
Which means, come January you must be able to lay your hands on the beast at around a miserly Rs 70,000.
These pictures should keep you rubbing your palms and smacking your lips till then.
Just in case images of the P-220 are still in your memory, the DTS-FI will be out by April 2007, we are promised.
(Above) The Bajaj Pulsar-200
Photographs: Sanjay Sawant
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