the sound only comes when we press the front brake
then how can u say its wind noise
if its wind noise it should come all the time na
and it happens only with front brake
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and ya the palm grips are poky and it hurts sometimes and remedy to it , i don't want to use gloves ,
and about seat
even i was about to ask this , can we put some extra foam or such thing ?
does it increase the overall seating height ?
Im just 5'6'' and my legs touch the ground barely and only one leg can be landed properly which is enough for me
but if i put foam then height will increase na and wont it difficult for me to reach the ground ?

Horn too dull ?

Anyone thinking of replacing the stock horn ?
Its sounds like they've ripped it out of a scooty and stuck it in the duke.

Front brake hissing noise

I have the same issue from my Duke. Though I thought it was a whirring noise like that of an electrical relay, rather than noise from the front disc.

I came to ask the exact same question!

Seriously, the puny horn is embarrassing. I would replace it pronto but I'm afraid it might void the warranty. Thoughts?

It will definitely void the warranty. Manufacturers always look out for a reason to NULL the warranty, a non-oem horn would give them a viable option.

It will void only the battery warranty am I right?

It will not void the warranty on the bike, but i guess it might effect the warranty on the battery.
Usually, incase there is a non-OEM issue the bike manufacturer refers you to the OEM, incase of tyres, battery etc and for a new bike they pretty much have it replaced without a glitch.

Skipping past the warranty issues, has anyone already changed the horn on their duke ? Any specific horns that you guys think would go well with the duke ? or any shops (in mumbai) that I could check out ?

hey guys
I'm back from my 220 kms trip
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i started today morning at 6 am sharp
and the distance is 110 kms and total is 220 kms up and down ,
and reached the place at 7:50 AM
and then had breakfast and started at 8:20 Am and back home at 10:20 AM

i was cruising at speeds of 70-80 km/hr
and average speed was 60km/hr
and i got a mileage of 41 km/lts on board was 45-48 km/lt
i calculated mileage as i filled tank full yesterday till brim, ran 220 kms so
220 / 5.33 lts ( filled 5 lts only as i already had remaining 5.5 lts in tank before filling the petrol )
and now the petrol came to same level i filled yesterday so all 5.33 lts are used up
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and touched the bike to 120km/hr twice
and at that speed the bike struggles to go more and is struck at 120
I'm thinking after 1st service it'll give 138
but i was with pillion all the time so thought it goes only till 120 but i stopped because i didn't wanna stress my engine as its still in run-in period
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over all experience was good
except butt aches
it pains like hell and every often i needed to change my seating position
I'm looking for some alternate to the current seat
I'm thinking of going for a foam which are used in home sofa's
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and the bike temperature remained constant at 5 bars through out the journey
and the bike was easily cruising at speeds of 80-90 km/hr also

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The only problem i faces is aching butt
il soon change my seat and post some review on it

any remedy to the front break noise ? please help me guys i got the disc cleaned but still the sound is coming
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and about horns
dont know whether ur bike's warranty or battery's warranty is gonna get void
but putting a louder horn requires cut out / relay and u need to alter few wires and in this ur bike's warranty wil be void as ur messing with the bike wiring and even ur battery's warranty will be void to because of using a different , louder horn than stock
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if u still want to go for a louder one
get Stebel Nautilius ( popularly known as thunder horns ) very loud and is priced around 1200-1400 rs but worth the money . we have this horn in both of our cars and even on DIO
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go ahead and try with u it , if u don't give a damn about warranty

FE display

Guys i just got my orange beauty yesterday and i'm very pleased with it quite an attention grabber that being said, i have'nt been able to get a look at the fe reading till now. just clocked 50 kms . isnt it supposed to come up during the ride? how else can i get a look? sorry for the noob question

u have two buttons on the left side of the console
one is mode and another is set
press the mode button until u get FE
it shows ur FE with km/lt unit beside
so that's ur FE
and u even get how liters are used for 100kms
as 100/lts

The whirring noise is not wind noise. Please read my post carefully. I said it the noise of the pads scraping away during contact with the disc at the ventilation spots. Its NOT a problem.
Its only a problem if you want it to be one in which case, your problem cannot be resolved because it is a normal "problem".

+1
I've seen many videos with superbikes doing stoppies and the same whirring noise is present!!!

oh oh
but i didnt get this sound before
it started recently only