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**The Pain** · 03-29-2014, 09:02 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by Aditya N Bharadwaj View Post

Dont you worry. My current bike, the 200NS also had this kind of weird tappet noise for around 5000 kms and disappeared after beginning to use motul 7100. On these well engineered engines the valve clearances need adjustments every 15k kms and just a hundred kms after adjustment, the sounds return. Anyway if the sound persists I guess you'll have to learn to live with it.

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Yeah i realized i will just have to live with the noise and concentrate on enjoying this kickass bike

**gaurav paddock stand** · 03-30-2014, 01:14 AM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Hello guyss paddock stand available for ktmduke 200 390

cost 2200/- persnal msg me for details thankyou
Sry to post this here

**timuseravan** · 04-01-2014, 09:54 AM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by Rohit.nagamalla View Post

He guys check this out.... remaps for Duke 390

KTM Duke 390 Race Dynamics PowerTRONIC Box vs Kiirus Remap Review

Hardly 5% performance improvement and mostly at the top end. Is it worth it for 15K?

**Adarsh_Bk** · 04-01-2014, 10:18 AM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by timuseravan View Post

Hardly 5% performance improvement and mostly at the top end. Is it worth it for 15K?

They say the city rideability (low end) performance improves, but if you ask me, of course its not worth it

That too at the risk of voiding warranty when we know that 390 is very much in need of warranty

**The Pain** · 04-01-2014, 12:10 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by timuseravan View Post

Hardly 5% performance improvement and mostly at the top end. Is it worth it for 15K?

IMO A bike like the duke 390 @ stock is already very close to its limits on the amount of power that can be extracted from the engine. In such a scenario an additional 5% may still be seen as a huge gain by some. To get the max out of this device, you should also probably consider the addition of a filter like the K&N or BMC and a calculated free flow exhaust. The device can be remapped to incorporate these changes again improve performance further.

Like Adarsh_bk mentioned The company claim is that it improves rideability all through the rev range. User experiences are also similar across various forums. In addition, it also programs the radiator fan to start faster than stock settings ensureing that the bike is kept cooler apparently.

They also seem to have a very active and helpful customer support team incase ur planning to invest.

**SDS17** · 04-01-2014, 03:21 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Anywhere I can get the BIC Trackday lap timings from????

[MENTION=63108]AmitRavi07[/MENTION] ??

**nelson_sanjoy** · 04-01-2014, 03:38 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by Rohit.nagamalla View Post

He guys check this out.... remaps for Duke 390

KTM Duke 390 Race Dynamics PowerTRONIC Box vs Kiirus Remap Review

Good find mate...

Originally posted by Adarsh_Bk View Post

They say the city rideability (low end) performance improves, but if you ask me, of course its not worth it

That too at the risk of voiding warranty when we know that 390 is very much in need of warranty

Sorry for the naive question - But how will someone find it if I disconnect the box and reconnect stock? ECU check???

Originally posted by The Pain View Post

Like Adarsh_bk mentioned The company claim is that it improves rideability all through the rev range. User experiences are also similar across various forums. In addition, it also programs the radiator fan to start faster than stock settings ensureing that the bike is kept cooler apparently.

This seems interesting and the fan cooling up faster will make a lot of people go for it.

Originally posted by The Pain View Post

They also seem to have a very active and helpful customer support team incase ur planning to invest.

Who Kirrus or RD ?

**AmitRavi07** · 04-01-2014, 04:00 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by SDS17 View Post

Anywhere I can get the BIC Trackday lap timings from????

@AmitRavi07 ??

You could have go them from Race Control room at the end of day. I think they provided a list to some people who had asked for it.

I don't know if you can get it now. Contact Amit Ahuja and ask him about it. He should have lap timings of everyone.

**Adarsh_Bk** · 04-01-2014, 04:06 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by nelson_sanjoy View Post

Good find mate...

Sorry for the naive question - But how will someone find it if I disconnect the box and reconnect stock? ECU check???

This seems interesting and the fan cooling up faster will make a lot of people go for it.

Who Kirrus or RD ?

I guess if the Powertronic is unplugged, one cant find out if the ECU was modified or not. Since it is a piggyback ECU, all it does is trick the ECU into doing what it wants to

But Kirrus remaps the existing ECU which the SVC will know the moment they test diagnostics. But you may still hope that they believe it somehow got corrupted without your knowledge

Yeah the fan turning on earlier is a good feature and its good if they can sort out the low rpm jerks etc but the bigger question still remains, why Bajaj/Bosch hasnt done anything to improve low end rideability? There should be a good reason for it though.

And I have had my fair share of hotrodding on my earlier bike and I can tell you that not everything is as attractive as it appears to be

**sdfonechan** · 04-01-2014, 04:09 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

I'm assuming this is where people announce their new acquisitions? (if it's not, move me to the appropriate thread)

If it is, then I've just paid the final amount on my Black Duke 390 and hope to get it either tomorrow (wed 02 April) evening or Thursday. It just great timing that Monday was a public holiday and I have to wait a day extra. Got it from Indranagar KTM in Bangalore and am looking to do justice to my mid-life crisis. While I've only been riding for about 5 months, I'm going to miss my horribly underpowered Pulsar 135LS. You never forget your first bike :-)

Being an anime fan I was going to name it something manly like the ARX-7 ARBALEST but the wife got to it first and called her "Sheila the Prostitute". Having posted it on facebook, it's now set in stone :-(

I've watched every review of the 390 over and over again in anticipation of picking it up. I'm SO not getting any sleep tonight.

**Adarsh_Bk** · 04-01-2014, 04:26 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by sdfonechan View Post

I'm assuming this is where people announce their new acquisitions? (if it's not, move me to the appropriate thread)

If it is, then I've just paid the final amount on my Black Duke 390 and hope to get it either tomorrow (wed 02 April) evening or Thursday. It just great timing that Monday was a public holiday and I have to wait a day extra. Got it from Indranagar KTM in Bangalore and am looking to do justice to my mid-life crisis. While I've only been riding for about 5 months, I'm going to miss my horribly underpowered Pulsar 135LS. You never forget your first bike :-)

Being an anime fan I was going to name it something manly like the ARX-7 ARBALEST but the wife got to it first and called her "Sheila the Prostitute". Having posted it on facebook, it's now set in stone :-(

I've watched every review of the 390 over and over again in anticipation of picking it up. I'm SO not getting any sleep tonight.

Congrats!!

And I understand your enthusiasm, those few days of waiting was such a pain! And mother of god what name your wife has come up with

I hope you wont sticker that name on the bike

**Divya Sharan** · 04-01-2014, 04:29 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by sdfonechan View Post

"Sheila the Prostitute".

Congratulations!
Pls send my warm regards to bhabhi jee.

Tapatalk'd from my stupid phone!

**The Pain** · 04-01-2014, 04:38 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by nelson_sanjoy View Post

This seems interesting and the fan cooling up faster will make a lot of people go for it.

Who Kirrus or RD ?

The customer care reviews were RD.

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Originally posted by Adarsh_Bk View Post

Yeah the fan turning on earlier is a good feature and its good if they can sort out the low rpm jerks etc but the bigger question still remains, why Bajaj/Bosch hasnt done anything to improve low end rideability? There should be a good reason for it though.

And I have had my fair share of hotrodding on my earlier bike and I can tell you that not everything is as attractive as it appears to be

Yeah i often wonder this myself. Especially when people make recommendations on oils or similar things that are better than company recommended ones.

**AmitRavi07** · 04-01-2014, 05:05 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by sdfonechan View Post

I'm assuming this is where people announce their new acquisitions? (if it's not, move me to the appropriate thread)

If it is, then I've just paid the final amount on my Black Duke 390 and hope to get it either tomorrow (wed 02 April) evening or Thursday. It just great timing that Monday was a public holiday and I have to wait a day extra. Got it from Indranagar KTM in Bangalore and am looking to do justice to my mid-life crisis. While I've only been riding for about 5 months, I'm going to miss my horribly underpowered Pulsar 135LS. You never forget your first bike :-)

Being an anime fan I was going to name it something manly like the ARX-7 ARBALEST but the wife got to it first and called her "Sheila the Prostitute". Having posted it on facebook, it's now set in stone :-(

I've watched every review of the 390 over and over again in anticipation of picking it up. I'm SO not getting any sleep tonight.

Congrats, by the way, just out of curiosity, why did your wife name it as such? I mean what did you intend to do with it?

**sdfonechan** · 04-01-2014, 05:37 PM

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Owners Reviews and Experiences

Originally posted by AmitRavi07 View Post

Congrats, by the way, just out of curiosity, why did your wife name it as such? I mean what did you intend to do with it?

Well.. At the risk of the moderator's wrath, my wife's alluding to the fact that I'm going to be riding "Shiela" hard over the next few days if not years. Prostitution comes into play as my neighbors (who also happen to be bikers) are lining up to test ride her already. Coming from Australia, Sheila (or to use the more vernacular "Shazza") is the closest any one can get to "Bhabi Ji" :-)

I guess this means I should call my Pulsar 135, "Auntie" ... My wife is strange.

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