Hey Rakshit, congrats on the booking buddy.
Now to answer your question. No need to worry too much on the heating, I guess the newer lots are much more refined and runs cooler anyways. Now to help more in that front I'd suggest to stick to the motul 7100 during services, follow drain intervals religiously, bad oil tends to heat up the engine more. As far as coolant goes, there's nothing better available here than engine ice. A bit costly , but guaranteed to run the bike a lot cooler than even motul coolants. Not sure of availability, but I'm guessing you can get your hands on it from Delhi.

Enjoy your new ride when it arrives.

Cheers
Ride safe
Krishna

Hey Thanks Krishna
Do you recommend engine ice of a specific brand and estimated cost?
Also at what interval, engine ice needs to be top up?
And what if I use Motul 300V double ester for Duke 390? I use the same in my pulsar 220. What do you suggest?
And if I ride duke 390 for longer distances , say 2000 kms for a roadtrip, do i need to drain engine oil earlier than the recommended interval?


Reason for late delivery is that dealer would be ordering new stock after his current stock gets sold. Thanks for the response

The heating issues due to prolonged use of bike in slow moving traffic, resulting into problem is not with KTM only.
That is present with all the high power bikes, it could be duke, ninja, r3, banelli, 600cc class.
All these bikes if you used in slow traffic where you can't go beyond 20-30 most of the time will get heated lot still they will continue to work without much issues, but eventually a day will com, may be after 6-8 months of use in such slow moving traffic, when bikes will start giving problem reasons because of prolonged use in slow moving traffic resulting into engine or cooling system damage.

Now some of you may say problem is not there with others say ninja or r3 or banelli etc and its only with ktm.
but how many of you seen ninja r3 or banelli in slow moving traffic every day as compared to ktms?

I personally haven't seen r3 or banelli in Pune on road till date, forget to see them in traffic. :-)
But seen many duke and rcs even in traffic.

So point is that friends understand that these powerful bikes are designed to perform well at considerably higher speeds say 50 kmph+?
If you continue to use them at slow speeds over longer periods, yes they will work but will get damaged eventually.

So better to use activa or 100cc bikes in city.
Its just my personal opinion, no hard feelings.

This is one of the reasons I gave up d390. I was primarily using it for commuting in the city, so instead of prolonging the pain I gave it to someone who is using it as a weekend bike. These are high performance machines meant for open roads where you can let the horses loose.

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Doesn't the Royal Enfield/Bullet overheat? If not 350, the 500 at least?

Doesn't the Royal Enfield/Bullet overheat? If not 350, the 500 at least?

Doesn't the Royal Enfield/Bullet overheat? If not 350, the 500 at least?

Doesn't the Royal Enfield/Bullet overheat? If not 350, the 500 at least?

No, because they are producing less power ( ~20 bhp for 350 and ~27 bhp for 500)
where as duke around 43-44 bhp, almost double.

High power = higher heat.

Actually CC doesn't equal engine heat. It's the compression ratio that comes into play, higher compression produces excess heat. Most Royal Enfields are undersquare which means they produce at a lower RPM. The Duke is a high strung, over square high-revving, torquey single, now when you put all that together you'd know REs won't even come to the stress and heat the KTMs endure. If the REs were to endure such heat, you'd see their pistons melt in a matter of hours after riding.

Needless to say, should I even start about REs reliability.

Cheers!
VJ

You getting that much in city? Bumper to bumper or just general?

Doesn't the Royal Enfield/Bullet overheat? If not 350, the 500 at least?

Sooper Silly question.

What tyre pressure do you guys maintain ? I weigh 90+. While riding to office I always have a pillion.

Doesn't the Royal Enfield/Bullet overheat? If not 350, the 500 at least?