Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

Anybody here who has used the TVS Zoom XL 140/70-17 tire on their 390?
User experience will be appreciated.
Was astonished to know that this bias ply tyre is H speed rated and costs just Rs2300 making it excellent value.

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

Drained large amount of oil to a pan after running more than 600Kms and checked for coolant. Used a water tester and the result was negative. No water in oil and carbon on piston probably means nothing to worry about. So as you said, it might be a minor leak somewhere which is hard to find and I just need to forget and enjoy the ride as the coolant reduced approximately 20 to 30 ml.

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

i think you are referring to the ceat zoom xl 140/70. it is a h rated tire and its a ok tire (harder compound compared to mrf/michelin) and lasts pretty long. i've seen it used by [MENTION=51754]theironhorse99[/MENTION] on his cbr

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looking at that picture , i don't notice any coolant contamination in the oil.
if it was a head gasket failure, then probably the piston might appear much cleaner as the steam (coolant evaporating at high temp) will clean up the carbon deposits. in your case the piston appears to have some carbon build up.

so just go ahead and enjoy riding while keeping an eye on the the oil and coolant.

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Thank you for the reply @s1d
Yes,the tyre Ceat Zoom XL has much harder sidewalls than the variety of radials available in the market-also the Ceat weighs 6kg as compared to the 4.85-5.25kg weights of the assorted radials available.
That is why soliciting any actual user experience?
Had also checked the TVS Remora 140/70-17 which has S (180kmph) speed rating and a total road oriented tread pattern for Rs2400.
In a quandary which way to go

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

if budget is a constraint, a very good allround choice would be the mrf revz c1 (the tires that come the ktm 200's.). It will cost you Rs.3800 , is a radial, has good grip levels and is of the stock size. i personally would prefer that on a d390 if i am looking to save some money on tires.

you have ceat, ralco, tvs, contigo also in the 140 size, which are cheaper but might not grip as well as the sticky mrf's. these might be ok if you are mostly riding in normal conditions and not carving corners or track days.
if you absolutely cant spend more than 2500rs then ceat or tvs is ok.. a little more and you get the wonderful mrf radials which are total vfm.

in fact i am contemplating to move to a 140 rear on my d200 and leaning towards mrf masseter, or the ralcos (the block tread pattern ones).. i ride pretty sane and since the 200 doesn't have abs am not worried if a change in tire size/profile will affect abs. i've ridden other 200's with a 140 section tire and there wasn't much of a difference. I personally feel that the 150 tire is one size too big for the ktm's and 140 is the apt size.

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

[MENTION=16602]s1d[/MENTION]
I want it all-radials here are from Rs3400-6000.

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

I thought you would have a good night's sleep all these days, guess I was wrong . With summer around, it's normal to lose some amount of coolant to evaporation, if that would provide some solace, but as long as the coolant level doesn't dramatically go low, there's nothing to worry about.

Cheers!
VJ

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

Haha. Yep. I was worried if coolant had mixed with engine oil which might reduce the lubrication and impact many other things. Guess I can sleep well now [emoji3]

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

Hello everyone! I've 2.5 years old 2015 Duke 390. Today I noticed that the ABS light keeps glowing when riding the bike. The light wasn't glowing before but I doubt ABS is not working properly since last 2 weeks. The rear skidded 2-3 times under hard braking situations.

I visited KTM SVC. They did minimal checkup of fuses, sensors, etc. Then he took the bike out for test ride and handed over to me. He told that he will check the bike properly during next servicing. Further he told me that it could be faulty ABS unit which costs whooping 35k. Anyone had this issue before? What could be possible culprit?

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

hope they did a proper visual inspection of the wiring etc.. the other thing that they should have done is to connect their diag tool and check for any error codes. that might throw up some information.. hardly takes 2 min to do it. so go and ask them to connect the diag tool and check.

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

I'd recommend you to start off with your wheel sensors. The Duke uses two sensors front and rear wheel to calibrate ABS. Ask them to do a diagnostic check, using the SPECIAL TOOL connected to the ECU for any fault codes registered by the ECU. If any wheel speed sensor is at fault, the ECU would register the code and would let the user know the same, so the respective parts can be changed. If the ECU hasn't registered any codes or the wheel speed sensors are perfectly fine, I'd suggest you to check the ABS fuses, and check for continuity. A failed ABS ECU fuse would mean an non-operational ABS system, and spare fuses are provided in the fuse boxes respectively.

Start off with the wheel speed sensor, check the ABS fuses, check the ABS sensor wires for any frays or nicks. Even a frayed wire can cause the ABS not function properly.

Do keep your observations posted.

Cheers!
VJ

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

A new issue popped up since 2 days. May be after I drained the oil and put it back? I don't think so, because the oil level was absolutely correct.

Idle rpm drops by 200 to 400 rpm every 10 to 12 seconds and bike shuts off soon after that. It starts without a problem and rides absolutely fine. Even at signals, the bike shits off during idling, be it warm or cold, it has the same problem. Sprayed some throttle body cleaner through air intake but no change. Any idea where should I start looking at?

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

Could be a faulty idle control stepper motor located on the throttle body.
What you could do is head to the svc and ask them to connect the diag tool and clear the dtc. Then remove the diag tool, fire up the bike and let it idle for 10-15min, do not touch the throttle during this idling. It helps the ecu relearn.
Then again observe of you are still facing the problem, and check again with the diag tool for any error codes.

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Just got the bike back from svc. He cleaned the throttle body completely and told to check for few days and if the bike does not switch off, it should be good enough. On my ride back, it didn't switch off and even the Idle variation was much less. Will keep an eye on this for sometime. He said that, if switching off increases, he might have to change the stepper motor and throttle body which might cost upto 8k! [emoji33]

Re: KTM Duke 390 - Ownership Reviews and Experiences

Hello friends,
I am using duke 390 now for a month. Today I got a chance to drag it in open road. Everything was fine till 110kmph after that handle bar started wobbling slightly. I tried couple of time in different speed but it starts only above 120kmph.
What could be the possible reasons?

I have tried riding bike @50kmph w/o holding handle & it does not drag any side & move straight.