Any pointers to how could this be totally avoided in the future and also how you can defend yourself when it was no fault of yours.

Similar thing happened to me, when a chutappa on zma hit me on the rear and my IND plates got bent and also the holder.. reason given my him was "my bike won't brake like yours".. if it doesn't brake like mine then why the f*** do they tail gate.. as*holes..

OK guys. A little bit of head sup. I am not sure it will help or not. Yesterday one idiot came and slightly nicked the sari guard of my bike and broke his front fender.
Nothing happened to my bike, not even a scratch. Thanks to God. Touch wood.

Now the twist in the story is the guy who hit me claims I suddenly applied brake (the car in front of me braked and turned without indicator ) and he was not able to brake in time so he hit me and I should pay the damages of his mudguard.
In the end after 2 hours of argument, we split the damages as half-half. There was no further options other than visiting a police station and resolving.

The couple of things which are funny and silly at the same time in this whole ordeal is, since I had a duke 390, its automatically my fault. I should not have braked so suddenly and all. Its like the bigger bike/vehicle is at fault automatically. Since I had ABS and disk brakes I should not brake in the way which endangers people behind me and all.

To me it sounded like a load of stupidity to extract the damages from me on the whole. Correct me if I am wrong and if you guys have faced similar situation. Don't know have an internal feeling that this might again happen with somebody else.

Also I was planning of removed the rear mudguard and the Saree guard to have that neat rear look and may be if I have done it, he might have hit my tire and not ended up breaking his mudguard or may be he would have damaged more stuff. Cant say what might have happened in that scenario.

Any pointers to how could this be totally avoided in the future and also how you can defend yourself when it was no fault of yours.

The same kind of scene happened with me also.
A couple of clge kids on a activa rear ending me when a truck suddenly stopped on a two lane state highway. I had just missed the rear fender of truck by a feet.But this activa guy smashed into me damaging his mudguard and Front Portion.
Not much to my bike expect a bended number plate.
But they understood there mistake and said a couple of sorry and i made them leave also..since i just had a bend number plate.
In your case its the mentality of scooty guy made the situation worse.

Shouldn't have paid him i think.

I don't have any consideration for someone who bumps me from behind. People should learn from countries like Japan where people maintain so much distance, take accidents seriously and don't trod just millimeters behind.

Are you referring Rosso 2 H or W rated tyre? Both are miles apart.
I am using Rosso 2 W rated ones got from Mojo showroom, the grip level are 10-20% more than the stock Metz W rated until 75% tyre wear. I havent tried either H rater Metz or Rosso 2.

Rosso 2 does last 4-5K kms more than the Metz aswell, can last upto 15-16K kms. Only drawback I'd see it wears out faster on concrete cement roads compared to other tyres. Also they are ₹4K more than the Metz W for the pair, stock metz are ₹10K-11K for the pair, where as Rosso 2 W are ₹14K for the pair.






The reason why I told sujithbvm 3 months back I think in the "below quote" to not to go for the tail tidy route or remove the rear mudflap.
With ABS we tend to come a stop much sooner, which again happens to be our fault.

Rear number plate holder and other things helps a lot to save the rear end brake light section when tailgating idiot bakes into you.

Below quote

Should've involved the cops and escalated the issue.

For all the law cares you could stop from 0~60 in a nanosecond and it would still be the responsibility of the guy behind you to not ram into your rear end, hence why everyone on the road is expected to maintain 20 Mts distance from each other.

Well, as bikers, we've all been through this ain't it, occasionally our posteriors being kissed by someone. Though some are quick witted to admit to their mistakes, some dimwits take it to the next level by blaming the bike and the rider, as is the case with yours. What's more interesting is the argument that gets carried over such as powerful brakes, powerful skills, and such are the reason. It's these kinda of grazings that are a PITA that leads to a melee for the most part.

Let's not delve into what ifs and what nots with or without the guard. For what it's worth, it could have been worse., let's take it that way. Don't bother, it's not your fault, it's a moron who was tailing you, unfortunately you happen to shell out a few hundreds worth. Take it as a bill for beer party for your friends and move on. The more you think of these little things, the more you lose your peace of mind.

Look at the bright side, your bike escaped without a scratch, ain't that calls for a celebration.

Ride safe!

Cheers!
VJ

Just think opposite..
If your on the scooter guy position and rear ended him.
Everyone will take the side as duke guy was over speeding.
Its one of the perk of owning a Duke.
Wherever whatever happens its Ktm guys fault.
Just a year back i was Taking a right turn with indicators even after the wagonr guy on opposite lane stopped and gave me a go ahead i started my turn.
But a girl on dio overtaked this car from left at about 40-50kmph and crashed into me.I was thrown off to about 10 feet along with bike.
But not even a single soul helped me to get up.
By this time the girl got all the attention even got into a car and off to a nearby hospital. all this within minutes.
I was still confused whether am invisible to all of them and am still under the bike trying to lift it off me.
After this started the usual Drama.
Advise and almost manhandled before my friends arrived on scene
Couple of lectures from Police station.

Just think opposite..
If your on the scooter guy position and rear ended him.
Everyone will take the side as duke guy was over speeding.
Its one of the perk of owning a Duke.
Wherever whatever happens its Ktm guys fault.
Just a year back i was Taking a right turn with indicators even after the wagonr guy on opposite lane stopped and gave me a go ahead i started my turn.
But a girl on dio overtaked this car from left at about 40-50kmph and crashed into me.I was thrown off to about 10 feet along with bike.
But not even a single soul helped me to get up.
By this time the girl got all the attention even got into a car and off to a nearby hospital. all this within minutes.
I was still confused whether am invisible to all of them and am still under the bike trying to lift it off me.
After this started the usual Drama.
Advise and almost manhandled before my friends arrived on scene
Couple of lectures from Police station.

Hello folks,

I have an issue to discuss. Its regarding 2017 DUKE 390 rear tire. I have done 9000Kms in my bike. Yesterday I come to see that the right side of the rear tire is shaved away by a margin than left side. I was not feeling any discomfort while driving. I am going to the S/C today to check this issue, meanwhile thought to discuss with you all to get to know more about this.

Waiting to get to know more from you all.

Regards

Tee

Hello folks,

I have an issue to discuss. Its regarding 2017 DUKE 390 rear tire. I have done 9000Kms in my bike. Yesterday I come to see that the right side of the rear tire is shaved away by a margin than left side. I was not feeling any discomfort while driving. I am going to the S/C today to check this issue, meanwhile thought to discuss with you all to get to know more about this.

Waiting to get to know more from you all.

Regards

Tee

Yesterday I was able to install mobile holder with charger on my duke. Had to connect to accessories port under pillion seat.

I made the cable to go under the tank and inside the frame and via small hole between frame near pillion seat and the seat itself. I bought holder + charger product from a local shop and it had round pins that are meant to be connected to the battery. Instead, I had bent them to fit the accessories port.

My doubt is, is it fine this way? and does this cause any harm to the battery?

It's not a bad idea, and not a good idea either. It can sometimes get loose and cause a loose connection. What you can do is get a spade pin from a local shop, remove the earhole pins and either solder or press your accessory wires to the spade blade and then they are easily fixable to the accessory connector. Easy to install and easy to remove. If you get the time, get spade connector, remove the earhole/round pins, get the ends soldered with these blade types and you're done.

Cheers!
VJ

Yesterday I was able to install mobile holder with charger on my duke. Had to connect to accessories port under pillion seat.
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My doubt is, is it fine this way? and does this cause any harm to the battery?

It's not a bad idea, and not a good idea either. ......