Country’s most selling premium segment bike Bajaj Pulsar 150 DTSi has silently been given a makeover by Bajaj. After a lot of expectations what Bajaj has built with the performance seeking cadre of Indian biking community, Auto Expo 2010 turned out to be a damp squib for most of us from the company’s front. But here Bajaj comes with another unsettling (unsettling for the competition!) move to perturb the Hondas and Yamahas of our worlds! Bajaj has been hitting it pretty hard with some heavenly launches one after the other of late. Here we come with a little scoop of the new Pulsar 150 DTSi. The bike gets some tweaks to the engine along with a few cosmetic changes. These changes come in the wake of the launch of the new Pulsar 135LS so that the old horse doesn’t get overshadowed by the new smaller sibling and a better value for money offering.
The info which we have with us currently tells us that the bikes power output would go up all the way to 15. 06 PS from 14.09 PS, around 1 PS increment, which means this bike would be second only to Apache RTR in terms of performance on paper (R15 barred!). Now how is this possible, we pondered! Soon after we got our query answered. The bike would sport a bigger 29mm UCD29 carburetor which would surely enhance the performance (read power) of the bike, while fuel efficiency might take a slight beating. But considering that the earlier version was one of the most frugal engines in its segment, even with the efficiency drop this bike would stand tall!
Our second question was how Bajaj would manage to make their bike adhere to the stricter Bharat stage 4 pollution norms with almost the same set up. We learnt that Bajaj has played with the exhaust of the new bike which would ensure that the setup uses the bigger carburetor to advantage and also make it environment friendly. We were hoping for a 4 valve engine reminiscent to the smaller sibling Pulsar 135 on this upgrade on 150 as well but sadly, that’s not in Bajaj’s menu currently for us. We also expected a Pulsar 135LS like knee recess for the new 150, but even that’s not in the offering currently. But what has definitely made into production on this new upgrade is the Pulsar 135LS’s clip on handle bars which are better than the ones sported by bigger 180s and 220s. Apart from this not much is expected to be changed but then who knows; it’s Bajaj! The new bike would go on sale from mid February and would see a nominal increment over the current price. On road prices for Pune would stand at a tad above 66k which further enhances the Value for Money traits of this bike in its segment. This upgrade would be offered in regular existing colors and might actually help Bajaj in reaching that magic 1 million mark for Pulsars. Stay tuned for more…!
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Definitely exciting news. Gives me a reason to wait for a few more days till i get a new bike.
Goes on to show how the advice of release early release often holds true even in real world. Bajaj has been able to come up with some of the most awesome bikes by releasing increamental improvements and then listening to user feedback.
Thanks for the heads up.
Bajaj should try to get it right once rather then try again and again.
@fas (aka Motorbeam),
you seem to sound as if Honda/Yamaha/Suzuki/Kawasaki/Ducati/Harley Davison etc. all started producing perfect bikes right from their day one of existance?
are you a kid?
cmmon man, how many variants of pulsar are we gonna see?
Nice news as P150 was looking unimpressive in front of P135 . I ll wait. Can anyone ve d images
I almost booked p135ls.. but there I saw pulsar 150 ug4.5.. got curious and asked him what’s this? he says it’s new pulsar 150 with clip-ons and split seats. didn’t say anything about increase in bhp though!!!.. now i’m thinking again!!!
When is the 2010 pulsar 150 coming in the market????
My pulsar 150 UG4 is 5months old now.. I dont lik the clip ons in silver color, black ones in p220 looks better but i expected a increase in power when i buy P150 UG4.. a bit disappointment for me.. Atleast now bajaj managed to do tat n P150 UG4.5… So how is the pick up now..??
Guys i was planning for pulsar 135LS but as it has vibration problems at higher speeds, i thought of going for new pulsar 150.
Can anyone tell me is 150 going to be upgraded to 4 valves, if not soon may be later.
I will wait for ur advice friends…….
Guys i was planning for pulsar 135LS but as it has vibration problems at higher speeds, i thought of going for new pulsar 150.
Can anyone tell me is 150 going to be upgraded to 4 valves, if not soon may be later.
I will wait for ur advice friends…….
what ever the bike going to be launch by Bajaj they must give better seat quaility because it is so hard while driving(because i owned a pulsar 150cc on dec 4 2009 but my bike given me more problems to me before 2000 kms completed)
Totally i m very much confused reading most of ur opinions.
i wanna buy a bike. plz tell me which is better as per below conditions.
(only 150cc)
1. good maintaince.
2. good mileage(50 atleast).
3. long term without much trouble(reliable).
4. smooth and vibratonless ride…
is it UNICORN, PULSAR 150, HUNK…..??????
plz share ur opnion.
actually i m worried bout this from 3 months but didnt get any…..
i had pulsar135 in mind but many said ther is vibration prob at high speeds, so i kept it aside for time being n also u can share on this bike too……
@ karthik
hi dyde, i just wanted to know wat kind of problems u ve faced with d new pulsar…bcoz i also wanted to buy it…..plz share ur opnion on BOTH of my comments above…..
i want to know the new price of bajaj pulser 150. wnd more about the bike?
go 4 the pulsar 150(new) boyz
its jst awesome
i own one
gives handsome mlilage of about 47+
never kept my tank empty,bt if pushed to the limit may give 52+
tested top speed on highway 103+ then interrupted by traffic bt has the potential to go beyond that
nice acceleration
other competetors- fz,pulsar180
price is 66,108 after teflon coating
I got pulsar 150 ug4 at 25 jan 10
heard dat pulsar ug4.5 was launched after dat. Shucks!
Im geting average around 55 km/lt .
Pickup is good.engine makes noises a lot.apart no problem.
Heard dat ug 4.5 has got less pickup.
i bought pulsar 150 in april. i am getting average around 50 kmpl. but still i am not satisfy with it. bcoz within 2 month i sent it to service station twice to thrice times. bcoze there was a unbearable noise coming from engine and still it continuous and refuse to replace by co..
i purchased pulsar150 in may2010. it low pickup and millage only 40kmpl and engine will noisely and it will vibrate on 80km please tel how cure
unicorn is the best.compaired to pulsar and hunk. hunk and cbz xtreme are one and the same only look is different. but this year (2010) bajaj has highest number of 2wheeler sales… compaired to other 2wheeler.
but remember one thing….
(EVERY BIKE HAS ONE OR THE OTHER PROBLEM.THERE IS NO BIKE WHICH IS 100%PERFECT)
i have Pulsar 150 cc dtsi purchsed in the year 2005 but now if i not use this bike for more than 8-9 hrs (gap) it not getting start, this happen since mid of mansoon. please advice……
i have pulsar 150cc DTSi purchased on 28 Oct 2010 but it has a loud engine sound and when accelerator down there is sound from bike and also pick up is very low. Please any one advise me its engine fault or something else…
What can i do know?
I also asked at service center they only say bike is ok, there is no problem.
Please help me………