Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

LED's are working fine, but can check extensively when I get a chance to ride long. 90/100 ruined my car headlight and I don't want to make same mistake with my bike. So I prefer to use only LED, HID or Night Breaker halogen. Paid around 650 for 12V charger. http://s.aliexpress.com/z2Yv6f2q Not sure whether it works with cigarette lighter as I don't use that. There are two, 2 pin connectors for accessory line. Ground ends with two pin connector and positive ends with two pin connector. You need to connect black(negative) wire of charger to one of the ground pin and red(positive) wire of charger to one of the positive pin. Though I have not tested how good the Waterproof is, it looks promising as it has good rubber cover over the ports. And this model USB output(claimed) is 2.1A and not 1A or 1.5A unlike others.

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

Installed Minda Dual tone horns from TVS Apache 180 RTR today. Fantastic sound. Simply said- I'm in love with the sound.[emoji7] [emoji7]

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

Can you upload a sample?

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

usually LED's won't work well with reflector. You ll get a bit more visibility Cz of those extra lumens. But not the full capacity. Efficiency ll be reduced. The led has to be in same location as the coil in Halogen light.

BTW does LED has high & low beam [emoji848]

Am planning to upgrade parking light alone as LED as I use it as DRL. I usually ride with head lights on when on long trips for better visibility but get frequent warnings from good Samaritans that my head light is on. Am not sure how Parking lights effective in increasing visibility.


Even am staying with 55/60 in car. Ruined car headlights like how? Melted reflector or dull cover ??
Even I don't use cigarette lighter but my car came with it. Ll be useful in long trips just in case you need some fire or heat. And if you have friends who smoke.



Correct me if am wrong. There are 2nos of 2pin connector. Each 2pin connector has ground(negative) & positive.

2.1A is awesome as I could charge my iPad too. Also works well with my tyre inflator.

Also it works only when ignition is on right.

Also am planning to do following upgrades to duke. As of now.
- hazard lights
- extra projector lights
- mobile stand.

Am using Fazer windshield what do you use ??

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

I'll try to. Just go to any TVS showroom and you can see for yourself. Price= Rs.650/- from TVS workshops. Btw, I think they are also available online as Minda Twin tone horns. But, I'm not sure. Sounds could be different.
But, the sound is just too good. Just what I wanted. I can't stop honking them now.[emoji7] [emoji7]

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

LED's actually work better with reflector than hid's. There are separate led's for high and low beam and each are rated at 20W and 2000Lm. Pass light also works with Duke 390. Replacing parking light with led's does not help in any way. It's better to leave it as halogen as 4300k halogens has better visibility than led's if it is too foggy. This is the reason I didn't replace mine.

90/100 damaged my reflector badly. Some parts of reflector became damaged and brittle. I painted my reflector black and used hids with projector headlights.

Nope, there are two separate wires for positive and ground. And each of this wire has 2 female pins for connectivity. So you need to connect P and G of any accessory with two different wires. Single wire does not have both positive and ground terminal. I have attached a picture for reference.

2.1A is for USB port. You can use 12V socket for up to 10A. USB port is claimed as 2.1A but I doubt this with cheap Chinese product. It's better to use a good 12V car charger(Like Aukey) in the socket for charging mobile phones.

Hazard lights sounds good. Even I might plan in the near future. I'm using 6" cork type mobile holder from Rynox Gears and it works great. My mobile is 5.7" and so took the largest one that is available. Woks well with the armor cases that I have. Projectors are not so good for high beam, which made me not to go for them on my bike.

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

Is it just plug & play like halogen. Or have to do extensive mods.

Yea White light won't work good in rain makes me to reconsider using LED for headlight too.

So 2nos of 2pin socket 1 is positive & another is negative. Thank you so much bro.

didn't noted that black wire in first pic Camouflaged by black background. Thanks for taking effort & doodling


Yea projectors are good only for excellent low beams.

Some EU countries has mandatory Hazard light. Even super duke have one.

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

He applied loctite on the old rubber gasket but he did not change the head cover gasket. he even did not remove the fuel tank to open the screws.
have ridden the bike for 80 kms till now after the repair, no problem faced, should I get it changed?

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

Well, not really. Do keep a tab on the leak, go for a spirited ride, and observe if you find any leaks, if you do, replace the gasket with a new one and apply the Loctite.

Cheers!
VJ

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

Its just plug and play. No mods needed for 2*20W led.

KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

I found slightly cheaper option for charger. Also they say they have an extra USB waterproof protector so we can use USB even in rain. But not sure if it's the only protector or flaps too available. The description says like this




BTW how many days it took for them to ship & what's the shipping charges.

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

Had seen this product before. Didn't buy it as the USB output was 1A. But the waterproof USB cover they show in the pictures do not give confidence. I don't believe it will be Waterproof while charging. And I do not want to take chances with costly gadgets!

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

Yea it's better to go with what you have as you already have the product & it's good. Not gonna risk for extra ₹50.


How many days it took for shipping. Cz I ll be in my current place for 15 days & chennai for a week & AP after that [emoji19]

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

It takes anywhere from 20 days to 60 to get delivered if you choose free shipping.

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

Then I have to ship it to my friends home. I have an power bank that ll help me as of now.

BTW I came across these accessories & spares when checking Amazon

Generic Motorcycle Handlebar AccidentHazard Light Double Control Switch Button https://www.amazon.in/dp/B01AG93EDE/..._uP4hxb1TZR7C2

Bolt Red Streak - smart mobilephone charger for motorbikes (1.00) https://www.amazon.in/dp/B016AOK6A8/..._5K4hxb31JBHA6