Ok ive been through few skidding where the rear skids off the moment it enters into a turn wherever theres loose gravel or fine dirt. Its hard here on the stock slicks to ride in mountains entering a corner and suddenly spotting a lot of loose dirt and debris and braking again to avoid rear slipping off. The stock slicks are for all tarmac thats for sure. It does good on wet roads too. But i got these changed a month ago. Went with the off road Ceat ones 120/80 rear with deep treads. My rides and weekend slips are to off road areas incuding through river streams and such terrains. So theyre serving best.
Now thinking of getting a skid plate under the engine bay.

@Divya, the problem here is the situation which gave me these recent nerve jangling moments did not involve insane speeds at all. Sample this...I was riding at say 20-30 kmph and a car is say 5-7 meters ahead of me. I just turn my head to the left for a split second(to check out a Ninja/CBR/another duke/any-other-great-looking-bike parked, to check out the discount board displayed in front of the Adidas store, to check out the hot girl walking past in hot pants.....take you pick). Better sense prevails and I decide to use my faculties more for riding and less sightseeing, but in that split second, the car ahead just stops. I could only pump the front(and not too aggressively at that), but even in those petty speeds and if the front tyre does not fall in a straight line with the rest of the bike it slides.
This has happened more number of times recently than during the monsoons(it never happened at all, may be I was extra cautious in the rains and the tyres were in better condition)

This sure does sound quite messy! Not too sure what might have triggered it though.
Have you got this rectified yet? What was the problem? Which service station?

Its the chain hitting the swingarm slider. We all faced this issue. There is a DIY mod to solve it in the forum, jus use that nice little search option :P

Stickering/Vinyl would be a better option because painting could get messy. Also, if you dot like the vinyl, you can jus peel it off. Contact WrapMeUp on Facebook, they have some kits ready.

I think i paid, rs.200 mainly because i bought my own oil(Motul 7100 for 1k)

the sound when applying the front brake seems to be normal. its the sound of the brake fluid pushed through a very small lumen of brake line.
ps: i got this from another forum, and i'm not sure if i can post a link to that here.

There is a plastic flapping sound which comes from the fender eliminator too. Comes when the bike goes over bumps at high speeds and the plastic fender just flaps.
Can be lessened by tightening all the screws which attach the eliminator with the tail. Tighten everything, including the number plate bolts...basically whatever nut/bolt you see there at the back . But this won't eliminate it completely and would come back after some time and you'd have to do it again

Yeah for sure its scary , i took the bike yesterday to the service centre (bengaluru) and asked them about the issue , they said they will look into it and will let me know.
meanwhile i came back home dejected and started googling as what might the reason be and i found that the engine oil is getting pushed into air box filter through the crank case air breather pipe, it happens due to excessive pressure created when the piston goes down , so that leads in pushing the engine oil to air filter box, this excessive pressure is created when the pressure from the combustion chamber is by passed to the crank case , so what i doubt is there may be the issue with my piston rings.
Today morning i got a call from the service centre that the bike is ready and i can come to pick it up , i reached there and checked my bike , i could still find oil around the air filter box for which they said its the left over. i asked them as what was done , they said they cleaned the air box filter and removed all the oil from it , and the idled the engine for 1 hr and could nt find any oil leak. No parts were replaced ,they asked me to ride the bike for few days and if the leaks happen again then to come back and they will contact the ktm service engineers, i took the bike and returned back home . At home i inspected and i could see the oil dripping from the same place.It seems i will have to go back tomorrow if they leak continues. overall it seems even the service guys dnt know what exactly the issue is

Guys if anybody know if theres any other reason for the issue please let me know, and also please let me know as how to get this issue fixed.

Thanks

I figured that out recently. A mechanic told me that its nothing to worry about, he explained the same thing about the brake fluid pushed through the brake line. Now i gotta fix that irritating tankcap / tank/ or whatever that sound is from the tank area.

Does anyone know how to adjust the handlebar cone set(i dont know the name correctly, i feel mine is too hard.

Is this the DIY mod that you mentioned? :

"guys..got rid of the khat-khat sound when the chain hits the swingarm..
I sticked the plastic part which hangs under the swingarm to the swingarm using superglue...now the sound is gone.."

Seems like Duke is 1,48000 on road in Chennai ... Too expensive

yes!!! thats the one, there are other variations of it too. I face that issue only when my chain is loose.

i'm not sure how they manage to screw up bikes which have no issues whatsoever before the 1st service. i'm still doing rounds of Auto Service (banashankari) to get things fixed but their careless attitude isn't helping.
if you got it serviced at the same place, i suggest you get in touch with Mr. Venkat directly. or if it was Khivraj (indiranagar), then you should contact Prasanna or Chandrashekar. dont take delivery of your bike unless they resolve it completely.

i took it to khivraj (indiranagar) and i had contacted prasanna regarding this. today dropped a mail to ktm and bajaj pro service guys regarding this , they gave me a call back with in 30 min and asked me regarding the issue and assured me that it will be taken care of. after having a talk with ktm guys immediately i received a call from chandrashekhar , he asked me to get the bike , but since due to office works, we agreed to meet on saturday he assured that he will supervise the whole thing .

later i got a mail from ktm guys in which they have mentioned that this happens when back pressure is build up in the oil chamber , since air filter is connected to oil chamber to vent out oil fumes .

i will suggest you to write up to the ktm guys and they will surely escalate the issue , lets see what action is taken on their part regarding my issue.

will keep all you guys posted

Thanks all for the advice

as per my knowledge, excessive pressure built up means there is blowpast from the combustion chamber of the engine. this happens either bcoz of piston rings(jammed into the piston grooves or worn out or improper clearance) or because of worn out liner. both of them are serious situation.
if blowpast occurs crankcase lubeoil will also get contaminated changing its properties.

I would like to applaud KTM officials for their prompt response to your issue. They really do take care of their customers.