BAJAJ PULSAR

Bajaj Pulsar is a motorcycle brand owned by Bajaj Auto in India. The

two wheeler was developed by the product engineering division of Bajaj
Auto in association with motorcycle designer Glynn Kerr Tokyo R&D.
Currently there are four variants available -with engine capacities of
150cc, 180 and two variants with capacities of 220 cc. More than a
million units of Pulsar were sold by November 2005. A Pulsar 200
variant was discontinued in July 2009. With monthly sales of more than
48,000 units in June 2009, Pulsar is the leader in the 150 cc segment in
India with a market share of 43%.

Before the introduction of the Pulsar, the Indian motorcycle market trend
was towards fuel efficient, small capacity motorcycles (that formed the
80-125 cc class). Bigger motorcycles with higher capacity virtually did
not exist (except for Enfield Bullet). The launch and success of Hero
Honda CBZ in 1999 showed that there was demand for performance
bikes. Bajaj took the cue from there on and launched the Pulsar twins in
India on November 24, 2001. Since the introduction and success of Bajaj
Pulsar, the Indian youth began expecting high power and other features
from affordable motorcycles.

DTSi

DTSi stands for Digital Twin Spark Ignition, a Bajaj Auto trademark.
Bajaj Auto holds an Indian patent for the DTSi technology. The Alfa
Romeo Twin-Spark engines, the BMW F650 Funduro which was sold in
India from 1995 to 1997 also had a twin-spark plug technology, and the
Rotax motorcycle engines,more recently Honda's iDSI Vehicle engines
use a similar arrangement of two spark-plugs. However very few small
capacity engines did eventually implement such a scheme in their
production prototypes.

Key players in the Bike segment :

 BAJAJ AUTO
 HERO HONDA
 TVS
 YAMAHA
 ROYAL ENFIELD