In my observation it updates for every minute,

Service intervals

The service coupons provided to me in the mannual says 1st service is valid for 1000kms or 45 days...second at 6000kms or 150 days.
My question is what if i want to get my duke serviced at 500kms first which would be completed in about a week from now.
Will the guys at the service centre do this?
would it be counted in free service criteria...what if want to do the second service at 2000kms.
please help.

Noise coming from behind : fender eliminator hitting Tire hugger ?

A lot of speculation has been made over the pages here about that khat khat noise which comes from behind of the bike when a pothole is ridden over.

It was believed that may be it was due to the fender hitting the tyre hugger . I always thought whether the shocker could compress to such an extent to allow that to happen especially when relatively small potholes, even rumblers are encountered?

NikhilB was also discussing this on team BHP and I happened to read it, but could not post there as I am not a member.
Well I tried to investigate the source as the sound had become really frequent and annoying of course.
What I found was that the source was actually a loose fender eliminator. More specifically the number plate holder assembly, which is screwed to the fender. The screws could be found at the bottom of the rear . Just tighten them.
And voila, the sound is gone. It does resurface sometimes, but the frequency is nowhere near what it was before I did the tightening there. I did a high speed/low speed run on the Palm Beach road and checked if I could hear the sound when riding over the rumblers.It did not come, even with the helmet visor open.
This theory would also explain why the sound appears, them becomes more prominent and frequent after decent KMs on the odo.

Warranty would be void if the services were not done as per the suggested schedule. Or the regular maintenance was not done as per suggested schedule.
In either of the cases, the warranty is void for 1st/ 2nd/ or nth number of customer of that bike.
So, yes, you should check out with the svc of KTM if the bike is services were done in time & other things.
As per the original question, the warranty wont be void with change in ownership!

Nice find...
If you could post a pic of the fender screw..

Hi Dude, you can get you bike serviced anytime you want. I got mine serviced at 480 and 1200 for 1st and 2nd free services. However, mine was done at 40th day and 140th day.

Good one dude. Will check mine as well

ohh great then.thanks for d help bro.

Transfer and warranty

I have emailed KTM for the same as the store in-charge wasn't assuring enough. will post the same asa i get a reply from them. I have posted my query at [email protected].

Someone had posted this on facebook ktm page. how true it is?

More information would be helpful. We know KTM was going to change the paint formulation for the rear spring, because of problems with the coating breaking up, (though how making the coating thinner is going to solve that when the problem is due to the coils actually rubbing against each other is not clear), but there hasn't been any mention of the actual shock absorber itself having any problems.

KTM India believes that the reason for the Coils losing their paint is because the paint thickness (microns) was too much so the space between each coil was reduced. Now they have decided to reduce the paint thickness from 150 micron approx. to 90 micron so that the space between the coils is greater now resulting in a lesser chance of the coils rubbing together on compression of the Shock absorber.

Hi All,

I got a link in you tube where there is a comparison between the Original exhaust sound and that of Akrapovic Exhaust fitted in Duke 200. The video is in Malaysian language i guess so couldn't understand anything the guy was speaking, however one can listen to both sounds and judge themselves which one is best.

Anyone planning to put in an aftermarket exhaust?

KTM Duke 200 Original Exhaust vs Akrapovic - YouTube

So they're dropping the thickness by 60 microns of paint, or, between surfaces, a total increase of 120 microns. Since a micron is a thousandth of a millimeter, we're talking just over one tenth of a millimeter(!) total increase between turns of the spring. That is an infinitesimal difference, particularly since the spring on the Duke is progressively-wound. That means part of the spring is wound in very tight (closely-spaced) coils, so it flexes more easily. Under even moderate compression, those coils (which by the way are the ones where most of the damage is happening) actually touch. Therefore, the tiny increase in space is pointless since the spring will still touch, and now the paint is even thinner so there's less paint to rub off before you get through to the metal. Even under mild to minimal compression, all it takes is a few grains of dust or sand in there and there will still be contact on both surfaces, and in this example you now have a known abrasive scraping at that now-thinner paint.

I could understand if the explanation was that the thinner paint would be more flexible, and therefore more resistant to chipping, but the space explanation makes no sense, since the spring will still rub there, and now there's less paint to protect it.

This could, of course, be an example of a marketing guy completely misunderstanding what the techs told him (not the first time *that's* ever happened). I hope that's the case.


Just MHO, but why would you ruin the clean lines of the Duke and ruin the mass-centralization by hanging a clumsy exhaust can on the bike (even one as nice as Akrapovic's)? About the only difference is the bigger (and heavier) Akrapovic can cuts more of the mechanical noise from the motor, so you get a less raspy sound. It sounds more like a typical dirt bike on the throttle, and more like a piece of gardening equipment at idle. The stock silencer lets more of the motor's sound come through, even at idle.

The radiator fan on my bike has switched on exactly 10 times within a week of its purchase- I am moto tuning the engine, that's correct but slow traffic is an harassment for this bike and the engine temp goes up.

You can accelerate while the radiator fan cools things down , the engine temperature drops nicely too .The bike has to be fed more air in case the engine is hot and the radiator fan is on.

The radiator fan when turned on sounds exactly like the radiator of a car when it runs.I gues u must have heard that wild sound of some air-release at times from a car...............dat sound comes when Duke's radiator is at work too.

I wud go for Roots Spider single horn, the Service manual say nothing about the horn or I am yet to spot one as per what specification of horn is used on stock bike.

So that I can fit a higher frequency horn at the same wattage.

The headlight is awesome, simply car like...........a lot of electrical power seems to be at disposal, the horn can be louder.