Re: KTM Duke 125

Don't sell the R3 [emoji4][emoji41]

Re: KTM Duke 125

I'm not going to sell R3. I'm selling my ntorq scooter. If I ever sell it, it would only be too upgrade from 2 cylinder to 3 or 4.

lol I hope I'm not the only d125 guy of the forum.
I wish wifey could ride one of the bikes but she does not know how to balance a 2 wheeler.
Also she is too short for Duke's seat height. R3 would better suit her height.

Re: KTM Duke 125

Congrats on your new baby Duke and eagerly waiting for your review !!!

Re: KTM Duke 125

From what I've seen the crowd is definitely growing I see so many D125 on road from last 2-months.
It's a fun little bike from test ride experience having all machinery from D200 and makes exactly 60% power of D200.

If I was in the market for a new premium entry level bike or a 2nd bike to my RC390 I'd have got for the D125 eyes closed.

I'd rather pay ₹1.5L for D125 instead of paying ₹1L for Pulsar 150, ₹1.15L for Gixxer/FZ, ₹1.2L for 200NS!
You get so much better equipment for a mere ₹30-40K.

Its like relating to car world where if I own a bulky Fortuner as my primary car, I'd rather want to buy Mercedes Benz A-class hatchback at ₹25L as my secondary car instead of buying i20/Baleno/Polo for ₹10L.

Re: KTM Duke 125

Any idea, how the top-end of the Duke 125 will be? Will it be good for touring, say around 400-600 km/day?

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Isn't the rear sprocket of MT15 different from R15V3? I think the top end performance of MT15 is not as good as R15V3.

Re: KTM Duke 125

The rear sprocket of mt15 has more teeth. This will give it better pickup but low top speed and lesser mileage as compared to r15v3.

Update: I could not get the bike today due to Ugadi.
Tomorrow is Sunday and i don't know if the dealership is open.
My best hope it's Monday. The least ideal day to take delivery. Heavy traffic, almost sundown, can't go home and go anywhere else to ride. Can't even give enough time to the new bike ownership feeling to set in.

Re: KTM Duke 125

Got the Baby Dukie yesterday.


Its White


Some more photos with the Big Brother R3.




Coming to the BIKE. It was a horrific experience.

When I started my journey from the dealership I was told that there was 2 Litre petrol in the tank.
I joined rush hour traffic of 7pm. and drove for about 2kms in stop and go traffic.

I stopped and filled about 5Lt fuel and thats when it all started.

I saw that the fuel meter did not change its state and the temperature had shot up to almost full.
I called the dealership and and they asked me to run a bike a little and it would fill up slowly.

To my relief the fuel meter changed its state. But the heat meter kept on rising and later stayed at the below state.


I thought to myself that I have made a bad decision. I drove a total of 26 Kilometers of sadness and dismay.
I was robbed of the joy and happiness of owning a new Bike and the first ride.

62 minutes later I reached home, I called up my buddy who owns a duke 200. My first question to him was, "Dude, is this heat indication normal?".
To my surprise, he said, "Yes, its perfectly normal. This is how its designed". I was taken aback from his reply. I was still not convinced and I shared a photo of my bikes dash with him.


Looking at this, he said that this is normal. The bars increase when the engine is off after a ride in traffic.
Finally I was able to take the bike to church at night and return happily to have a good night sleep

Re: KTM Duke 125

I suppose that is not something that you expect from a brand new bike. Anyways it's what you have now, congratulations on the new bike. How about you try asking around in the Duke 200 forum or check with global support?

Happy riding

@Neo77k please don't quote the entire picture set. Remove all pictures before quoting.

Re: KTM Duke 125

This reading is normal. My friend owns a Duke 200. I verified with him.

Re: KTM Duke 125

In that case. Happy riding buddy! You got yourself a good machine.

Re: KTM Duke 125

Congratulations Niku. The fuel gauge sometimes just takes time to get calibrated, since the bike being new and tank dry, now that the gauge works, do keep a tab on the gauge next time when you fill her up. The gauge should show the readings almost instantaneously when you fill her up. Secondly, with respect to the temperature gauge, new bikes run hot and it's normal to see temp shooting up, which is normal for the Duke series, especially when you get caught up in traffic and B2B traffic. The temperature should settle down once the bike clocks some more kms and the services done accordingly. You will feel the difference after the second oil change, once the engine starts to set in.

Ride safe.

Cheers!
VJ

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Now that I drove to office today on the Dukie, I can share my thoughts.
The bike struggles if the RPM is low and if you try to shift gears below 4k RPM.

Apart from that, at around 4-6k RPM the bike is really smooth. No vibrations at all. I can call it as smooth as my R3.
The bike does not shake or vibrate at idle as well.

On a 13km journey to work today, the average mileage reached 48Km/l on the dashboard.
The temperature was also less today morning throughout the journey.

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Congrats on your bike:

Although many new generation of dukes has came ,there still exists the heat problem. No matter what others deny , Duke owners are accustomed to the heat dissipation. However the (Heat) Temperature guage you've mentioned is the normal one !!!

Re: KTM Duke 125

So far I've not felt any heat with my Duke. But i haven't ridden it much. However in the same amount of traffic my R3 will burn my legs and ask me to park it at a side till the traffic has cleared.

Re: KTM Duke 125

Congrats for the new bike.
Regarding heat, did the radiator fan kick in when the temperature reached almost full. Please share with us more about the bikes performance(Pickup, speed, Smoothness,stability, Comparison with Duke 200, etc.)

The other day, while I was in a Red signal, a Duke 125 arrived. Once the signal turned green, it just flew away. It has got a good acceleration. It's acceleration is as good as a 200NS and I was amazed with it's performance. Between, I was in my 200NS.