Here it goes! 180 to 200 in 6 hrs!

Okay, the much awaited day arrived, when I and Shashank (he's a school friend) went on and converted our Pulsar 180 CC bike to Pulsar 200!! The bike now run faster than a P-200 since it's on a 180 chassis which is lighter, has sprockets and chain set of 220 CC, jet size 130 and the cam shaft of a P-220!! Not to forget, the new timing chain and new clutch plates as well! Phew!

It all began when the bike started guzzling too much oil, which suggested that the piston rings must have worn out. The bright idea came to Shashank's mind, that since the piston rings anyway needs replacement, why not gift the bike with a brand new engine, since the engine anyway needs to be dismantled. It took us around 2 hrs to google out the service manuals of P 180 and P 200, quarter of a dozen trips to the hardware store to get the required tools, half a dozen trips to Karol Bagh to get the spares, gaskets, casings etc, and about a dozen of those famous "roshan di kulfi" of Karol Bagh to finally get all the required stuff to take the first step! And the result: we now have a P 200 with greater compression ratio (since only the piston and the bore got changed, the head is still the same), greater top speed (since we put smaller sprockets, the pickup reduced a little but the top spead increased. It touched 150 kmph!!), and more agility. It truly leaps like a cheetah now!! Check out the pics and the video!

Rahul Arora

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