News » Official: Next-gen Pulsar debuts in December
After months of speculation and no concrete info in the view, it’s finally official. Bajaj Auto have announced that the company will launch its next-gen, 2012 Pulsar in December to commemorate 10 years of the brand. This will, however, not be an official launch, and just an introduction to the bike. The new Pulsar will hit the showrooms only by 2012.
According to BAL’s MD Rajiv Bajaj, the new Pulsar will boast technology not witnessed thus far on any bike in the world. Now that’s quite a statement to make, and we hope this unique tech’ is actually something substantial and not a marketing gimmick. The technology introduced in the new 2012 Pulsar will later trickle down onto other products such as the Discover as well.
“We launched the first Pulsar in November 2001 and are now ready with a 100 per cent new bike with remarkable engine technology. It is really the next big step after DTS-i,” said Mr Bajaj.
While we don’t know any details on the technology Mr Bajaj is talking about, we are quite comfortable in assuming that the next-gen Pulsar under rising competition from technologically advanced bikes such as the CBR250R would feature 4 valves per cylinder and liquid cooling.
There is no clarity yet on the cubic capacity of the new Pulsar either, but a 250cc single is the least we expect from Bajaj for the newest iteration of their flagship brand. We are quite sure that a lot of technology and components would be shared with the upcoming KTM 200 Duke as well.
The company believes that exports will witness a sharp rise in the coming years. Supply to African and ASEAN markets would mean that the exports may eventually exceed domestic sales.
We would like our readers to share with us any insights, details or inside news they have about the bike as Bajaj officials are really tight lipped on the subject. Do share with us all your views and knowledge on the topic liberally, so that thousands others may also benefit.
I think bajaj will be launching new pulsar with engine which has variable valve timing engine. They presented a paper on this tech in 2006 in SAE.
http://papers.sae.org/2006-32-0104
Development of a Variable Valve Timing System for Improving the Performance of a Small Two Wheeler Engine
Author(s):
Nitin R. Sheth – Bajaj Auto Ltd.
A. Ramesh – Indian Institute of Technology
Abstract
A novel, fully mechanical, simple, compact and cost effective variable valve timing system for two-wheeler application was developed. The details of the system and the performance are discussed. The system uses flyweights to exert a force on a cam, which floats on a shaft against a spring. The movement of the cam is axial and rotational due helical groves on the shaft. The system could start retarding the cam phasing after a predetermined speed. The system when implemented on a small scooter engine of 125 cc resulted in an increase in the volumetric efficiency at low speeds by 8%. The torque was improved by 10%. There was a reduction in the fuel consumption due to reduced throttling losses and leaner mixtures. When the system was implemented on a two-wheeler and tested on a chassis dynamometer on the Indian Driving Cycle a reduction in fuel consumption of 5% was noted. The emissions were also within limits. On the whole it is concluded that this system can be implemented on small engines for better performance
Thanks,
Hari Kishan
Posted by Hari, 23/10/2011 10:54am (7 months ago)