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

Update I'm getting from KTM BTM is that the delivery of first lots would start only during last week of August... Waiting, waitng...& more waiting...

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

KTM Lajpat Nagar.

From what i have heard from few sources bikes should reach Bagga godown by Monday.

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

Ahh sweet, the Street Cats are slowly moving to their respective shelters to be unleashed to their owners who are waiting with bated breath

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


Alrite, just came back from D390 test ride, doing my bit,

Finally KTM Indiranagar called me for Test ride of D390. Pre-scheduled my office meetings tried to wrap everything by 4:30pm, got to the showroom, was greeted by Friendly KTM staff.

Filled in the test ride form, there were 6 guys waiting ahead of me, had to wait for about 45mins, there were no pillion riders, they were just holding one’s Driver’s License as collateral

The rider before me, took more than 10mins to get back, on the 9th min I thought he stole the bike, nevertheless the bike was back and it was my turn.

I've been riding D200 for over a year; read a lot of reviews about D390, had a mixed reaction, kept saying to myself, let me ride the bike without expecting anything.

Flick the starter, louder grunt from the Engine, huge rush hour traffic and signal ahead of me, took a side road, the torque was obviously stronger than D200. Found an empty open road with a traffic cop riding his Pulsar 150, opened the throttle and the cop was long gone behind in the rear view mirrors, loved the power delivery especially from 5000 RPM. BTW, this motorcycle sounds even amazing at this RPM and above, engine is very relaxed at all RPM range and its very smooth. When you downshift too, you can hear a smooth engine sound that's signature of Honda engines.

As many have mentioned, the ride is quite Mesmerizing, hmm the ride just blew me away, this is the bike that should have rolled out before 200 and 125 (No offense) the main reason is that chassis, handling, engine, tyre comes together very well, its just amazing combination. Metzeler tyre/ABS works just great, tyre just glues to the road, inspires loads of confidence.

Being ridden bigger capacity, multi cylinder bikes in the USA for over 2 years, I still had a BIG GRIN on my face at the end of the ride.

Once again, KTM Duke 390 changed my perception about motorcycling, what they have proved again is you can have awesome fun with single cylinder engines and dont have to spend a lot a MOOLAH. Hats off to KTM for their engineering.

I think for Indian traffic conditions, this will be a good all rounder, thanks to KTM, Bajaj for bringing this to INDIA, along with the rest of the world.

I am quite happy that I booked it, now the wait begins

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

2014 Duke 390 might get a Black color soon.

The Duke 390 is so far available in only one color option, which seems a mix match of 3 major colors, but is listed officially as "White". Soon, this "White" may be replaced by "Black".
The Duke 390 might be soon offered in a new color, Black. With deliveries starting in full swing and starter & heating problems (Indian specific problems) mostly resolved, the KTM Duke 390 has a happy future ahead. Still it needed new colors. After all, just one color option can't please all people, isn't it?











However, right now its going to be for Euro market, that too for 2014.
Soon, it may be available in India, but that's purely an "obvious" speculation, and not a fact so far.... Let's see what happens.