Did you sell it?
If yes, how much did you fetch?

no i havent sold it
got an offer for 1.15 L
but i wanted to keep it with me
as later il take the bike there to the place i study

here I am with another grouse !!
The bike feels distinctly sluggish.The throttle response seems to vanish especially in the 4th gear!! I have reported about this in the past on this forum and was advised to get the chain tightened and air filter cleaned.
The filter was cleaned a few days back and was not too dirty to begin with.
Though I would admit that the chain is very loose at the moment.
For the past few days I have noticed that if in 4th gear at around 4500-5000 rpm, the throttle is suddenly twisted, I don't get a proportional response from the bike and I end up pinning the throttle with the speedo barely showing 60-70
Note that this doesn't happen when I open the throttle relatively gradually.The bike picks cleanly and the rpms do climb up in a proportionate manner.
I get to notice this only when I feel a little 'aggressive' and give sudden twists to the throttle. S0 basically the bike fails to respond to those sudden twists. What could be the reason here? Loose chain and underinflated tyres can be part of the reason, but certainly they don't play a big part. The air filter is not unclean surely. Is the air passage clogged with dust(less probable though) ?

Or may be the sensor which feeds throttle twist angle parameters to the ecu
is slow/faulty(but last time when it was checked by the regional tech head at the ktm servicing meet, it looked to be ok).
Fuel quality not up to the mark?
Or may be all dukes/bikes have this kind of behaviour, where the engine can't keep up with too sudden twists of the throttle and the power delivery cannot be faster beyond a particular limit(and I seem to cross that limit with my sudden twists).
But whatever the reasons be, I feel disheartened every time when the bike refuses to oblige when I try to rip

Yeah LPU right?
You should take bike there. There university is on the NH1!

Good to see the establishment history of all the international companies. Thanks for the info.

Even I meant that it wouldn't be fair to compare companies that have an operational advantage of almost 50+ years with some company that does in-house engines, learns from the mistakes and refines the same. To understand the post it requires certain amount of maturity and lots more that cannot be discussed here.

I do not want to continue this OT anymore because I totally agree with someone's signature which reads " Never argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and then beat you with experience."

Self awareness is what I like about your post!

Even I am impressed by Your perspective and interpretation!

I wouldn't call it a crash, the bike lost the balance and I managed to stop the bike at an angle of 45 degrees but I was unable to straighten the bike as it was still between my legs so I made it to lie down and picked it up after coming to one side of the bike. When I picked it up I noticed that the brake pedal was lying on the road. None of the other parts got damaged, not even the crash guard. If it was made of metal, it could have escaped with just a minor bend. But now I had to ride to the SVC with just front brakes at slow speeds.

Even I am impressed by Your perspective and interpretation!

I wouldn't call it a crash, the bike lost the balance and I managed to stop the bike at an angle of 45 degrees but I was unable to straighten the bike as it was still between my legs so I made it to lie down and picked it up after coming to one side of the bike. When I picked it up I noticed that the brake pedal was lying on the road. None of the other parts got damaged, not even the crash guard. If it was made of metal, it could have escaped with just a minor bend. But now I had to ride to the SVC with just front brakes at slow speeds.

When was this Rishi ? I was at the SVC yesterday

hahahahaha,,,the feeling is mutual!

One of the test bikes in Mumbai had a similar "crash" I believe. I think the alloy is pretty brittle. Maybe they need a better alloy or better post production treatment.
Has anyone tried any alternative to this?

i am very much inclined towards buying ktm,my requirement is a hassle free bike n a normal mileage. my Q to other duke owners is - 1.service interval ? 2.any heating problem ? 3.chain problem ? 4.if we ride normally say-50 kmph how much-kmpl ?
thank you !

i am very much inclined towards buying ktm,my requirement is a hassle free bike n a normal mileage. my Q to other duke owners is - 1.service interval ? 2.any heating problem ? 3.chain problem ? 4.if we ride normally say-50 kmph how much-kmpl ?
thank you !

@jk n Rahul thanks for your comments -can any one tell me what are the service intervals ?