Welcome the Chennai Duker's Club Sriram... where are you from ? I saw a girl in one of the Duke's handover photos in Bangalore I think... not sure which city..but definitely remember seeing a girl with the rest.... The bike is light weight and easier for them to drive as well

Thats in Bangalore Siva

Even replacing with new exhaust is not going to solve the problem... coz it may decolorise in few days.... should ask for a better solution

You seem to be riding the dissatisfaction wave from the moment you've started on the Duke. Calling it low quality, china stuff etc.. Duke doesn't seem to be a vehicle for you. No offense meant, but you should consider a Honda or Ninja.

U Took me wrong..... I say that we should demand for a better quality. Will you accept anything if it is faulty

You think all of us a living with a faulty bike?

Its no use of asking me questions.... its better for us if we ask the ktm guys to improve quality

hey guys ive got my KTM yesterday !

the bike is amazing but im facing heat problems , it heats up within 10 seconds and hot fumes come from the engine and even the pillion at the back can feel it ! what might be the issue ?

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and the bike's rear break action is very stiff and its fore play is very small
i need to jam the break down very hard to enable the rear break
what might be the issue?
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and any DUKE OWNERS from VISAKHAPATNAM ?

Normal petrol: 91 octane minus additives
Speed 91, Xtra premium, Power: 91 octane plus additives
Speed 97: 97 octane plus additives

Speed 97 is available only at selective BPCL.

Manual and the SVC guys recommend speed 91, xtra premium or power.

Few people are filling speed 97 which I personally think is not needed.
While touring you might not be able to find anything other than normal petrol on the highways.

A couple of things might be going on. First, regarding the heat issue, the bike is new, so until the motor breaks in, there will be more than the usual amount of friction and thus heat. Also, this bike makes more HP from a single cylinder than (I think) any other bike on the road here in India. That power will result in more heat being generated. It's also water-cooled. That high mount for the radiator plus the bike's bodywork may be channeling the heat from the rad up to you rather than out to the sides. Lastly, because the bike is water-cooled, you have the potential for a bubble to become "stuck" somewhere in the cooling system, thus preventing proper coolant flow. For that last issue, try tipping the bike far over to both sides, when running if possible, to try to dislodge any bubbles.

Regarding the brakes. Both the front and rear brakes need time to "bed in". This is one of the many reasons for the speed and engine-RPM requirements during the break-in period (those lower engine revs keep your speed down so you are less likely to need to make emergency stops or otherwise use the brakes heavily). It may just be that the rear brake pads are still not properly broken in. A good way to get the brake pads properly bedded in is to do the following: Accelerate to 50km/h or so, then decelerate firmly to about 20km/h, release the brakes, speed back up to 50 and do it again. Do this about 10-12 times (you may see some smoke by the 9th or 10th time), then ride for a while without using the brakes at all so they cool. Repeat the whole process. After the second cycle, your brakes should be ready for normal use. DO NOT do panic stops from 80km/h to zero, as this will heat the brake pads too much, and may permanently glaze them (or at least parts of them; new pads don't evenly touch the rotors leading to hot spots).

Something else to check on is that the rear brake line may not be properly "bled", and has air in it. Since air is compressible, you would first have to overcome all the compressive capability of the air before the force you are using can be transmitted to the caliper which can cause the brake pedal to feel "hard" (the air pushes back against you as it heats up and tries to expand).

How does the coolant circulate? Is there an engine driven pump or a dedicated pump for the coolant to flow.

There are plenty of bikes that discolor the exhaust within a few days. It's common on off-road single-cylinder dirt bikes. It's more common on stainless-steel exhausts (which I believe this KTM has) than chromed ones or titanium since the metal is exposed directly to the air and has a high surface area relative to a chromed exhaust, plus the metallurgy is different. I've seen week-old dirtbikes with stainless exhausts where the header pipe was deep purple. The motor in this Duke resembles KTM's smaller dirt bike engines, so I expect it to have very similar characteristics. Unfortunately, I believe this means we're going to have to live with the fact that the exhaust just isn't going to keep that satin-steel finish once it leaves the showroom.

Usually it is an engine driven pump. I dont think any bike ( or car for that matter) comes with an independent pump for coolant.

There's a small, engine driven pump.

While all that you have mentioned about the exhaust discoloring is true, the fact is the pipes aren't supposed to rust and chip/peel off like in this picture which was posted by Ri$Hi earlier in this forum.
This is where the fault or manufacturing defect lies, NOT because the pipe is turning a shade of purple or blue or anything but, purely because the pipe does not look like it's supposed to after a few weeks with the heat produced by the engine...

What I would strongly & personally suggest is, EVERY 200 DUKE owner here on this forum and even your friends out of this forum, city wise, should go together to the service centers and show them that it's not just your bike that was an anomaly that this exhaust defect is happening to, but it's happening to every Duke out there. And while just getting the bend pipe replaced is an option, it may not be a permanent solution, so KTM has to figure this one out...Other than that the heating issue I have learnt to live with, BUT the Bike is perfect in every other aspect to me :-) ...& just coz its got a Discolored exhaust doesn't demote it to being a "China" Bike :-D