Pulsar 180 DTsI MODs

Suitable Tires :
Front : Battlax BT39SS 90/80-17M/C 46S
Rear: BattLax Bt39 110/70-17 M/C 54H

Suitable K&N air filter :
R 1060

Sprocket gear :
Front/Rear : 16/38 or 17/39
( Take note of the mounting holes, different version has different nos of holes )

Pulsar 180DTsI UG3

Bike Basic Information :
(Original autor : Spai_duhz)

in a nutshell so far.
Jargons...
KM/L - Kilometers per Liter (of petrol. duhz.)
KM/H - Kilometers per Hour
FC - Fuel Consumption
EO- Engine Oil


The pulsar is a fierce looking yet economical bike that has relatively good acceleration, on stock settings. This makes it good for stop and go traffic in Singapore.

Able to hit 50KM/L if cruising at 80-90KM/H.
60KM/L possible if you ride at 70KM/H.

130KM/H top speed is possible on stock settings.

Please note however that FC and Top Speed is relative to the load of the bike. More loaded your bike, your FC will drop, and your top speed too.

FC is also linked to your average speed, as well as your load. Ride like a maniac with a loaded bike like me, and dont do a double take when you realize you only managed 28KM/L when you have a loaded side boxes and top box, as well as a bag on your shoulder, and going at 110KM/H average.

If speed is your thing, you can change rear sprocket to a smaller diameter one. If you are foolhardy enough, you can get thinner tires (just ask for sotong tires. the mech should know wtf u'r talking about). A more drastic measure to improve the acceleration even more would be to replace the standard mainjet to a larger one (from 1.0 to 1.25) and to install K&N air Filters. Installing the air filters will require cutting of the airbox, AND WILL VOID THE WARRANTY. Change your mainjet and you will want to tune your bike. Bigger mainjet will make your bike run too rich. Never heard a backfire on a pulsar before. Dont want to be the first. Do at your own risk.

If control is more of your thing, then you will want to change the tires. The MRF Zappers are an ultra hard compound tires that will easily last for a few years. Likely than not you will have to discard the tires due to expiry date rather than them being worn. Being hard compound tires road grip will not be too good as compared to softer compound tires. Universal Motors gives an option for you to install Battlax tires instead of MRF Zappers. Was quoted quite cheap... however thats if you asked him to install the tires before taking the bike out of the shop. Good luck.

Irregardless if you want better control, higher top speed or even better FC, you will want to toss away the champion spark plugs that it comes stock with, and plug in iridium spark plugs. be it NGK or Denso, be it grade 8,9 or 10... just change it. Between the two brands and different grades, they perform the same. Higher grades perform better in colder countries, so i am inclined to believe that higher grades are easier from cold start.

If you wish the purchase the pulsar, but are baulking at the price that universal quoted you, Jalan Bukit Merah has a **** load of stores that carry the pulsars at a cheaper rate. Hidden costs can make you vomit blood though. Do your own homework.

3 types of pulsars on singapore roads.

V 1. Pulsar with old Bajaj logo. Its the one that the New Paper reviewed.
Spoke rims.
Metallic engine block and exhaust.
Old type enhaust. It does have exhausTEC, cept it sounds harsher somehow.

V 2. New logo. Beginning of the black pulsar series.
Sport rims.
Black engine block and exhaust.
new type exhaust. has some controversial holes drilled at certain parts. sounds less harsh than V 1.

V 2.2
Same as the above. Add engine kill switch.

V 3. Enter the most drastic cosmetic change... ever. Also known as UG3.
Sport rims. Black engine block and Exhaust.
Sharper design.
LED taillight.
Digital Speedometer, Fuel Level Indicator, and integrated Analog Tachometer
Auto cancelling signal lights (an annoyance, imho)

One last thing you should know if you are considering the pulsar is all the bad points. No bike is perfect.

1. Not fast. 180cc bike that tops at 130KM/H is rather pathetic to some.
2. Big and heavy. Not for the petit.
3. Expensive for a 2B bike. You can get a 2nd hand S4 Spec1 for the price of a brand new pulsar.
4. U'r gonna have to get used to the vibration.
5. I cannot stress enough. Vibrations.
6. Did i mention vibrations?
7. Oho. So you want third party parts. Dont waste your time at Jalan Bapok, Malaysia doesnt have any Malaysian pulsars on the road.
8. For the UG3, the fuel level indicator is bloody inaccurate.

For those who already have a pulsar... more likely than not you attended the DIY hazard light session. we had fun. yeaaaaaa.

Mantainance wise... what this "kamikaze pulsar rider" would reccomend is that irregardless of cheap EO or expensive EO, please change engine oil every 2K-2.5K Kilometers, the sooner the better. The Manual might list 1L EO per change... But I personally top up 1.2L every other week, and in between I top up another 0.2L of cheap EO. But then again i am a "kamikaze" rider, so the rest of you probably wont need to be so extreme in your engine oil change. :/

Thats basically all the important parts... for new people. for people who already have pulsars... will have to go into even deeper detail.