Re: KTM 200 Duke

Hi guys! Just a query, has any of you riders experienced any rims cracking issue?
Also, do you have any idea of weight difference between the rims of a 200 to that of a 390?

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Re: KTM 200 Duke

My bad...2014 model does have a silver chain...I noticed it when it was being cleaned during service.

Re: KTM 200 Duke

Mind posting a picture of it here.?? Just to clear the doubts..


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Re: KTM 200 Duke

Will try tomorrow, but it is again all lubed up and looking black.

Re: KTM 200 Duke

A friend of mine got his front rim bent a bit, not cracked luckily. As per the SVC guys, the 200 & 390 share the same front rim (only color difference) while the rear is also similar except the sprocket hub is different on both. Weight difference will be negligible on the front, the rear might be different.

Re: KTM 200 Duke

Thanks, but what i dont understand is the fact that 390 has had a lot of rim cracking issues as compared to the 200. Anyone having a credible explanation to it,?
I am a guy who is keen on getting a 390

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I am not entirely certain, but searched the net for some answers. Seems like a lot of superbikes face this problem too. Fact is alloys for performance bikes are made with certain aspects in mind - like sturdiness, light-weight, etc. When high performance bikes are involved, wherein weight is given a lot of attention, there is always a compromise with strength. That's not to mean these alloys are fragile and would place a riders life in jeopardy, but, it will take relatively lesser force to get damaged. Now, exotic materials can be used to create light and strong alloys, but, this costs a lot and are therefore only present in few top flagship models.
Where performance is of not much concern, stronger and heavier alloys are used. The question you are asking is very thing that keeps getting to me, since it seems that both the bikes have same alloys. Many D390 owners have faced bent or cracked/broken alloys at vaying speeds, even if they did not face an issue before. The onus to some extent will lie with the tires as they are soft and any force on the tyres are directly passed on to the rims. If this happens and the shock absorbers are fully compressed, then, there is literally no way for the force to dissipate resulting in damage to rims. This is the only logical explanation I can offer, rest is simply upto you. Maybe RC series won't have these problems, then again, since RCs are more track focused, I don't see this happening.
By the way, even Ninjas have suffered broken rims and chassis, but have fewer instances as the quantity of these bikes is still low in India.

Re: KTM 200 Duke

I just did some of my own research on net and from that i learnt,the injector cleaners can be more bad than good for fuel injected bikes and if i am not mistaken i think our duke 200 is fuel injected right?......just my opinion. So just wanted to confirm from u all,am i right??

Re: KTM 200 Duke

Yes it is.

Re: duke 200 gear change

Thank you!
Apparently we can shift without the clutch
It's called power shifting.but it does serious damage to the clutch disc

Re: KTM 200 Duke

Hi guys,
Been riding for 24000 kms on the Duke now. I have suffered quite a few falls on this bike. Both in the dry and during rains.
But, still haven't figured out the right riding strategy. Should I use both the brakes or just front (and less rear) in the dry???
Info on the net is pretty confusing to say the least.

Also, been using stock MRF Revz-c, maybe time to change that as well? How to be sure when to change them?

Re: KTM 200 Duke

In dry conditions, use 80% front and 20% rear. While in wet conditions, use 60% front and 40% rear.
And change the tyres. 24000 kms is way more for stock duke tyres

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Thanks man,
But you see, I've tried using that technique (Front bias braking) in the dry, but what happens is, the bike skid quite a bit. The other day, I was plain unlucky as there was a trail of water on the road, thanks to a leaking tanker. I tried braking in it, and bam!!!
Down I went.

I'm just confused, whether its my technique or the tires, cause I've been facing this issue since the tires were about 10-11 k kms old.

Re: KTM 200 Duke

The stock Duke tyres are soft compound and using then beyond 15000 kms was not a good idea in the first place.
Get then changed and i am sure the things would be different.

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Re: KTM 200 Duke

24000 kms completed and the fact that you still haven't figured out how to brake in what condition is a shocker!!


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