Bajaj Pulsar NS200 vs Harley-Davidson Nightster Special

The Bajaj Pulsar NS200 (2025) and the Harley-Davidson Nightster Special (2025) are compared with the same Moto Kıyas physics model under identical conditions: flat dry asphalt, no wind, a 75 kg rider and no passenger. The Bajaj Pulsar NS200 is a naked bike with 200 cc, 24.1 hp and 158 kg; the Harley-Davidson Nightster Special is a cruiser with 975 cc, 88.5 hp and 225 kg. Power-to-weight with the rider: 103.6 hp/ton versus 295.0 hp/ton. On this measure the Harley-Davidson Nightster Special is 185% ahead.

In the simulation the Bajaj Pulsar NS200 covers 0-100 km/h (speedometer) in 9.07 s and the Harley-Davidson Nightster Special in 3.17 s; the Harley-Davidson Nightster Special is quicker by 5.91 s. In the 100-0 km/h brake test, braking distance without the 0.3 s reaction time is 43.7 m for the Bajaj Pulsar NS200 (with ABS) and 49.1 m for the Harley-Davidson Nightster Special (ABS unknown, class assumption: no ABS). The Bajaj Pulsar NS200 stops 5.4 m shorter. Calculated top speed: 111 km/h (GPS measurement) versus 180 km/h (estimated from power and drag).

All values are an estimated simulation, not road-test measurements. Technical data comes from the sources listed below; the model uses model-specific parameters calibrated against published road tests for both. Open the interactive app (currently in Turkish) to watch the run side by side and change the load.