Sure! Bought a pair of Forma Adventure Boots. Saw it reviewed on Overdrive. Researched a bit. Found out that it had great reviews across the board. Bought it from here: Motardinn.com

They have pretty great prices. Got the tank bag from them. Ended up also buying a 1.5 litre CamelBak Hydration bag, a Buff Scarf and a Gore-Tex base layer (would highly recommend the base layer). Takes about 3 weeks to deliver from Spain. Custom duties will screw you over a bit, but overall still a good price.

Bought a pair of Forma Adventure Boots.
Bought it from here: Motardinn.com

Got it free with a pair of riding boots. Not really sure about the brand. Decent quality, grips the tank during general riding but moves around during bumps. No scary moments yet with it.



Made it to 165. Guess you could probably do 170 on a downhill. Don't think it'll go much further than that.

wow.. I wonder how a 42bhp twin can do 180-190... (yeah the R3)

Hi. They sell it for 12K, which is the best price you can find.
On amazon.in it cost 18-36K.
How mach you paid finally, here in India on delivery? Any customs, taxes etc added?
They FAQ page doesn't work.

Update: Did a quick ride to MM hills on Sunday. About 450 kms round. Blore-Mandya-MM Hills-bypass Salem-Blore.

Mandya to MM Hills was pretty good, but the descent from MM hills towards Salem was just amazing. Fantastic Roads! Reached the Salem-Bangalore highway and stopped for Fuel. Switched on the bike after refuelling and saw that the Engine temperature was almost Max. Started moving again to cool it off and the temp quickly came back to normal. The fan was on the entire way back though. However, once the bike reached the traffic of Bangalore, the temp just wouldn't go down again even with the fan on. Weird, since coolant levels looked fine. Eventually displayed the 'High Engine Temp' warning message. Switched off the bike for a while to cool the engine. Had to keep doing this every few mins in traffic as the bike just couldn't regulate its temperature.

Took it to the SVC today. Turns out the coolant valve, that controls the amount of coolant flowing through the system, wasn't functioning. So the radiator was pretty much doing nothing while the fan did its absolute best to cool the outside of the engine (which was more or less a lost cause). Got the part replaced under warranty.

If anyone is ever in a situation like this or a similar situation (i.e. you ran out of coolant), your best bet is to keep moving while keeping an eye on the gauge. Avoid traffic or slowing down until you can reach a location where you can fix the situation. Large volumes of air passing over the engine, while probably not as effective as a functioning liquid cooling system, can still keep temperatures at safe levels. If the temperature still isn't going down, its time to stop. Even though the bike is set to auto switch off incase of high temperatures, wouldn't recommend pushing it that far.

open question to all!!!

How many liters of engine oil did your mechanic pour into your bike during your first service????? OR any service....

My mechanic poured 1.5 liters of oil & said that's what he's trained by KTM to do.

Manual says 1.7 in the service page.

Manual says 1.8 is the capacity of the engine at the last page.

so the oil was visible when the engine was cold.. warmed up for 2 mins & cut off engine & checked again - no oil visible at all in that small window!!!!

just gathering info here as to what's correct... how are the mechanics doing at other places...

and my mechanic used Motul 7100 20W50 engine oil.. I wanted 10w50, but I guess it's ok for the first service, will move to 10w50 next service soon..

wow.. I wonder how a 42bhp twin can do 180-190... (yeah the R3)

I am on my fourth engine oil (changed to mineral oil twice before 1st service) and based on my experience the correct quantity just like the owners manual states seems to

be 1.7lts. I had too many debates with mechanics from three different svc centres and also with the area service manager. had to show them the owners manual, which

BTW none of them refer to. Even I was told they have been trained to fill 1.5lts.

I would have just listened to them but the glass window oil level forced me to reconsider.

As per the owners manual the glass window level needs to be checked when the engine is at operating temerature, after couple of minutes of switching it off.

I checked after short rides of at least 20kms. With 1.5lts there was nothing to be seen in the glass window. Only when I topped up another 200ml it would be visible.

I even asked the area manager to get the owners manual updated if they are sure about the 1.5lts. Should be easy, its just in electronic form anyway.

Dont understand why KTM is causing this confusion between the owners manual and the mechanix training.

Hope they are not doing it just for the sake of simplicity as they receive 1.5lts cans and I have not seen these available for retail sale. I had to purchase two 1lt cans of Motul 7100 from the market.

On a high revving big single it is too much of a risk to leave this hanging, so I am going by the glass window method. In short 1.7lts

R3 is a faired bike which has superb aerodynamic which plays crucial role in high wind blast.
Moreover the torque and power are at higher powerband rather than in the mid range like in KTMs.

I recently got my hands on my new KTM Duke 390 2017 , it has hardly covered 100 km and there is a weird sound coming from engine @ 5000-5200 rpm after engine gets warm(ie. after covering 5-6 kms). This vibration is only present in this particular rpm band. I told my ktm dealer about this problem but they are unable to find the cause of this problem. What should i do now. This is very disappointing. Has someone noticed the same problem in his bike???

I have now completed 850 km and i observed this sound is coming from engine and this sound is like something metallic is vibrating or rattling. I told KTM engineer Mr. Ankit Khare( According to him he is incharge of UP and Bihar Region) about this problem but he told me that back end has classified this sound normal as Evap system works in this particular RPM band. But i am not satisfied with this explanation cause i have checked some more new duke 390 2017 but no sound found. What should I do. Any expert technician is needed. 😥

Update: Did a quick ride to MM hills on Sunday. About 450 kms round. Blore-Mandya-MM Hills-bypass Salem-Blore.

Mandya to MM Hills was pretty good, but the descent from MM hills towards Salem was just amazing. Fantastic Roads! Reached the Salem-Bangalore highway and stopped for Fuel. Switched on the bike after refuelling and saw that the Engine temperature was almost Max. Started moving again to cool it off and the temp quickly came back to normal. The fan was on the entire way back though. However, once the bike reached the traffic of Bangalore, the temp just wouldn't go down again even with the fan on. Weird, since coolant levels looked fine. Eventually displayed the 'High Engine Temp' warning message. Switched off the bike for a while to cool the engine. Had to keep doing this every few mins in traffic as the bike just couldn't regulate its temperature.

Took it to the SVC today. Turns out the coolant valve, that controls the amount of coolant flowing through the system, wasn't functioning. So the radiator was pretty much doing nothing while the fan did its absolute best to cool the outside of the engine (which was more or less a lost cause). Got the part replaced under warranty.

If anyone is ever in a situation like this or a similar situation (i.e. you ran out of coolant), your best bet is to keep moving while keeping an eye on the gauge. Avoid traffic or slowing down until you can reach a location where you can fix the situation. Large volumes of air passing over the engine, while probably not as effective as a functioning liquid cooling system, can still keep temperatures at safe levels. If the temperature still isn't going down, its time to stop. Even though the bike is set to auto switch off incase of high temperatures, wouldn't recommend pushing it that far.



Sure! Bought a pair of Forma Adventure Boots. Saw it reviewed on Overdrive. Researched a bit. Found out that it had great reviews across the board. Bought it from here: Motardinn.com

They have pretty great prices. Got the tank bag from them. Ended up also buying a 1.5 litre CamelBak Hydration bag, a Buff Scarf and a Gore-Tex base layer (would highly recommend the base layer). Takes about 3 weeks to deliver from Spain. Custom duties will screw you over a bit, but overall still a good price.

Hi I also need advice on this, today while back there was 1.5 Kms of snail pace bumper to bumper traffic and the Fan switched on it was showing 3 bars on temp indicator then, within the next 10-15 mins of bumper to bumper 1 km ride, the fan stayed on and the temperature went up to 4 bars, not sure if this is normal, because in DNCR, getting stuck for 30-45 mins is quite ok and if the temperature rises so quickly then not sure how you can use the bike in such traffic even the highways have bad traffic on toll gates, my P220 never felt heated up, even if I rode in 1st or 2 Nd gear for the full day, surprising the temperature outside is not very high maybe 36-37, is this normal or should I also visit SVC

Also someone said if the fan is on wait for the fan to switch off when you want to stop the bike, but I waited for 2-3 mins the fan never switched off, how to find out if the radiator is working fine or not

Please help planning to go on a long ride but now worried looking at all this

it's absolutely normal!!! the older dukes would go till the last bar in bumper to bumper traffic.. in highways, you won't go beyond 3 bars even if you're ripping totally (something I'll advise you against for long periods of time)..

the P220 is a different bike than the D390, not fair to compare them at all.. the D390 is of a higher compression than the P220, it's got a lot more horses loaded into the single cylinder than a p220, yes, you can tour on the D390 & the heat is absolutely normal in all higher end bikes..

it's absolutely normal!!! the older dukes would go till the last bar in bumper to bumper traffic.. in highways, you won't go beyond 3 bars even if you're ripping totally (something I'll advise you against for long periods of time)..

the P220 is a different bike than the D390, not fair to compare them at all.. the D390 is of a higher compression than the P220, it's got a lot more horses loaded into the single cylinder than a p220, yes, you can tour on the D390 & the heat is absolutely normal in all higher end bikes..

one tip : always maintain some good distance from the exhaust of the vehicle before you, just avoid the hot air of the exhaust of the vehicle you're following, directly blow onto your bike... it will keep the engine cooler..