re: KTM Duke 390 Launched in India at Rs 1.8 Lakhs: xBhp News

60kmph in 1st gear??? That's amazing...

re: KTM Duke 390 Launched in India at Rs 1.8 Lakhs: xBhp News

Took test ride of D390 in lajpatnager. The are is quite conjusted and max i touched was 60 but that 60 was in first gear with pillion . The bike is fast than my D200 but it doesn't feel like going fast on it as it is doing same speed with lesser rpm and in lesser gear.
Not sure but first impression is not mind blowing as i was expecting after riding 200 for more than a year.
I wud say for city riding there is no bike better than D200. Put it in 6 gear and u can from 40 to 100 n then from 100 to 40 with ample torque in lower rpms to make overtaking a breeze without much of gear change.
But in open stretch it begs for mercy as due to utlra short gearing the rpm dies quickly and u r doing high rpm when riding it beyond 100 and it feels you are pushing/stressing the bike.
But still as of now i like my D200. Will take one more TD of D390 and then decide whether i can remove ad from olx for my D200.

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re: KTM Duke 390 Launched in India at Rs 1.8 Lakhs: xBhp News

I guess, simply orange rims doesn't necessarily mean its a 390 coz I have seen many D200 with those.

re: KTM Duke 390 Launched in India at Rs 1.8 Lakhs: xBhp News

Rode the Test bike in Delhi today around the CP inner circle a few times. Even with the Bajaj attendant sitting behind me, it brought a huge grin to my life. In this world of diet alternatives, its like suddenly being served full cream punjabi lassi, with a generous dollop of malai on top. The only time i experienced such automotive nirvana was when i first rode my newly bought Pulsar 180 after years of riding the Bajaj Legend.
Whatever God of autodom you pray to, whether its torque, speed, balance, agility or just that plain feeling of your pants being on fire, the Duke 390 will not leave you unrewarded.
I've ridden the Ninja 250 over long distances and it just felt like a faster version of my pulsar with more onlooker-attention than i care for. I also owned the first gen 200 Duke (february 2012 deliveries) and that was a bike that made me forget everything else (office, traffic, heat, the impending recession, the price of petrol) in its mad pursuit of gears and revs. That bike has now been sacrificed in the pursuit of a few (a lot) more bhp.
To anybody in love with the idea of biking, with the holy trinity of the man, the machine and the tarmac, i would suggest, nay request, to take a test ride.
This bike is a spiritual thing. It doesn't give the hooligan a bad name, just that the street fighter has now grown up and wearing a pin striped italian suit and smoking a cigar.
For once, the sequel is better than the original. Cheers

re: KTM Duke 390 Launched in India at Rs 1.8 Lakhs: xBhp News

guess the after market exhaust upgrade would be costly...

thinking if air filter upgrade can lift the sounds a little better?