Greetings fellowxBhpians. My first post here.

Bought Duke about a month ago, done about 500 Kms so far, great fun indeed. Plan to go for first service next week. For fuel I use Premium petrol, I guess that is what they recommend in the manual. The bike is manufactured in Oct, no niggles, irritants noticed so far, it runs great. Escaped the price increase as I booked the bike on Oct 4th, the increase took effect a few days later. On the road price I paid was 1.36 lacks I think. Following are a few pics I took.

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The Helmet and Gloves are from Spartan Progear in Chennai, I also bought a pair of riding jeans from them along with Helios Jacket. Don't have the jacket yet as they are sitting at customs in Chennai. Also bought a pair of Alpinestar S-MX-1 riding boots (Black) from Dream Sporting Goods (Planet DSG) and a pair of riding safety boots from Orazo. Don't have the pics, will get them later.

thanks for the details bro
will purchase the bulb and 800 bucks for the PILOT LAMP , are u serious :O ?

Yup I am, coz the awe factor after putting them on the Duke, would put the Audi and BMW DRLs to shame - even in broad daylight

It is a 5w LED having 6700K temp..............a bomb for a pilot lamp I would say.
Actually Philips Ultinon series is dedicated to LED lighting and HID- so if the pilot costs 800bucks- then u can think what the 55/60 HIDs of this series would cost and their subsequent quality.

Unfortunately they are not on sale in India I think and hence I am great with the Extreme Vision which increases atleast 50-60% intensity from the stock bulb.
But also, the light comes flooding all over with the bulb(almost 100% more filled up light than the stock- with a longer high beam).

For a good 200 cc bike as our Duke - dats enough I guess in terms of cost effective, reliable lighting.

Philips Ultinon pilots are only 6700K white.

I have upgraded the stock bulbs.

Used Philips Xtreme Vision 55/60 instead OEM Osram for headlamp and for the Pilot, I have fitted it with a Philips Ultinon w5w 6700K.



Thats sophistication now !!!

Hey where did you source the Ultinon from? They are barely available in India.
I wanted one badly but couldn't find it reasonably priced.

well , the xtreme vision is next on my cards then

can i get a pilot lamp in 3000 or 4300k as i dont want white tinge !

So as per the announcements Duke 125/200 will be featuring ABS from now. So surely they would be available and we will be able to fit those i guess. How much would it cost any ideas?

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Well, They did introduce the ABS on the duke in the Milan show. Yet to announce on it's availability in India, but hopes & chances are surely high. Getting it on the previously bought ones should be a treat & good for those owners who would really want it.

Guys I have not been doing great recently, had a minor accident (not while riding) so was not riding from quite sometime, due to a broken right hand.
I am better now, so i took my bike for a spin today, and although i was facing this problem before, where she just used to shut down after getting heated up but today she just wouldn't start at first. And when she did, she just shuts down as soon as I let go of the accelerator.

I came back home and tried searching for something unusual and I found something. Looks horrible.
Can someone please help me out as to what could have caused this.

That looks like a leak. Not sure. Get it checked & confirmed the next chance u get to. There were some stalling issues initially from the bike, but it was said to be rectified. So if it's a leak, & if coolant for some odd reason, mite be the root for the problem. The gasket should be properly checked too when u take it down to the svc center.

Mine was one of the very first dukes, belongs to the first batch, could she be having those stalling problems ?
And i have also heard about some mapping issues with the bikes from my lot, though i never faced any problems so I did not get it looked at, will be heading to the svc in a couple of days. If its a leak how much should I be worried about this ?