Same here, but too bad I get to drive it only till office every morning. Wish I could go for a long drive every day on the duke.

Brother...even i break my head for the same reason in my CBR150R. No one seem to have any solution. There can be following reasons. Faulty coneset, wheel misallignment, fork bent. Ever thought that front suspension could be a culprit ???. Have you ever noticed changes when carrying heavy pillion ?. See is it improves. If yes then it could be the front suspension which is fault. In my case coneset was replaced in front of my eyes, no fork bent , wheel alignment is perfect but still i can feel a kind of stiffness, unevenly mounted handlebar. ASC have no clue on my issue..finaly we have concluded that once let us the change the front suspension springs and see. But no spares in stock.

I got the levers buffed

same here mate
i just ride it down to the college and back home
so daily just 10-15kms hardly but still i enjoy the ride and rip it in all the gears till the redline

Hehe, well I guess I am lucky in that sense. My office is around 15 kms. So get to drive about 30 kms everyday

Hello everybody , I dnt know why but my fork oil is leaking,please can anybody tell me why is that so.
I called the svc cente.r guys amd thry. told me it will take approx 2 hrs and it will cost 800-1000 bucks is it so? Too expensive. ? :O
and please tell me what exactly is gonna be replaced

hey bro can you please tell me how much did you pay for the fork seal ..? because i am even i am having similar fork oil leakage.thanks

The charge is ok for inverted forks. The seal & fork oil will be replaced. It costs a bit more because removing & filling 'up side down' forks needs more labour. Try to get it fixed as soon as possible as riding without fork oil can have serious effects on fork which will turn to be more expensive affair.

I am thinking of buying a ktm duke but i see owners complaining about coolant leak, forkoil leak, bad gaskets on the engine which makes engine leaks, engine fan malfunction, issues on ecu remap and all this mostly with in first service or just after their first service.. Got me wondering is if the build quality of ktm really bad?? (I got the impression that since bajaj is the distributor they might have reduced quality of parts since being an ex pulsar owner I know the build quality of bajaj isnt like yamaha).

and Can we custom set the rev-limiter at say 5500 rpm using the console with out remapping the ecu or making any modification to the bike?

THe fork seal was 370 + and the fork oil was also around that range + labour cost me around 800 IIRC.
Bad gaskets is something I have not seen yet on any bike. Fork seal would give way eventually if you do not completely avoid rain and slush owing to the fact its a USD fork and the bike is ridden on Indian roads. Although in my case I used to ride daily around 50 kms in heavy rains and it was bound to happen probably given the abuse I subjected the bike to.
My engine fan doesn't really turn off in a hurry after coming on which means it takes a lot of time for it cool the radiator if the bike is stationary. I guess this is more an issue with the radiator/coolant rather than the fan. Coming to the remaps, don't worry, all dukes come with the new maps so there is no question of remapping unless KTM comes with a newer map neutering the Duke further . My bike was from the early lots which had that crazy pick up lost after the remapping of course.
And why do you want the rev limiter down to 5500?

funny but i never went through a fork leakage yet on my duke. Lucky i guess!! but the terrains and weekend rides i go through is pretty much gruesome. I mean ive ridden it through rain, slush, knee deep water and mud. The fork boots usually gets covered in thick slushy mud but i never witnessed that. And 1000rs is too much. I wish i never go through a fork leak.

Maybe you should take into consideration that people mostly post here when they have some problem (apart from several previous posts where owners "complain" they don't get to ride their Dukes as much as they'd want ).
There's so many owners out there without any issues.

I've never had any problem with my Duke. And I live in an area which has terrible and bumpy dirt roads, and I go through them fast, really abuse my bike, and redline it whenever I'm on a little better road. But still, after 7 months and 2 services the bike looks AND feels like new.
For me Duke 200 has by far the best quality of all bikes I've owned (Honda Unicorn, Yamaha R15 and FZ, Apache 160 and 180). And not to mention least vibes (actually no vibes at any RPM) and by far, far most fun and pleasure in riding it. It's fastest bike I've owned but in a same time it's the safest bike I've owned.
I could go on and on but what I want to say is that you can read about some issues by some owners and think most Dukes have these issues, but then you'd be plain wrong.

Also, most issues reported in this thread were present in first months after the Duke came out, almost a year ago, and most of these issues have been ironed out. Which is actually quite common pattern for almost any new bike. And don't tell me you consider releasing improved and smoother ECU remap an "issue"???

Spares are actually (and surprisingly) very cheap for such a premium bike, but some things, like fork oil leakage on inverted forks, can be (relatively) costly to fix. Well, a combination of inverted forks and bad roads simply gives a higher chance of fork oil leakage, even if bike quality is better than on other bikes. You gain on some cheap spares, you lose on some other more expensive issues. It's part of an ownership of any vehicle...

So far I'm super satisfied with owning a Duke - bike quality, service quality, ride quality. Everything is just so much better than with any other bike I've ridden or owned...

PS. Set rev limiter at 5500 rpm?? If you get a Duke you'll more likely want to set a bottom end rev limiter to 5500 rpm.

On a serious note - no, you can only set the rpm notification red light to whatever rpm you want. When bike reaches custom set rpm 1 the light starts blinking, and at rpm 2 the light goes fully on. It's used as a light notification when is best to change gears. I set mine to 8500 and 9500 rpm, whereas rev limiter is at (unfortunately low) 10500 rpm.

Thanks a lot guys,thanks for the reply (Y) xbhp zindabad!!!

The build quality is distinctly average. IMO, It is not a factor big enough to affect your decision. It's not as good as R15 but not as bad old Pulsars either.

splus very accurately answered your rev limiter question.

Additionally, for people looking at the other end of the rev-limiter spectrum. Race dynamics has officially launched their ECU for the Duke 200 today. Claims 11700 rpm rev-limit, top speed 150 kph, 0-100 is dealt 1 second faster. Cost 15k.

Hi
Getting my duke tomorrow. Did any one get any kind of freebies with their bike? I have been offered free teflon coating cuz i bought the bike on my b'day . Also does putting in a security alarm void the battery warranty?

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first of all congratulations on getting a new bike
plz tell me what was the on road price and x showroom price.Has it been increased?