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  • #421
    Re: KTM RC 200 & RC 390 Launched

    Originally posted by Karthik9425 View Post
    I have another doubt !
    I heard the rc390 is shorter geared to make it stall lesser at lower speeds , but it has a very linear acceleration .
    How is this possible ? Shouldn't it explode with acceleration with shorter gears considering the mere 8-9 kg difference and how does the bike manage to have a higher top speed if it's shorter geared ?

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    I was always with the bandwagon of people who beleived exhaust note is different.Its different because the intake pipe routing is different in both the rcs, if u had observed dukes intake pipe was out of the chassis, this is somewhere else, hence the change.
    Getting back to the quote, from what ive read/heard/ridden, gearing is same, but the extra topspeed is due to the fairing and aerodynamics it imparts to the whole package.ride duke and rc back to back and take both around 160, youll get my poimt.duke is stable but not like the rc, planted even at that speed.


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    • #422
      Re: KTM RC 200 & RC 390 Launched

      Originally posted by Karthik9425 View Post
      I have another doubt !
      I heard the rc390 is shorter geared to make it stall lesser at lower speeds , but it has a very linear acceleration .
      How is this possible ? Shouldn't it explode with acceleration with shorter gears considering the mere 8-9 kg difference and how does the bike manage to have a higher top speed if it's shorter geared ?

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      You are saying the otherway round. Rc 200 acceleration is linear and in order to keep it from stalking in the traffic. That's not the case with the 390.

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      • #423
        Re: KTM RC 200 & RC 390 Launched

        Originally posted by Karthik9425 View Post
        Finally, I find somebody who agrees with me :P I thought I was the only one who thought the rc 390 sounds very different from the duke 390 !


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        I was so surprised to hear it! I expected it sound very close to Duke 390 if not the same! I immediately started recording the exhaust sound because I knew, a lot of people would want to hear it!
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        • #424
          Re: KTM RC 200 & RC 390 Launched

          Originally posted by hackernewbie View Post
          You are saying the otherway round. Rc 200 acceleration is linear and in order to keep it from stalking in the traffic. That's not the case with the 390.

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          The duke 200 can accelerate from 36-136 in 6th gear it barely stalls but on the 390 if you aren't in the right gear at low speeds the bike starts stalling as it is tall geared

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          • #425
            Re: KTM RC 200 & RC 390 Launched

            Originally posted by ynike99 View Post
            I was always with the bandwagon of people who beleived exhaust note is different.Its different because the intake pipe routing is different in both the rcs, if u had observed dukes intake pipe was out of the chassis, this is somewhere else, hence the change.
            Getting back to the quote, from what ive read/heard/ridden, gearing is same, but the extra topspeed is due to the fairing and aerodynamics it imparts to the whole package.ride duke and rc back to back and take both around 160, youll get my poimt.duke is stable but not like the rc, planted even at that speed.


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            So you're saying the gearing is same but the stalling issue is fixed to an extent by some other means ...
            We can only know for sure when the rc's are delivered

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            • #426
              Re: KTM RC 200 & RC 390 Launched

              Originally posted by Rahul Mazumder View Post
              I was so surprised to hear it! I expected it sound very close to Duke 390 if not the same! I immediately started recording the exhaust sound because I knew, a lot of people would want to hear it!
              I just watched your video !
              Even I'm really surprised because the rc 390 which I rode did not have any whistling sound nor do any other rc's on YouTube!!!
              But I love the whistling sound !

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              • #427
                Re: KTM RC 200 & RC 390 Launched

                Originally posted by Karthik9425 View Post
                I just watched your video !
                Even I'm really surprised because the rc 390 which I rode did not have any whistling sound nor do any other rc's on YouTube!!!
                But I love the whistling sound !

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                Even i heard the video just now.get that bike asap.i want that sound[emoji51].what i rode was sounded different than a duke, but not so drastically.


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                • #428
                  Re: KTM RC 200 & RC 390 Launched

                  Originally posted by Rahul Mazumder View Post
                  By the Have you heard the RC390??? Bike sounds so much different than the Duke 390!
                  I can't believe how KTM did that. But there is a multi cylinder whoosing sound from the exhaust!
                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbOW...ature=youtu.be
                  Now where is that guy who argued about "RC sound similar to Dukes" with me?

                  But even I heard the RC's sound.It did not sound any of those whistles in the showroom?

                  Faulty camera my best and respectable guess?
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                  • #429
                    Re: KTM RC 200 & RC 390 Launched

                    Originally posted by cool20bud View Post
                    Now where is that guy who argued about "RC sound similar to Dukes" with me?

                    But even I heard the RC's sound.It did not sound any of those whistles in the showroom?

                    Faulty camera my best and respectable guess?
                    Well, for me...!!

                    I would not want that whistling sound when in traffic. Never!
                    BTW, I never heard this kind of whistling sound from the RC which I checked-out!
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                    • #430
                      Re: KTM RC 200 & RC 390 Launched

                      I can notice weird additional sparrow sounds when idling, which can probably due to the fairing around the exhaust which is kind of giving it a whistle effect when exhaust blows out of the pipe.
                      The exhaust sounds are still nearly same between D390 and RC390 and sounds worst when idling or at low speeds because it reminds me of Ape autos.

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                      • #431
                        Re: KTM RC 200 & RC 390 Launched

                        is it possible that the specific RC was a defective device?? Yet it became awesome..?? Somehow I kinda liked the sound.. Bajaj also noted during the launch of a whistle sound due to the wind blowing down under rather than sides by the radiator.. however, I am guessing that the radiator will NOT move according to the accelerator.. so only logical reason could be is that it's a defective model.. And somehow people loved it..

                        It gives me a race-car kinda feeling tho.. But just my opinion and thoughts.. If it's something they improved last minute and decided to make the whistle a standard!! That's just perfect..
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                        • #432
                          Re: KTM RC 200 & RC 390 Launched

                          Originally posted by Ajay Vishwanath View Post
                          It gives me a race-car kinda feeling tho.. But just my opinion and thoughts.. If it's something they improved last minute and decided to make the whistle a standard!! That's just perfect..
                          The spooling of a turbo, loved that sound!

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                          • #433
                            Re: KTM RC 200 & RC 390 Launched

                            Originally posted by Newbie101 View Post
                            The spooling of a turbo, loved that sound!
                            Wondering a 390 with Nitros..

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                            Gear:
                            MT Revenge [Arrowtip] | SMK Twister [Blade]
                            Spartan Helios | Spartan Icarus
                            BB Gears Racer Gloves | Aspida Phaeton
                            BB Gears Tourer| Allen Cooper 1157
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                            • #434
                              Re: KTM RC 200 & RC 390 Launched

                              Originally posted by Ajay Vishwanath View Post
                              Wondering a 390 with Nitros..

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                              Hold on your imaginations bro ;-)

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                              • #435
                                Re: KTM RC 200 & RC 390 Launched

                                Originally posted by Ajay Vishwanath View Post
                                is it possible that the specific RC was a defective device?? ...
                                It very much seems to be the case. I am coming straight from the showroom now and the bike I checked-out, had no whistling sound. Not even a tiny bit.

                                Also, I found there are atleast two differences in the body of the RC 200 & RC 390, ofcourse apart from the color.

                                1. I found the handle of the 200 to be smaller than that of the 390. Not much but yes, significant enough to notice.
                                2. The bit that extends out at both ends of the handle bar were missing in the 200. (check out the image)

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