You mean the price only for the bike or else you got any accessory or power part along with it.

THanks a lot sub-zero. The khat khat sound was indeed coming from the toolkit.It was not firmly secured and was about to slide off the underside of the seat.The rubber bands have to be changed I guess.
And yeah I too don't think the seat would come off that easily.I must not have secured it properly.

hmm, You might have a point. That sensor should be checked at the svc next time I visit to confirm your theory.The diagnostic tool must have a provision for that.

No not fast at all,relatively at least. At most 80-90 before I had to stop at the signal. I anyway find it difficult to hit past 125 these days. Probably not shifting gears at proper rpms.

And that 96KM/L reading is of A_n_i's duke during his solo Leh trip I guess. Check out the travelogue's section. The pictures are pure wallpaper stuff. The place has come alive in those pics yaar. Awesome. Many Bengali's I know have this hobby of photography.What's with Bengalis and photography? and Ilish maachh ?and communism? and monkey caps

It's bigger surely.Lot bigger. I have normally an FZ parked next to my duke in society parking and the duke seat is surely bigger. But do keep in mind that the fx seat is not really a true split seat.The pillion has that leeway to slide freely into the drivers seat which is not the case with duke.

To the Delhi Dukers, where did you pick up your Duke from? I'm thinking of picking it up from either Bagga Link, Karol Bagh or the Connaught Place showroom. Any comments/feedback/suggestion?

Especially regarding which showroom might have the latest batch of Dukes? I'd asked last time that how can I identify whether the Duke I'm picking up is a recent batch or relatively older batch but no one responded to my query. Anyone know the answer to that please do let me know. Cheers!

I have pulled my bike from 60 to 139 kmph in sixth gear with no problem bro.

Those pics are really good.. I have to ask that chap at what speed was he riding to get that kind of mammothic average on a 25bhp motorcycle..

guys, is the on-road in bangalore still at 1.38 as launched?

I remember it being a limited period offer. the sales guy was mentioning a 10k hike eventually

but i dont remember anybody sliding down at the back white riding .. then i guess duke has a bigger and better rear seat than my previous fz ... wednesday is going to be the most important day to me in picking up the right bike..
for me its like choosing between audi r8 and lamborghini gallardo .. r8 ( ns ) is a more practical and sober supercar but lambo ( duke ) is more desirable & all out supercar .. same engine with little tweaks ...

Ya sure the pics are great.
Bengalies have a long term relation ship with Arts -Photography being of them.
One of friend and a fellow xbhpin @toxicbiker is very passoinate about photography, and has promised me wallpaper type photographs for my new beast(200NS/Duke200)
and brush up your GK bro -- Anti-Communism is a new trend in Bengal.

I think that when we are going downhill with throttle closed and in higher gears, with only engine braking controlling speed, we should get these mammothic average figures as at that time the throttle is closed which means ECU would calculate the average taking throttle position into consideration. Seniors and other members can shed some more light on this.

Bhai. You cannot be farther from the truth. 'Didi' is more communist than the CPI.think about it.
You should rather go for the 200NS than the duke.The 200NS being the 'peoples bike' and the duke being more costly+exclusive the capitalist's bike. 200NS would be left untouched but your duke would be burned if you take it out out on one of those very frequent 'Bangla Bandhs'

dude , you too confused between duke and ns ?

cant agree more hahahaha that was hilarious
@shibadip: BCU and ECU are different... BCU in the pulsars control the total electicals of the bike...not the engine...carbed engines are manual.. Whereas ECU controls tie engine and the ENGINE'S OWN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM and dont control the other electricals... Yes the 200ns being a carbed engine still have a ecu but it has nothing to do with fuelling...fuelling is still manual...the ecu only controls the firing of the 3 spark plugs...
@rohan: i am

Going by your thoughts, 200NS certainly seems a no-no since if I go with 200NS, it will be a red one. (unless the yellow looks super-delicious)
while very recently i saw some one posted a new colour variant of duke in White and Green. Guess, it can give mw a free pass during the bandhs...

@rohan200ns - I did made up my mind for 200NS, however reading the post here, THE NECK-JERKING ACCELERATION of duke, which EVERY1 has talked about, has certainly caught my attention.
So when 200NS will launch, then will test-ride both, and then decide.
having said that; my as on date preference: 200NS : Duke200=>90:10

Same here, i am also waiting for a test ride of both. In my case it is; Duke 90, Ns 10

right now i am 80% inclined towards duke .. that rocket kind of thrust acceleration is not present in any other bike ..not even in ninja 250 as its power comes at higher revs..i am sure that a test ride of duke will blow your mind .. suddenly cbr250 feels slow after riding duke...

which one is your first preference ?

80:20 for me duke:ns ... a few of my friends had a look at ns and told that it doesnt look as premium as duke ..they mean that the fit and finish of all the parts are not up to duke standards ..test ride of ns is starting from wednesday ..i will go for duke if i dont find ns enough entertaining

One ride is all it takes folks, one ride of duke and you are blown over.