guys took a TD of ur baby duke and WOW awesome acceleration and it reached 94kmph in no time that to with pillion,a duke with pillion is way faster then p220 solo! After the td when i rode my 220 with pillion i felt like riding a splendor

1st Free Service - when the odo reads 1000 or 45 Days
2nd Free Service - when the odo reads 6000 or 150 days
3rd Free Service - when the odo reads 11000 or 240 days

1st Paid Service - when the odo reads 16000 or 120 days from 3rd Free Service
2nd Paid Service - When the odo reads 21000 or 120 days from 1st paid service
3rd Paid Service - when the odo reads 26000 or 120 days from 2nd paid service
4th Paid Service - when the odo reads 31000 or 120 days from 3rd paid service


The coolant will leak if the coolant level is at or above the max level.This is how it is designed.It might also happen if the radiator fan is not working or there is a lot of dirst build up on the radiator or the fan.

Please coorect me if I am wrong

calculated by tankfull method for all three bikes ..

i only get to see 2 drops of coolant on the right side of radiator plastic part after spirited riding ..

@everyone - when is the radiator fan supposed to start ? .. mine has never come on .. the temperature level on the console is always 2 bars below H mark ... once it was at 1 bar below H mark but the fan wasnt running ... is the fan supposed to run only when the engine is running or does it have to run when the engine is off and ignition is on ?

mine has also not come on, i believe it will be only on when the engine is switched on and has reached a preset temp., whether the bike is running or not does not matter. it will not run when engine is off and ignition is on
yes it should be like that, as i have compared previous batches with current one and pad thickness has increased towards end in new lot and since you have also bough in this week so yours will have it as well. have you experienced any khut khut noise or chain slapping noise till now?

2nd Service Detailed expenses

Hi Guys,
Can anyone give the detailed break up of the 2nd service charges?

i saw some petrol additives and engine oil additives by 3M at probiking svc .. what are they exactly? ? .. do they actually have any positive effect ??.. has anyone here used it ?

To all the members who have helped me out by giving me insightful answers, ithank all of you from my heart, I bought Duke on this Monday . Duke and rain and some work kept me busy enough so i was not able to post regarding it on the forum.

Now some fine points

1.I bought it from KTM showroom after wait of 14 days. The wait could have been zero days but when i went for booking cum buying there were two Dukes only and after inspection i didn't like physical condition of them so decided to wait for new lot.

2. I was informed new lot will come in 10-12 days consisting of 16 Dukes and i can take a pick.

3. i told them i want to pick the bike from the Depot itself so that it has zero Km on odo

4. Finally on this Monday, i started from showroom towards Depot with three more bajaj employee's basically technicians , i choose a Duke with ZERO km on Odo , had one technician as pillion and told them to take the group as empty route as possible while returning to KTM Showroom.

5. I did not get time to warm it properly still i did warm it up for a minute , the tech told me to not cross 40 km/hr and was so told by KTM showroom's manager as well, he also told me to use all gears including 6th , anyways i happily rode till 6 to 7k rpm, varying rpm in all gears , touching speed of 65 in its maiden ride, accelerating , decelerating using primarily engine braking, while explaining pillion its my way of running in ..

6. It was almost 18-20 km ride, the fuel level was low so i told KTM manager to get filled it up, again i accompanied PDI guy as pillion to short return trip of 1km as pillion while engine was still hot .

7. Then came my parents and wife, my father who was against me buying a two wheeler, was the most enthusiastic and asked my questions about console display and my mum followed as she is interested in new tech.
8. Since it was cross 7 pm, bike was not washed and i was told i can get it washed on Tuesday, we took it to temple ,got puja done, in way to temple only barrage of questions from fellow bikers, onlookers started

I am unable to attach pictures, it comes as security token is missing , someone guide me regarding this issue i will continue this post later from this point with pictures



mine has also not come on, i believe it will be only on when the engine is switched on and has reached a preset temp., whether the bike is running or not does not matter. it will not run when engine is off and ignition is on



yes it should be like that, as i have compared previous batches with current one and pad thickness has increased towards end in new lot and since you have also bough in this week so yours will have it as well. have you experienced any khut khut noise or chain slapping noise till now?

@Sh4n3W: Was really helpfull!! thanks !!

@ Janesh.J : Thanks will cross check with the service center guys!

@Maverick1: Congrats!!! enjoy your new baby!!! Ride safe!!! REMEMBER HELMET!!!

2bars below H mark fan spins sometimes .1 bar below it should start spinning.

Thanks , yup helmet On always.But do need a helmet lock etc to lock it with bike

\what kind of noise does it make, is it distinctly audible?

Attaching photo's of Duke, i hope i am successful this time

i managed to attach some, but many uploads failed and it takes longtime to upload etc etc, can someone suggest me how to batch upload and faster process?

it sounds like a cpu fan,one can certainly feel the gush of hot air.

Hi Maverick,
Congrats for the new bike.
Can you post the pics of the underlined portion above?

thanks for letting me know, till now my bike has not reached 9 bars hence i am yet to experience it. Also everyone who is having problem with radiator fins cleaning, i witnessed an effective method it being using water flow on the fan side of radiator, it was able to clean all muck and mud .

Thanks .i tried to click it before as well but need to have bike on a lifted up platform so as to be able to click it. the angle and tricky, poor colour contrast requires use of SLR thus it needs to be lifted up.


Also, i had a short ride of 7 km today and witnessed chunkiness in gear shift, i did warm up bike enough so that it showed two bars of dash, what could be the reason?
After first oil change at 65 kms i have witnessed reduced pickup, what could be the reason?
also do we require to warm up engine for the first ride in morning to two bars or one is enough? i believe one should be enough and time taken is also enough so as coolant reaches all places in engine any suggestions?

Full Throttle...

snapped my throttle cable last night!!! It was all very random and completely caught me off guard!!! I've called a mechanic I know from KTM to replace the cable. Luckily they have these cables in stock!!!