Chain set replacement at 14,000 kms?? :-o :-o Holy Cows??

No offense to Duke owners.. but, why doesn't the chain last longer? anyone with a Duke for which the Chain set lasted for more than 20000 kms??

I guess people just don't keep the chain lubricated and thats probably the reason for short life of the chain set..

Chain set replacement at 14,000 kms?? :-o :-o Holy Cows??

No offense to Duke owners.. but, why doesn't the chain last longer? anyone with a Duke for which the Chain set lasted for more than 20000 kms??

I guess people just don't keep the chain lubricated and thats probably the reason for short life of the chain set..

Not to offence anyone..I own a duke odo is on 16k bought in november..and I travel a lot to manali or shimla even right now I am sitting in shimla n planning to go to hatu and then back to chandigarh by today evening..and I ride duke like anything alwys redlining her in the hills...just to clarify as people are saying this bike has problems it is no a highway bike etc etc...bhai till date not even a single issue faced even my chain set was chngd at 14k..both tyres es also replaced..it is not good to say duke has problems build quality is not good fork leaking problem...I drive on very bad roads if u ever went to kiratpur to bilaspur road u will come to knw hw bad that road is..pulling wheelies doin stoppies...till day no leaking forks...one more thing when I drive her to manali every mnt frm chandigarh to kiratpur I alwys drive at 100+ no engine heating no loss in pickup or any other issues I face...it is true I met othrr duke ownrs whose chain set was gone at 6k..or burnt clucth plates at 9k..but it all depend hw u ride ur bike...n I drive her like I stole her...still my duke is niggle free..maybe this only duke was by mistake niggle free...

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Not to offence anyone..I own a duke odo is on 16k bought in november..and I travel a lot to manali or shimla even right now I am sitting in shimla n planning to go to hatu and then back to chandigarh by today evening..and I ride duke like anything alwys redlining her in the hills...just to clarify as people are saying this bike has problems it is no a highway bike etc etc...bhai till date not even a single issue faced even my chain set was chngd at 14k..both tyres es also replaced..it is not good to say duke has problems build quality is not good fork leaking problem...I drive on very bad roads if u ever went to kiratpur to bilaspur road u will come to knw hw bad that road is..pulling wheelies doin stoppies...till day no leaking forks...one more thing when I drive her to manali every mnt frm chandigarh to kiratpur I alwys drive at 100+ no engine heating no loss in pickup or any other issues I face...it is true I met othrr duke ownrs whose chain set was gone at 6k..or burnt clucth plates at 9k..but it all depend hw u ride ur bike...n I drive her like I stole her...still my duke is niggle free..maybe this only duke was by mistake niggle free...

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Observably P200 ns was having far less problems compared to d200. So I cannot blame cost cutting as a reason for the lack of reliability. Probably an array of sub optimal design cases (read engineering).

Another thing to remember is the motor us pushed to the limits for a single. Engine is not relaxed at all.

Bajaj should have a nice testing team with test riders who knows what they are doing (in house).


The value for money feel of dukes are amplified by the unrealistic pricing of cbus and ckds due to our sick nations duty and policies.

Not saying that it isn't cheap. It definitely is.when it comes such equipment level. But add another 10 k for quality assurance will make a far better user experience and even better value.


Another sad part is:

As I see old p220 had better quality switches compared to dukes. Dukes switches feels really cheap.

And bajajs own brands never suffered this much quality issues in recent times.

So I am not among those who blame bajaj manufacturing for lofted amount of issues in ktm bikes even if it's coming out of chakan.

Bajaj has been working hard to give us good performance bike at extremely low price. Isn't their effort appreciable?
Low cost of course comes at a price- Reliability, in this case. But I'm sure The dukes would have been as reliable as any Japnese bikes if it was priced right. Afterall Bajaj too would want a profit from their products, won't they? We don't expect them to be manufacturing world class products and then sell them cheaply. I, for one, was shocked to the core when I read that Bajaj had priced the D390 at 1.8 lakhs at launch. That was ridiculously cheap !! With all the goodies that its comes with, I just couldn't believe how could bajaj had managed to keep the price down. That was a joyous moment for all the common man. People who drooled over the ninja but couldn't afford it, felt that the D390, which could well be the ninja killer in terms of performance, was well within their reach. For this alone, Bajaj DESERVES applause

A year past, we all are well aware of the niggles with D390 but wasn't that an obvious coming?

Bajaj is a new player with this global small displacement performance bike scenario. Give them a chance to improve. Give them some breathing space. I am sure they would only get better as they mature and gain more experience. Sadly, inevitably they'll learn that to keep the enthusiasts happy they'll have to improve on many aspects and eventually the final price would have to go northwards and the common man would be left sad again.

As for the RC390, I hope that Bajaj and KTM gets this reliability issue right. Anxiously waiting for the final product.

N:B- this post is not directed to anyone. I just felt people often undermine home products. Try and see the brighter side.
A happy owner of P200NS and future owner of either an RC390,N300 or R25. fingers crossed

I like the sound of that. Can we expect a thread similar to your Ninja 300 thread for your soon to be bought RC390?

why a serious bad news ?

i dont see the need to hurry. rather be a bit late (probably due to testing and refinements etc) than come up with a bike full of issues..

Yup. Not worried about the quality issues. Bike will go straight from show room to Motozone for a engine blueprint and stage 1 tuning.

Yup. Not worried about the quality issues. Bike will go straight from show room to Motozone for a engine blueprint and stage 1 tuning.

Are you booking this one too? That too at launch?

Tried all the dealerships in Mumbai. No one has a clue about when it will be launched let alone start booking. If anyone has booked it, then please post a pic of the receipt (removing all details of name and payment) to enable us poor souls to follow up with the dealerships out here.