Re: Duke 390: Long Term Ride Review

Yes as u said its illegal hav a bike on the road without rto approval but u kno hyd police rite they dont even realize whether this is registered vehicle or not. I myself took 2 small test drives in early mornings!!

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1. > Hyderabad showrooms have already got RTO approvals.

2. > Banjara Hills KTM has said that they can handover the bike the same/next day after it arrives as there is nothing else pending other than the bikes being dispatched from the factrory.

3. > Bajaj has not delivered/dispatched any bikes to 'preferred' cities be it pune or chennai. The only bikes that have been delivered are the ones that have had an 'adjustment/understanding' with the showroom. Read below:

The point here is that Bajaj had sent 1 bike per showroom so that they can get the RTO approval for selling the new model before deliveries start as RTO will not give approval without the physical bike being present. Now that almost all cities/regions have got RTO approval, the bikes can be 'sold' by the dealer if they wish so. Infact the reason that many showrooms are either denying test rides or only allowing rides within a confined space is because these are not 'Test Bikes', the showroom will have to sell these bikes and they are already gathering miles thanks to bajaj not sending out the test bikes to all showrooms becuase Bajaj would rather deliver the very few that are manufactured than use them as Test. Some showrooms like in this case 'Pune' have decided to sell that 1 or 2 piece they got for registration etc before more miles are put on it.

The reason the bikes are being delayed are very clear from what I understand. Bajaj doesn't own KTM. It only has a 47% stake to KTM, hence KTM meeting it's commitments to it's international customerstake priority over Bajaj's local commitments. Almost all bikes being manufactured now are being exported to meet those commitments due to the extremely slow pace of production thanks to the Illegal strike by workers. Bajaj will deliver them by 90days by somehow assigning part or the manufactured bikes for local commitments else they will be in legal soup. If the strike is called of and the workers get back to making the bikes, we will get them in no time.

I booked it on the same day as the release, 1 day before the 'official' bookings open. I understand the frustration that most folks have waiting for this. I try really hard and spend my day trying to read reviews, ride the heck out of my bike like it is the 390 already and ofcourse, patiently waiting and praying.

I think it is commendable that Bajaj has had the grit and resolve to take majority of pulsar production away from chakan so that it can meet the commitments for manufacturing the KTM, Ninja and Avenger which are only made in Chakan. And I am glad bajaj is not willing to hire back those fools in the production line that were fired for 'sabotaging' the bikes which is one of the demands of the union doing the Illegal strike. I understand that Bajaj has it's hands full dealing with all the problems it has at the factories right now and trying to meet the numbers as much as possible that it might not be able to issue a statement to the public to make aware of the situation. I believe that such a statement will come only if Bajaj feels it will not be able to meet the 90 day commitment. They have already said they will meet that as of now.

My humble request to all here is not listen to the mumbo jumbo cooked up the showrooms as they themselves are running out of excuses to tell customers when they enquire about the delay and it is only natural for them to keep making up stories to calm them down and not give the same old information which will frustrate the customer.

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Exactly.creating a new dedicated thread is easy.

[MENTION=6765]ajay[/MENTION], u get test drives easy.booking amount is 30000 if I remember.on road will come to 2.1 something.

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[MENTION=10454]MG[/MENTION] : thankyou for the review.

1 clarification please:

"Same day I had the company of Ninja 300 and we had a longish ride of 300kms during the second half of the day. That ride made me realize how quick the Duke is in comparison to the Ninja 300. Maybe I was expecting a bit too much from a 390cc motor, more so since I had ridden a 690 Duke in the past and know how mad that bike is."

Can you please elaborate/clarify , its not clear how the D390 compares to the N300.

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A small correction: Bajaj holds 47% in KTM not 49%.

Source: KTM - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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So the booking of D390 is 30k and 4k for cancellation?

Did anyone booked the bike in which they'll refund the entire money for cancellation. I would be booking the bike after 15th of Aug.

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I booked from KTM Banjara too. earlier my waiting number was 3. Nitin said there one cancelling of number 2 person. so I suppose mine is 2nd in list. Nice to meet you guys. I had the same information. Untill RTA approval comes, bike can not be booked, that is what Nitin said.

Waiting desperately.

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Really, Nithin said you are 3rd? I thought I was 3rd in line. I know that [MENTION=25310]rbi[/MENTION] is 7th and [MENTION=62203]Rohit.nagamalla[/MENTION] is 1st in line. When did you book the bike?

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I booked it way too before the launch.. in 1st week of june

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I booked it in the first week too. 7/6 to be precise. I actually was insisting on paying way in advance but Raju was't accepting without a committed deadlines.

Since it is going to be too small a group in Hyderabad, may be we can all catch up for a coffee/beer? I am only seeing folks from B.hills, anybody from probiking-begumpet?

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I have booked from Begumpet KTM. My number is 2 or 3 I think.
They said expected delivery is end of this month or early to that. RTO approval is already there for the bike. Only the delivery is pending and they can be delivered as soon as first lot arrives.

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I have booked from Begumpet KTM. My number is 2 or 3 I think.
They said expected delivery is end of this month or early to that. RTO approval is already there for the bike. Only the delivery is pending and they can be delivered as soon as first lot arrives.

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I booked on 10th June. My waiting list is mentioned on booking copy as 3. When Nitin met me last time, he said No 2 person cancelled his booking and going for bigger bike like GSXR or something. So he said you are No 2 in line now.

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any detailed comparisons with Ninja 300 ..?

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