Re: Duke 390: Long Term Ride Review

Bhai they have taken wayy too long...April se I'm waiting...

Aab meetha khatta ho gaya....

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lets wait bro........

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It is not bothering me that there are delays in delivery, for inability to meet excess and unanticipated demand is not a crime;
It is not bothering me that there are delays in delivery, for a strike by workers are in a way, force majeure - Acts of God, or circumstances beyond control; again, not a crime.
However, what DOES bother me is the lack of communication from Bajaj.

Bajaj ought to have come out with a clear communication through their dealers, to thus effect :

'We had planned to deliver bikes by XX month; however, there were certain events beyond our control. Please be aware now that your revised delivery date is XX month'.


Such a clear communication, backed by action, would have resolved a lot of heartburn, instead of this situation of dealing with conflicting messages by various dealers, and us customers trying to glean or surmise or guess information by putting together pieces of scraps of information.

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I'm without a motorcycle for the past 6 months and booked 390 on the basis of dealer assurance that the first lot would delivered in 2 weeks of booking. [It is a separate story that it went from 2 weeks to one month to two month and now no idea]

If I would have known that 390 would come only after 3 months [from booking date] before booking, I would have bought a 2nd hand motorcycle like duke 200 and waited for atleast 6 months before booking a 390.

Bajaj's some senior *** announced to public that 390 deliveries would start only by end of September 2013. Unfortunately, this id*** made this announcement only after 1-1/2 month from the June 26 [date of booking opened for 390]. Bajaj should have made this announcement clear to both dealers and customers before opening the booking.

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I share the frustration. Sold the cbr n no bike since 6 months

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I've paid the full amount...and the waiting continues...

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KTM 390 Duke Indian Customers Still Waiting for Their Bikes

According to Faisal Khan, on of our Indian riding friends, the fellows who have placed pre-orders for the much-anticipated KTM 390 Duke are still waiting for their bikes.

And we're not talking about chaps who decided to get a 390 Duke last week, but about people who booked their two-wheelers in the spring. April and May, that is.

The bike was officially launched in late June, and a 90-day waiting period was first rumored, then kind of confirmed. Since we're getting closer to mid-September, we might say things are going as scheduled, but the Indian customers are becoming more and more frustrated with news of the 390 Duke production being apparently exported.

A cool move KTM could make is fulfill the early orders, making those guys happy and thus willing to spread the good word. Happy people speak nice things about their new toys... The other way around is not exactly smart business.

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I am curious to know, what is the daily production capacity of D200 and more importantly D390. I read in the forums that 3000 Pulsars are manufactured daily, correct me if I am wrong. What is the total number of bookings of D390 in India, I think around 1500, as per what I read somewhere. So how many production days does it take for 1500 bikes?

Forget 1500 deliveries. At least they should have delivered bikes to the first 500 customers who booked the bike without test rides. Now how many days does it take to produce 500 bikes? I guess this is nothing compared to Bajaj's production capacity, after all they are one of India's largest two wheeler manufacturer! Correct me if I am missing any important point here.

Minimum 90 days waiting days period. How fair is such a booking agreement? We have no choice but to accept it. As somebody pointed out earlier, there is no proper communication from manufacturer to dealers and dealers to customers. I think the concept of such communication does not exist in the first place!

Delay due to strike was reasonable and acceptable. But I do not buy the argument about delay because of exports getting priority due to INR going down. I expect a well respected, large-cap listed company to better plan their export and domestic orders. One cannot be at the cost of another. Short term rate fluctuations should not affect domestic orders so much.

Rant over. Wait continues.

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Not much and in fact the D390 would be coming off the assembly line in the same numbers as Pulsar but they are getting loaded in to shipping containers to be unloaded in European and SE asian docks.

I feel sorry for those who had to sell their bikes to book a D390. But there was a feeling that local deliveries will take time and Bajaj saying 90days implied it but probably they would have delivered in 90 days if not for that strike at chakan.

Guys, exercise some patience at least for the end result of owning a D390. Meanwhile, you can try our Vipasana to kill your temptations

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For me waiting is not a problem, but i'll be leaving to sikkim on October 2nd and will be back only after a month. Imagine i get a call on 1st or 2nd of October saying your bike is ready. I just hope i get it by 20th of september. Fingers crossed...

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+1 to that. Sold my CBR in May and now left with no option but to commute Andheri to Bhandup using Mumbai local trains

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Whats the point in launching the bike when the company has no specific clue on when it will be delivered, its outright ridiculous. If their main focus was to export bikes, they should not have launched the bike here, why keep us waiting for so bloody long.

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As someone earlier suggested, its not a bad idea to collectively cancel bookings, if they fail to deliver the bike by the 26th, I will definitely cancel my booking

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Righty said @TripleS

They should have never launched the bike in June in the first place, if they never had atleast 500 Indian spec 390's ready to be delivered, I wonder what kind of Business Management they have..


Regarding the Chakan Plant Strike
Production for KTM bikes was never affected and the production was in full swing and everything was exported...
They did the same with DUKE 200 last year, people had to wait for 2 months..
Their production capacity for the DUKE is 3000 bikes per day

I booked my bike in July end..
Yeah the dealer told me that 90 days waiting n all, but they were saying this just because they wanted to be on the safe side...
I thought that atleast i would get the bike after 60 days... which i might
But it is really frustrating for the guys who booked it at the time of launch and even before, some have even paid half the amount for booking...

These people are using all our money for like 90 days and if you want to cancel they will deduct 4k.. now thats seriously bullshit..

And yeah, Made in India, Made for Europe, Tweaked for India.. and the end result is Stalling bikes at traffic jams...

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I too will definitely cancel the booking if I dont receive the bike by the agreed timelines.

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Are you sure its production figure per day ?

BTW, what irks me are the so called offers from sub-dealers many of whom have tie ups with Bajaj's prime dealer Sai service here in Mumbai to give instant delivery of D390 by paying 20k extra ON-payment. When asked how can they guarantee instant delivery when the supply from chakan itself is an issue they said limited stock is available with the authorised dealer which can be siphoned off by giving extra money ... Some one should raid their go-downs and expose these dealers !!!

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+100 to that. I'm really not excited too much about the bike any more. But I need something to ride around... Without a motorcycle for the past 6 months is really hurting too much...