Tag: 135cc

There are currently five different variants of the Pulsar in the market. Although the Pulsar brand itself has existed for more than a decade, the Pulsar 135cc model has only been around for around 3 years. Bajaj introduced this light weight sports bike in 2009 and is the first bike in India to contain a 4-valve DTS-i technology instead of the 2-valve technology that has been the norm.

So in terms of specifications, this bike does not disappoint. The Pulsar 135LS has a 134.66cc single cylinder 4 stroke engine delivering 13.5PS maximum power and 11.4Nm maximum torque. The bike weighs 122 kg when dry and can hold up to 8 liters of fuel (1.6 liters usable reserve). The bike is being targeted at the adventure lovers and so has an above average ground clearance of 165mm. The Pulsar 135 is priced at Rs. 58,963 ex-showroom Delhi.

Official Mileage

As a category, the Pulsar 135 lies somewhere between the bunch of bikes available in the 125cc and 150cc segments. Consequently, we do not have a benchmark of what the ideal mileage for this bike is. Regardless of this, Bajaj claims the bike can offer a good mileage of around 68.1 kmpl under standard conditions. Considering this is a sports bike that would hardly be rode on standard test condition roads, it would be interesting to see how this bike performs on city roads.

Customer Reviews

MaxAbout has a raving review of the Pulsar 135 calling it a bike that “oozes style”. However it is unclear whether the city mileage that they report is from their own internal tests or something claimed by the company. In any case, according to them, the Pulsar 135 should offer 52 kmpl on city roads.

BikeDekho tells us about the signficance of the 4-valve technology on the Pulsar 135. They note that thanks to the 4-valves, the Pulsar 135 can deliver the same power as is offered by the regular 2-valve 150cc bikes. The mileage doesn’t seem to be affected by that though. Their tests report an average fuel consumption of between 58-65 kmpl.

The review on the blog AutomobileUpdates is less glorifying at least from the fuel economy perspective. Although the blog commends the bike for its “aggressive styling”, they report a city mileage of just around 50 kmpl with the highway performance going up to 65 kmpl.

On IndiaGarage, the reports are all over the place. While one user claims to see a mileage of between 40-45 kmpl with the Pulsar 135, another customer claims to see a much better 54 kmpl.

Sriraj, a small blog reviewing bikes and gadgets does a great job test-riding the Pulsar 135. For their review, the writer rode the bike for close to 150 kilometers in peak Delhi traffic between 5PM and 9PM. They report having seen a mileage of close to 61 kmpl under these conditions.

BikeAdvice has a similar verdict on their owner-review post. While the writer has not posted the mileage of this bike on highway roads, according to him, it would deliver a good 60 kmpl on city roads which is absolutely impressive stuff.

Finally, let’s check out what reviewers on the user-review site, MouthShut have got to say. There are close to 85 reviews of the bike with the customers rating the bike 4/5 on fuel economy. A striking feature of the reviews is the consistency at which a majority of the people have rated the fuel consumption of the bike. Barring a couple of outliers who report a mileage of either 45kmpl or 65kmpl, almost every other reviewer has reported seeing a mileage of around 55 kmpl on city roads.

So here’s the bottomline – the Pulsar 135 is as good as a 150cc in terms of power. In terms of mileage, it can consistently deliver a mileage as good as the bikes in the 125cc range. As I see it, this bike seems to deliver the best of both the worlds and is a definite buy. Here’s a snapshot of the mileage as reported by various sources.