To all the people who were against the Pulsar 135 -
Its a brilliant bike! There are two variants -- the one which was launched earlier with some issues and the new one (which I have) with all the issues solved and some design modifications. More details here -
Bajaj launches new revised Pulsar 135LS | Indian Motos Blog
Its been a week since I have owned it - I covered 300 KM on it and now for some facts :-
[1] The vibrations from the engine are disappearing slowly as I rack up some miles
[2] The mileage I have got is about 60-65 KMPL with extremely careless riding - I love revving up the engine and have been pushing the bike twice or thrice daily extremely aggressively (Die Pulsar haters!)
[3] The people at Bajaj Service center are professional, helpful and nice - am due for my first service this week as soon as I clock 550-600 KM
[4] @ ramanujpatro -- get your bike - get your 150cc bike and then let me humiliate you with the pulsar's performance (also read up on xBHP a wee bit more it may help you burst your bubble about Pulsars)
[5] Couldn't resist the urge and took the bike upto 112 Kmph(was constantly above 90 kmph for the full stretch) on SG highway (Ahmedabad/ Gujarat users might know the stretch from Iscon temple circle to Acropolis mall) thrashed a couple of friends on their FZ-16s and Unicorns with heavy traffic in the peak hours -- butter smooth performance, no vibrations and amazing pick up
[6] Took the bike for a 120 Km trip to Gandhinagar, there were no problems whatsoever. This bike corners and handles twists in the road really well
[7] To all the Pulsar haters -- you may have the best bike or for that matter the best laptop/desktop but how you maintain it and care for it matters. When I got my MSI CR400x and reviewed it 2 years back a lot of people on TE said it would conk out and MSI laptops were rubbish because no one ever heard of MSi making laptops. Here I am two years down the line with the Cr400x looking as good as new and performing amazingly with 25% battery wear.
Periodic maintenance is what matters!