Having teased them just some days in the past, Bajaj has now launched up to date variations of its Pulsar NS160 and NS200 avenue bare bikes. The NS160 is now priced at Rs 1.35 lakh whereas the refreshed NS200 will value you Rs 1.47 lakh. This marks a worth enhance of Rs 10,000 and Rs 7,000 respectively, over the sooner variations of every mannequin (all costs ex-showroom, Delhi).

• Telescopic fork now changed by upside-down unit
• Dual-channel ABS supplied as normal
• Engine specs stay unchanged

Bajaj Pulsar NS160, NS200: what’s new?

The NS lineup has been getting a bit of lengthy within the tooth – the NS200 first appeared over a decade in the past, again in 2012, and has solely acquired minor updates since. So this refresh is a much-needed shot within the arm for the NS vary. Both fashions now get an upside-down fork instead of the sooner standard telescopic unit, and dual-channel ABS is now normal.

Both fashions have additionally acquired the lighter wheels from the Pulsar 250s, and because of this, the NS200 has change into barely lighter, dropping from 159.5kg to 158kg. While the NS160 additionally options the lighter wheels, it now makes use of fatter tyres than earlier than because of this, so its weight has gone up by round 1kg to 152kg.

The first clues in regards to the arrival of those up to date fashions got here a number of weeks in the past, when Bajaj launched the NS200 and NS160 underneath the Dominar model in Brazil, geared up with an upside-down fork. Those bikes, nonetheless, nonetheless solely get single-channel ABS.

Bajaj Pulsar NS160, NS200: what hasn’t modified?

Aside from these two modifications, the remainder stays the identical. So the NS160 nonetheless will get an oil-cooled 160.3cc single-cylinder motor making 17.2hp and 14.6Nm, whereas the NS200 is powered by a liquid-cooled 199.5cc mill producing 24.5hp and 18.7Nm. Aside from the completely different engines, each bikes are fairly comparable, being held collectively by a fringe body, that includes the identical styling and bodywork, and getting the identical semi-digital instrumentation. The solely different notable distinction between them is that the NS200 will get chunkier tyres to deal with its increased output ranges.

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