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**riazmomin** · 12-14-2013, 11:14 AM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by Doga View Post

Btw aren't the 390s coming with dust boots to avoid this issue? The newer lot 200s are all equipped with these, after the 200 owners reported so many incidents.
Logic would say, the 390s should also get these

Originally posted by nelson_sanjoy View Post

I am not sure bro, heard about this dust boot first time. Are you sure the newer D200 come with these . How do we determine externally if the WPs have dust boot or not?

Initial lot of 390's did not come with the said boot. But all the ones came later have it. Below picture points out what it is.
As said, forks need to be removed to install them. But if they are cheap, you can cut them on one side and cover the seal area and stick it back with some adhesive. Saves the labour charges.

Originally posted by eliksir View Post

Potential 390 buyer here. Spent the last 5-6 hours reading the last 35-40 pages of this thread. Around 70% of the posts are people reporting some issue (some major and mostly minor niggles) and others responding to it with solutions or suggestions, 20% OT, comparing with CBR and the likes, 8% pics of the new purchases and a very very small amount of people saying something actually nice about the bike (except the comparison to CBR). This is pretty alarming. I really hope it's a case the happy and problem free owners enjoying the ride so much that they have hardly any time to post anything here. -_-

Anyways, I wanted to know about the 'heating issue'. The TD bike I rode did heat up to nearly unmanageable levels in just 2-3kms. Read that the production bikes don't have this problem. Also, didn't see anyone reporting any heating issues. Not sure what kind of traffic you guys have been in to. What's the heat like in bumper to number traffic? Would like to hear from Bangaloreans.

Wow, pretty nice thread statistics

Any how, even when I rode the test ride bike the heat was on higher side. But once I got my bike, Never had issues with heat. It does heats up when in snail traffic, but that is manageble. Till now never the engine temparature light came up.

Any how, just for information sake to others, check the coolant level of the bike when engine is cold or start of the day. Hot engine makes coolant to expand and the level shown in the container is higher than actual it is. So fill the coolant only when engine is cold to know the exact level. I read few posts where coolant was spillling from top, make sure ou guys chek the coolant level and see that it is closer to MIN mark than MAX mark.

**eliksir** · 12-14-2013, 11:54 AM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by nelson_sanjoy View Post

Hi [MENTION=34154]eliksir[/MENTION],
I am a nascent owner and just got my bike last Saturday. Please understand one thing people come to forums only when they have issues & problems (even that applies to me also). There is no denying that duke 390 has some niggles but as days are passing it is getting streamlined

Agree that being a new model, the first couple of lots would have issues, but what I meant to say is with almost every post here related to some issue or the other, it kinda looks as if the bike is full of problems.

Originally posted by nelson_sanjoy View Post

Hi [MENTION=34154]eliksir[/MENTION],. Heating issue is normal and is very much bearable, I am using it in stop&go traffic in Bangalore for the past 5 days and I am running it in so it should get cooler after sometime.

Ah! That's nice.

Originally posted by senotrius View Post

wouldn't say the bike is not worth it.the heat normally is manageable.i have an overheating issue.In my case the screw up was most due to asc and some sort of manufacturing defect that asc repeatedly did not notice and could not rectify. mine had to be the 1 in 100/1000 quality defect piece.

Hopefully I won't end up as the next 1 in 100/1000

Originally posted by Team Torque View Post

IMO I think you have made the right decision at precise time mate. You will significantly notice the heat coz I presume you are switching from an Air Cooled to Liquid Cooled. That being said, the heat hardly gets unbearable. I have clocked 1980 Kms from my tryst with beast dating close to two months before. Never had the warning "High Coolant Temp" on board. Even when I rode amidst sea full of traffic that too on sunny noon. Shower your unconditional love on her and I can assure that you will be reciprocated even better

. Ride Safe

Good to know, that there's no hearing issue. And yes, switching from air to liquid cooled. (Well, hopefully soon)

Originally posted by riazmomin View Post

Wow, pretty nice thread statistics

Any how, even when I rode the test ride bike the heat was on higher side. But once I got my bike, Never had issues with heat. It does heats up when in snail traffic, but that is manageble. Till now never the engine temparature light came up.
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Cool

**NeerajMarathe** · 12-14-2013, 12:35 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by Xzibit Roll View Post

Since you've checked the usual places I assume you have been to planetdsg on mg road. They have small sized jackets in stock. Also probikers is a new dealer of spartan gear . Try it out.

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Thanks.. will check. Last time i had been to PlanetDSG, they had run out of smaller size jackets i guess.
Cheers!
Neeraj

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[QUOTE=timuseravan;1019283]Which service center was this? My first service is just coming up. With the current cold wave in city, the heat is no problem at all

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It was the Nal Stop service station.

**senotrius** · 12-14-2013, 01:06 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

this is how my brand new duke 390 looks now.engine opened up and apparently problem solved.NOT.coolant level low as always.now previous green coloured mix is replaced by white milky look at the engine oil eye-port.for newbies like me the correct colour is dark red.i believe the look is due to moisture content still inside the engine.plus panel gaps and scratches abound(i was very picky with this while selecting the bike so i know). Now the bike looks like a two year old piece.talks continuing with the concerned ktm area manager.said he will give a solution by Tuesday.nothing short of a replacement will do.this bike has been made a guinea pig long enough.

**timuseravan** · 12-14-2013, 01:19 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by timuseravan View Post

Guy what is the service interval for the 390? All the online manuals and KTM site mentions 7500km but the free service intervals are 500km (1000, 6000 and then 11000).
So is it 5000 or 7500?

Asking again , does anyone know the service interval?

For Pune guys, the wakdewadi svc seems better.

**Team Torque** · 12-14-2013, 02:15 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by timuseravan View Post

Asking again , does anyone know the service interval?

For Pune guys, the wakdewadi svc seems better.

Don't worry mate. Here in Bangalore the service interval is at 1K, 6K, 11K kms

. No way can we have our Engine oil for such ling periods though. I prefer drain intervals of max 3500 Kms

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Originally posted by senotrius View Post

this is how my brand new duke 390 looks now.engine opened up and apparently problem solved.NOT.coolant level low as always.now previous green coloured mix is replaced by white milky look at the engine oil eye-port.for newbies like me the correct colour is dark red.i believe the look is due to moisture content still inside the engine.plus panel gaps and scratches abound(i was very picky with this while selecting the bike so i know). Now the bike looks like a two year old piece.talks continuing with the concerned ktm area manager.said he will give a solution by Tuesday.nothing short of a replacement will do.this bike has been made a guinea pig long enough.

I have never seen a shoddy work bettering this

. That too a Ktm!!. Seems like they had an extra carton full of Silicon Gel that they decided to paste all over. As for the Milky white, condensation is occurring due to blown head gasket buddy. Very disgraceful to see your beloved's state mate. I hope you are doing everything you could for replacement and nothing else. God bless those morons

**senotrius** · 12-14-2013, 02:36 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

[MENTION=61618]Team Torque[/MENTION],it was like a cardiac arrest for me when i saw the bike last night.i had waited close to 5-6 months to avoid first lot issues and this happens!

ride:i definitely get the above 7k rpm+ part now.close to 8k.man,this is basically a high revving nature sports bike.i mean all the power is up top in the rev range.we don't miss the low end torque cause its high on power and torque generally.the mid has ample torque but no,this is basically like superbikes i believe.violently beautiful above 8k

just did the occasional burst to not baby it.well,hopefully this bike unit wont be with me longer.

**Team Torque** · 12-14-2013, 02:45 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by senotrius View Post

@Team Torque,it was like a cardiac arrest for me when i saw the bike last night.i had waited close to 5-6 months to avoid first lot issues and this happens!

ride:i definitely get the above 7k rpm+ part now.close to 8k.man,this is basically a high revving nature sports bike.i mean all the power is up top in the rev range.we don't miss the low end torque cause its high on power and torque generally.the mid has ample torque but no,this is basically like superbikes i believe.violently beautiful above 8k

Believe you me, I know the pain. When you take that extra step only to make sure you have no unpleasant incidents happening, all hell breaks loose and you see yourself immersed in the agony. Well atleast till they decide what next, you can have some much missed fun with your beast

**riazmomin** · 12-14-2013, 03:10 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Got some protection for the tank, which is a scratch magnet. Damage is Rs 500.
Next job is to apply the screen protector on the MID

**bhpfreak89** · 12-14-2013, 03:34 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Hi all,

Had gone to the ASC today for my first service and it so happens the showroom guys filled the engine with Motul 7100 4T 10W40, but the recommended oil is Motul 7100 4T 10W50, on questioning the service manager he said since the recommended oil is not available hence they used 10W40 and said it won't cause any problems.
So my question is, should I make a issue out of it or is it OK and won't effect the engine.

And one more thing what is the ideal shifting rpm you guys shift at?

Cheers,

PP

**kkamaleshh** · 12-14-2013, 03:45 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

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this is how my brand new duke 390 looks now.engine opened up and apparently problem solved.NOT.coolant level low as always.now previous green coloured mix is replaced by white milky look at the engine oil eye-port.for newbies like me the correct colour is dark red.i believe the look is due to moisture content still inside the engine.plus panel gaps and scratches abound(i was very picky with this while selecting the bike so i know). Now the bike looks like a two year old piece.talks continuing with the concerned ktm area manager.said he will give a solution by Tuesday.nothing short of a replacement will do.this bike has been made a guinea pig long enough.

Don't accept this machine by any means, go for replacement don't accept their complimentary words stick with the replacement. This is worst thing the service people can do . Feel sorry for this mate.will pray for you to get replacement duke,A NEW DUKE 390..

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**NitinGirish** · 12-14-2013, 08:48 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Got my 1^stService done today at Auto Service, Banashankari. Had called up Mr. Venkat Shyam earlier this week and fixedup an appointment for 9:15 AM today. Reached there a good hour early. Thoughthey claim they start at 8:30AM it was not before 9AM that staff started totrickle in.
My bike wasinitially queued for washing even before job card was done. A small boy did thewashing with pressure water. Later I found out that the water had seeped inunder the seat! Once washing was done, the Service Advisor Mr. Raju, wrote thejob card. He undertook following tasks:-
ChangingEngine Oil.
Changing OilFilter
Cleaning AirFilter box
Settingclutch play.

They appliedpolish so well that I could not see anything in the mirror and had to call theboy back to wipe it again. For this extra ordinary service they charged meRs.49. Total bill was for Rs.1522 including Rs.55 charged for consumables. As a complimentary gift I got a prominentswirl mark on my mudguard.

**psr** · 12-14-2013, 09:19 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by senotrius View Post

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this is how my brand new duke 390 looks now.engine opened up and apparently problem solved.NOT.coolant level low as always.now previous green coloured mix is replaced by white milky look at the engine oil eye-port.for newbies like me the correct colour is dark red.i believe the look is due to moisture content still inside the engine.plus panel gaps and scratches abound(i was very picky with this while selecting the bike so i know). Now the bike looks like a two year old piece.talks continuing with the concerned ktm area manager.said he will give a solution by Tuesday.nothing short of a replacement will do.this bike has been made a guinea pig long enough.

Your Picture shows Presence of Moisture which mists with heat in the engine...DO NOT Accept this...Even the first incidence of Coolant mixing with engine oil clearly shows that the bike had not been checked judiciously, and it is a manufacturing defect. Ask for a New Bike or at least a new engine....

Owners of KTM 390, while reading the spec of 200 and 390 I was surprised to find that the Quantum of Coolant is 1.1 Liter in 200cc and 390 has the same amount. I wonder how it would be enough ...390 cc produces almost Twice the power, and is also twice the displacement, hence will produce higher amount of heat, which would require greater cooling . Has anyone noticed this ? may be some owner can get it clarified at SVC..

**The Duke** · 12-14-2013, 09:19 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

I haven't had any issues with my bike but after the first service when i twisted the throttle i noticed that my bike wont go over 10,500 RPM
This happens on all gears.
I met another dude with the same problem but his bike wont go over 9,500 RPM.. The guys at the service center said its normal behavior

Is this normal?

Is there is Rev limiter setting on board?

Also for people who are interested in the mileage... The on board display has never shown me above 31 km\L
I have done 2500 KM so far... city (in the night mostly) and highway riding.
Checked mileage tank full method multiple times and it gives an average of 23km\L.. Max it has given me is 24 km\L... On the highways it gave me 22 km\L because i was constantly over 140 km\hr

Posting a pic of my Duke taken on 10 Oct 2013

**srivaatsav** · 12-14-2013, 09:58 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Hi guys ..
just have a clarification ... when the bike is in standstill ... I hear some second noise like Keech keech ( sound goes off when the bike is moving)... I may have not noticed earlier with the excitement . just run about 200 kms ....should I be worried ?

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