Jul 29, 2016 12:48 PM
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The AS tagline stands for Adventure Sports, now let's get on to know about the Pulsar 200AS and whether it truly stands for it's "Adventure Sports" tagline.On the whole the Pulsar 200AS is a very likable machine for those who are looking for an all rounder motorcycle and it sure is going to boost sales numbers. It isn't exactly what it's tagline says, but still it doesn’t say NO for any kind of road conditions.So going by the tagline, you might expect this bike to have a 19" spoke wheel at the front, long travel suspension with dual purpose tyres and so on which a typical adventure motorcycle looks like. But no, this bike is as we said above, is noting but a 200NS with some cosmetic changes. The 200AS gets half fairing with a single projector headlight and a reflector headlight integrated in one unit with their conventional pilot lights. The headlights look neat and appealing as well.The fairing looks neat and so neat that we personally liked the bike's design a lot. Apart from the headlights and fairing, the bike also gets a windshield to help you at the highways, slicing the winds that hit you directly while riding on the highways. The handlebars are slightly higher on the AS as compared to the NS. Now moving to the rear end, the bike now gets an extended rear fender which might look odd for some but again it's there for a purpose and that is to stop the mud being splashed all over. Except these changes, the rest of the design is same as NS.
There are some bits like panel gaps which look a little odd, but other than that there's nothing that makes the bike feel out of place and the bike looks really good from almost all the angles, though it looks like NS from some angles. The AS is available in three colours, Blue, Red and Black. The colours too are attractive on the 200AS, main reason being that these don't have those flashy stickers like that of NS/RS and guess that's what makes it look great.The 200AS gets the same instrument cluster as the 200NS but now placed a little further, that's on the fairing. The instrument cluster is a three part, with the analogue tachometer and fuel gauge at the center, the tell-tail and warning lights taking the left side and the right consists of the speed, trip meter, time and so on. The instrument cluster is neat and easily readable. A gear shift indicator should had been there. The switchgears on the other hand are made of good quality as that of the NS.It get better part like it Those who thought that the front two shock absorbers of your bike were simply two piston springs, then you are simply wrong. Yes, there is a piston and there is a spring, but the spring is not powerful enough to take the entire front end load of the bike during an uneven surface. Hence for that reason the front forks of the bike are filled with a highly viscous liquid, Fork Oil.Today bikes are getting faster and more powerful by the day. Travelling at scorching speeds is the new way to travel for many. The roads becoming smoother and wider has allowed for quicker travel. But we know that staying in a country like India, however wide the roads get and the smoother it is, one can never know what might jump out in front of you out of a sudden.that is why is got supreme nanomate technology of disc brake When the bike has to be stopped, the brake level is pulled like a pump applying pressure. This pushes in the oil inside which in turn applies pressure on the calipers and pads and they create friction with the disc causing the bike to either slow down or stop. Now the bite of the calipers on the disc depends on the brake pads as to how big they are and how much of area of contact does it cause. To clear this, one can check out superbikes who have dual discs and something called a “four pot” caliper. This is simply to increase the contact area to increase the stopping power.
Now the way disc brakes work is rather quite awesome. The disc is fit right on the wheel, and there are pads on both sides of it mounted to contact the disc when the pressure is applied. This system is connected via a line of thick pipe which contains a viscous liquid as we popularly know is brake oil. This oil is connected to a highly sensitive pump which has a reservoir between the pipe and the pump. The pump is nothing but the brake pedal.Yeah here we are, so finally let's get on the bike and see how the bike performs in real life conditions. Thumb start the engine and you hear the sweet sound from the engine. The engine which is powered by the same engine as that of 200NS, 199.5cc single-cylinder that churns out 23.5 Bhp of power at 9500 rpm and 18.3 Nm at 8000 rpm of torque. The fuel is injected via the carburetor and uses the same triple spark technology. The engine and gear shifts are both smooth. The bike is quick from 0-100, similar to that of NS, though we did not record the timings and the top end is 136 km/h.At last is most likeable and will be the first choice of youngsters
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