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  • #3901
    Re: KTM RC 390 Ownership Experience

    Originally posted by Venkat0412 View Post
    Guys

    Any tips to avoid wrist pain during long road trip ??
    Yes RC demands you to be physically fit. Thats what i like about rc .

    get a tank grip pad.
    hold the tank with your thighs firmly then your arms will get relaxed. share the load alternatively between thighs and arms. and you can cover 500-600 kms without much issue.

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    • #3902
      Re: KTM RC 390 Ownership Experience

      Originally posted by SuperShaan View Post
      185 km/h ? Are you sure? I thought the speed limiter kicks in at 179km/h.
      I think after first service it will come down to 179, the r3 tops off at 184 and has a better top end than the rc but its about high speed cruising the rc n duke 390 good at 130-160kmph I reckon

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      • #3903
        Re: KTM RC 390 Ownership Experience

        [QUOTE=nilesh9777;1248190]only 3.2k in 2 years.
        so avg 5 kms/day

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        I did 21000 kms in one year
        odo reading is 24k now and this week i am leaving to Ladakh. So by this month end it will be around 30k in 16 months.

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        • #3904
          Re: KTM RC 390 Ownership Experience

          Originally posted by Deathwing View Post
          I think after first service it will come down to 179, the r3 tops off at 184 and has a better top end than the rc but its about high speed cruising the rc n duke 390 good at 130-160kmph I reckon
          All these are good @ track only. For normal indian roads 80 to 120 is more than enough, anything beyond that (even 80 also) is very risky.
          Last edited by nilesh9777; 08-17-2016, 04:00 PM.

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          • #3905
            Re: KTM RC 390 Ownership Experience

            Originally posted by Deathwing View Post
            I think after first service it will come down to 179, the r3 tops off at 184 and has a better top end than the rc but its about high speed cruising the rc n duke 390 good at 130-160kmph I reckon
            Already got 2 services done. My friend has a ninja 300. We do drags sometimes,ninja is behind 390 till 150-155 km/ hr. After tht it crosses 390, while the RC maxes out at 185, ninja goes all the way to 190-195 km/hr
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            • #3906
              Re: KTM RC 390 Ownership Experience

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              • #3907
                Re: KTM RC 390 Ownership Experience

                Originally posted by drarchit View Post
                Already got 2 services done. My friend has a ninja 300. We do drags sometimes,ninja is behind 390 till 150-155 km/ hr. After tht it crosses 390, while the RC maxes out at 185, ninja goes all the way to 190-195 km/hr
                My RC has more top end power than mid range, I mean the bike doesnt pull that hard till 7k rpm but after that, its just amazing.
                Something to do with how I have ran in the motor i guess.
                I also have a powertronic piggyback ecu installed also, my rc goes over 190 kmph.
                So far no ninja has came close to my rc.

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                • #3908
                  Re: KTM RC 390 Ownership Experience

                  Originally posted by drarchit View Post
                  Already got 2 services done. My friend has a ninja 300. We do drags sometimes,ninja is behind 390 till 150-155 km/ hr. After tht it crosses 390, while the RC maxes out at 185, ninja goes all the way to 190-195 km/hr
                  I hope all of this is done at a race track only.
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                  • #3909
                    Re: KTM RC 390 Ownership Experience

                    Originally posted by Divya Sharan View Post
                    I hope all of this is done at a race track only.
                    Agreed and with proper gear.

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                    • #3910
                      Re: KTM RC 390 Ownership Experience

                      Originally posted by Divya Sharan View Post
                      I hope all of this is done at a race track only.
                      In track there's a closed environment where you know that you can take your bike to its limits. But these speeds which we are talking about i have heard first time, what all i heard is RC390 tops out at 178 kmph and for ninja it's 184 kmph unless there's a slope. But these speeds are highly dangerous because at that speeds these bikes are not controllable and that too at public roads.

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                      • #3911
                        Re: KTM RC 390 Ownership Experience

                        Originally posted by Chandan92 View Post
                        In track there's a closed environment where you know that you can take your bike to its limits. But these speeds which we are talking about i have heard first time, what all i heard is RC390 tops out at 178 kmph and for ninja it's 184 kmph unless there's a slope. But these speeds are highly dangerous because at that speeds these bikes are not controllable and that too at public roads.
                        True! I hope everyone understand this.
                        Because all it takes is a panic situation at 60 kmph and not more.
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                        • #3912
                          Re: KTM RC 390 Ownership Experience

                          Top speed claimed by companies can also decrease or increase when trying personally depending on a long list of factors like :
                          Wind, Cross wind, Rider weight, Crouching Angle, Tire air pressure, Chain slackness and etc etc.

                          Mostly we don't pay attention to half of this and it's just like :

                          "Wow it's a straight open road, let's do a drag" (No offence to anyone, even I've done stuff like this in past).

                          And so the top end, mid range and initial pickup changes its figures.
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                          • #3913
                            Re: KTM RC 390 Ownership Experience

                            Originally posted by Sird View Post
                            Top speed claimed by companies can also decrease or increase when trying personally depending on a long list of factors.
                            Only to a certain extent IMO. KTM engine tops out at 170ish true speed. Aerodynamics can only help it a little more and it would not cross 185+ with zero weight even in vacuum.
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                            • #3914
                              Re: KTM RC 390 Ownership Experience

                              Originally posted by Divya Sharan View Post
                              Only to a certain extent IMO. KTM engine tops out at 170ish true speed. Aerodynamics can only help it a little more and it would not cross with zero weight even in vacuum.
                              Add a long decline and you get a speed boost. No?
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                              • #3915
                                Re: KTM RC 390 Ownership Experience

                                Originally posted by Gollum View Post
                                Add a long decline and you get a speed boost. No?
                                That's why I mentioned a hypothetical (speedo indicated) 185ish figure. Gearing restricts the engine from revving any more faster and destroying itself. You may gain up to 10 kmph on a very smooth long incline courtesy gravity and potential energy being converted to kinetic.
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