Hi all, I’m Vinodh Kumar from Bangalore, one of the proud owners of Bajaj Pulsar 150 DTSi UG 3 manufactured in the year 2007. I bought the bike last Dussehra, since then my biking life has taken a whole new turn. Formerly, I had been riding a Hero Honda CD100 for almost a year, which is one of the most solid entry level four stroke bike I have seen in the Indian market after the RX series from Yamaha.
Reason for Upgrade: Feeling a lack of punch in the engine power, I decided to upgrade to a 150CC bike. When I bought the bike back in October ’08, the 150 cc segment was very competitive. Newly upgraded Unicorn had come out at that time, Apache from TVS, and the CBZ Extreme from Hero Honda. I rode & compared all the bikes for almost three months; I was in total confusion.
When I rode my friend’s UG 2 version of Pulsar, I was totally impressed by it. That day I decided that I would go for the Pulsar UG III version. I am lucky that one of my friends had a Bajaj showroom near to my home, so I finally booked the bike and got it delivered on 25th Oct ‘08.
Biking experience: In the beginning, it was very annoying to ride within a speed limit because of the engine initial running-in period. After completion of 1000 kms on the odometer, my brother and I, went on a long trip to Mysore, which was almost a 350 kms round trip in a single day. It was superb experience for me, as I had never gone on long biking trips before. From then, my touring experience became never ending, as each weekend my friends and I used to go to the places around Bangalore. The best experience was the trip to Tumkur and its surrounding places for three days non-stop. On the trip we rode our bikes on all kinds of zigzag roads with hair pin bends! that too inside the forest area.
Goodies for my Steed: I have not done any modifications, like up-jetting, K&N or free flow exhausts. The bike is in stock condition except engine oil. After I had finished 5000 kms on the odo, I switched my engine oil from Veedol Super Swift to fully synthetic MOTUL 300V FL. From then, the engine is butter smooth, gear shift is just a matter of touch and pulling is awesome. Now, after one year, with 8500 kms on the odometer, it returns me 35 to 45kmpl in city conditions, and above 50 kmpl on the highway.
Exclusivity: I’m not worried about that Pulsars are everywhere! Because they are the best that one can offer. It may have some +ve or more –ve factors in them, but it depends on how you maintain them.
– Vinodh Kumar
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@Vinodh
hi i am going to buy a new Pulsar 150 cc in nxt 4-5 days. can you please tell me what is the mileage and safty improvements in this new make.
thanks in advance
Of course, Vinodh, Any bike depends on how you maintain it. Its very good that you are doing it.
Most of the Pusar owners do not know about run-in period or they don’t care for it!!!
Pulsar, being a high pick-up bike, always stimulates you to ride faster and so, most of the owners just damage the bike by doing that (also since it is cheaper, owners mostly have a care-free attitude). Add to that pathetic service provided by Bajaj showrooms. These are the reasons why Pulsars are reputed to be just a one-year bikes or having lots of quality issues.
One final word is that, Pulsars are definitely worth every penny and beautiful machines.
dude plz talk real yo insulting pulsar
can any one tell me whats the appro price for USED PULSAR 150 UG2?
Although people keep harping on Pulsar is the best, I think Pulsar owners need to look around the competition and see that the competition has caught up big time. Bajaj needs to think out of the box.
Hi Girish,
The latest pulsar has a very good upgrade done to it now its no longer UG4, now its UG4.5
the upgrades are,
1. intake and exhaust gets re-tuning for additional 1ps of power gain. now its total power output is 15.09ps compared to older versions 14.09ps.
2.new version gets new clip-on handle bars similer to Pulsar135LS.
other than these major changes there are only cosmetic changes only.
Vinodh kumar.
Hi dudes…
I own Pulsar DTS-I (2005 end) model….
which was rocksolid till now…
Models of 2005 & 2006 Pulsar are The outstanding versions of Pulsar than any ones before or forth coming versions…
It is not my word its bajaj’s qualified technicians words…
i want to give some advice to pulsar owners….
—see that always Rpm at 1*1000 at idling..
—Ride at RPM3 or some what more than RPM 3 and see the wonder in mileage.. i can bet it with any 150cc bike…. my bike gave 8.5 kms for 100ml in a test drive in city…
—That is rise throttle as required for the smooth movement of the bike below RPM 3 for each gear and for 5th gear RPM slightly more than 3…
—Test drive today and post ur comment on my advice… Im waiting for it dudes….
—maximum use kick starter at mornings,rainy situations, winter saeson morngs, after waterwash which will help to give more life to battery and CDI(Ignition) unit(most important)…
—-Dont give throttle immediately or abruptly after starting bike which effects piston directly causing wear and tear…
—-see that ur bike should start in a kick or 2 if it doesnt there might be some problem in adjustment..
—-Always donot rise throttle like that of a chetak or tvs 50… it becomes like a habit and consumes more fuel…
—-If u live in city or a place which have lights and when u stop at signal immediately stop lights which directly influences on battery life and engine.. u can observe if u on the lights the engine becomes dull and requires more fuel for your lighting needs….
—-Always go for unleaded fuel in BHARAT or HP…
—-If u love ur bike and want to give more life to it Change oil for less than 2000 or 1900 kms and Pour Castrol active 4t 1ltr.. Dont think for 200 rupees….
—-Regularly check for tyre pressures, chain tightness and get regularly serviced….
hi good to read so much about pulsar i would like to share few word from ma experience about this machain if u looking for milage plz stick to yo 100cc bikes but still pulsar has a decent millage trust me i never followed any of mainainence instructions, run time, bla bla bla i just ride it as if it ma last day but still ma pulsar is rock solid wit awesome performance and decent mileage of 40 to 50kmpl and even wit free air ends too but only problem wit pulsar is its clutch dono how is it in new varients but clutch is only issue wit pulsar and 1s clutch is down bike remains just a pice of shit nothing more so does any one can sugest me some thing about this i’ll soon post pics of ma bike and i’m sure people will like ma nude pulsar
@Vinodh
even i had a Pulsar 150 UG3 (got it in oct 2008) for arnd 1.25 yrs…. after 1 year odo reading was approx 10.6 K (coz it’s not used for 3 months continuously)….. so u agree that i have driven this a lot and m not another Pulsar hater!!!
u said ‘the engine is butter smooth, gear shift is just a matter of touch’…. but is it really true… coz i have ridden many other Pulsars (150 & 180) also (of my friends’) and there’s too much f noise in engine and there is problem with the gearbox and this is the default problem with every Pulsar……
u shud mention more about the pros and cons of the bike
hi this is fayaz tr is some issue wit the site i guess wat ever i wrote has been published by elses name and others coments have come on ma name any ways i just read a comment from@vinod would like to say few things dude pulsar gets makes lot of noise once engine gets older major reason is its timing chain and clutch loading coil asume u’ve changed clutch plates and the machanic has not loaded clutch enough or titened it more then low performance wit lot of vibration is for sure and if u’ve changed timing chain and by chance if it a low quality one then yo bike engine will be screaming always and final thing if clutch timing is not maintained accurate after clutch plates change and its run few kms then yo engine noise is permenent cant be rectified even after u fix problem so be smart while purchasing spares for yo bike coz tr are many duplicate spares available in market wit excat company packing for tvs and bajaj bikes and trust me noise doesnt matter on a pulsar unless u spoil yo pulsar perpormance
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mr vinod kumar your rating of this bike.. is not average.. its very dry and dull…
@ MJ
It is realy true. Even I use the same engin oil (Motul 300V) as Vinod does. I have a pulsar 180 and it has no problem related to engin or gearbox as you have mentioned.
I have one pulsar 180 manucfactured in 2007, it seem just upgrade from P 150 ya?, I bought it in Yogyakarta, Indonesia as a small cycle (some South Africans says) for everiday activities. Running well till know, but only one…services not good yet here. Parts not always ready! When Bajaj will give good services here, no one know here. Thx.
@ Eres
I am a bajaj owner too..
Bajaj dont even provide “good” services in Kolkata. (home country) so I dont think you should expect it there (LOL)
Though parts are available in the market here.
Hi Vinodh,
Can you please help me with some data?
1. Which grade of 300v are you using ? (15w40 or 15w 50)
2. What is the price in Bangalore? (MRP and discounted both) (if available, for both the grades)
15w40 is not available in Kolkata.
In Kolkata the MRP is Rs.895 and we get it for Rs.850. (300V 15w50)
I will be glad if you please help me with the data.
Thank you,
Param