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**The Monk** · 02-02-2015, 06:50 PM

Re: Ninja 300 or RC 390 or Pulsar 400SS

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Will comment on the mysterious Pulsars when we actually see the darn things being launched in India! If you can afford the Ninja, then nothing like it. For spares you have to be more careful then any Pulsar, Karizma etc. Plan in advance and don't crash

The RC i wouldn't recommend if you are planning to tour.

For more information on availability of spares and any other information, please check out the Ninja 300 ownership thread - http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/motorcyc...xperience.html

**siddharthsure** · 02-02-2015, 07:55 PM

Re: Ninja 300 or RC 390 or Pulsar 400SS

As said If you wanna tour and you have money to buy and maintain it, then nothing can beat the baby Ninja

Its comfortable, got more range than the 390 ( 390 got puny fuel tank

) and finally its a twin. Only disadvantage is costly spares and service.. If you can wait a little bit, R25 is coming. Its also a very capable tourer according to reviews. Hope this helps

**Ankey** · 02-03-2015, 10:34 AM

Re: Ninja 300 or RC 390 or Pulsar 400SS

+1 for the above post.
Right now nothing beats ninja 300.
But if you wait for the R3 or R25, which ever comes to India, It has everything that a ninja have without the long waiting for spare parts. Also Yamaha service centers network is large as compared to Kawas...

So if you could wait, you'll have two great bikes to compare and choose from. If you need one now, ninja it is.

**niku** · 02-03-2015, 03:32 PM

Re: Ninja 300 or RC 390 or Pulsar 400SS

Originally posted by The Monk View Post

Query Approved

Will comment on the mysterious Pulsars when we actually see the darn things being launched in India! If you can afford the Ninja, then nothing like it. For spares you have to be more careful then any Pulsar, Karizma etc. Plan in advance and don't crash

So RC390 is out of my league. And there were rumours that the new Pulsar may come out as early as March first week.
I will wait till March mid and go for the Ninja 300 if the Pulsar 400SS aren't out.

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Originally posted by siddharthsure View Post

As said If you wanna tour and you have money to buy and maintain it, then nothing can beat the baby Ninja

Its comfortable, got more range than the 390 ( 390 got puny fuel tank

) and finally its a twin. Only disadvantage is costly spares and service.. If you can wait a little bit, R25 is coming. Its also a very capable tourer according to reviews. Hope this helps

The R25 will resemble the R15 in the Back View. wont it?!
I went for the ZMR because of that

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Originally posted by Ankey View Post

+1 for the above post.
Right now nothing beats ninja 300.
But if you wait for the R3 or R25, which ever comes to India, It has everything that a ninja have without the long waiting for spare parts. Also Yamaha service centers network is large as compared to Kawas...

So if you could wait, you'll have two great bikes to compare and choose from. If you need one now, ninja it is.

hmm!!! most probably Ninja it is.... March 16 is my deadline to book.

**Ankey** · 02-03-2015, 03:35 PM

Re: Ninja 300 or RC 390 or Pulsar 400SS

Originally posted by niku View Post

hmm!!! most probably Ninja it is.... March 16 is my deadline to book.

All the best for your new bike mate.
Post pics when you bring the beast home.
ride safe.

**niku** · 03-12-2016, 12:45 PM

Re: Ninja 300 or RC 390 or Pulsar 400SS

And guys I'm going for the Duke 390. After an year I asked this. 😂
I couldn't buy the bike by then as I had shifted to other place.
The reason is my roommate crashed one of my ZMRs and broke the fairing. So I've decided not to buy a bike with full fairing.
390 now. And saving for the TNT899 for the future.

**RoyalIndian** · 03-12-2016, 03:20 PM

Re: Ninja 300 or RC 390 or Pulsar 400SS

Originally posted by niku View Post

And guys I'm going for the Duke 390. After an year I asked this. 😂
I couldn't buy the bike by then as I had shifted to other place.
The reason is my roommate crashed one of my ZMRs and broke the fairing. So I've decided not to buy a bike with full fairing.
390 now. And saving for the TNT899 for the future.

Congrats! All the best! Ride hard, ride safe

**Balgi** · 03-13-2016, 01:31 AM

Re: Ninja 300 or RC 390 or Pulsar 400SS

Originally posted by niku View Post

And guys I'm going for the Duke 390. After an year I asked this. 😂
I couldn't buy the bike by then as I had shifted to other place.
The reason is my roommate crashed one of my ZMRs and broke the fairing. So I've decided not to buy a bike with full fairing.
390 now. And saving for the TNT899 for the future.

Ninja was a way better bet but I see how the fairing can be a problem but if so you could've considered the Benelli TNT 300 which was in your budget and frankly has a better build quality than the Duke 390 (Check my soon to change profile pic and you'll see I know what I'm talking about).

But anyway to each his own. I hope you have a better time with your duke than I ever did. Good luck.

**niku** · 03-14-2016, 07:07 PM

Re: Ninja 300 or RC 390 or Pulsar 400SS

Originally posted by Balgi View Post

Ninja was a way better bet but I see how the fairing can be a problem but if so you could've considered the Benelli TNT 300 which was in your budget and frankly has a better build quality than the Duke 390 (Check my soon to change profile pic and you'll see I know what I'm talking about).

But anyway to each his own. I hope you have a better time with your duke than I ever did. Good luck.

friend already has a TNT 300 and we prefer to be unique.
good that nobody in our gang bought a Duke 390

I'll be using my Duke mostly for short rides.

**Balgi** · 03-19-2016, 03:00 AM

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Originally posted by niku View Post

friend already has a TNT 300 and we prefer to be unique.
good that nobody in our gang bought a Duke 390

I'll be using my Duke mostly for short rides.

So did I buddy but uniqueness isn't going to help you when you're broken down on the side of the road and trust me uniqueness is not what you want when you need parts to fix your bike.
I own a Duke 390 and have owned it for one and half years and I initially enjoyed it a lot but very soon (Like in 4 months) the fuel pump broke (which was the common issue in 2014 and early 2015) and then I got it replaced under warranty (Still paid for labour and wasted nearly 3 days worth of hours at the svc) and then when I thought my problems were over, the chain went bad in under 8k kms. Then I got that replaced and I started riding the bike more regularly recently and one day on a ride on the side of a highway it broke down with a coolant leak and high coolant temp warning. I got it home somehow and took it to svc the next day only to learn hat the radiator fan had become heat damaged

(common problem for late 2015 models which my bike isn't. but wait isn't it meant to be able to tolarate high heat?) and if that wasn't enough the radiator leaked and then I was told my stator coil was faulty and then my cylinder head gasket was replaced to fix a coolant leak into the cylinder all in the span of one week at only 13592 kms on the odo.

i maintain my bike and get it serviced at regular intervals and I also don't like to redline or rev my bike in neutral so I don't understand why this happened.

You may say that its a bit of bad luck for me, just pure coincidence but my experience with the bike is one that many others have faced and are still facing with ktm. I am not alone and I will soon be rectifying my mistake by selling the bike and getting something of better build quality.

My motive behind this was not to put you down or demoralize you but to warn you of what is to come if you buy KTM coz its an established fact that they have two production lines, one for India spec KTMs and the other for higher quality foreign spec models.

I sincerely hope you have better luck with your bike than I did with mine. B ut if you do happen to have bad luck remember that a small "complaint" and a threat to post experience in the social media goes a long way.

Cheers
Balgi

**niku** · 03-19-2016, 12:12 PM

Re: Ninja 300 or RC 390 or Pulsar 400SS

Sorry to hear that. Let me hope I get a good one. :/
And chain replacement, I normally do that at 8000kms as I do engine breaking whenever I slow down for Reds and it gets loose quite easily.

**Chandan92** · 03-19-2016, 12:27 PM

Re: Ninja 300 or RC 390 or Pulsar 400SS

Originally posted by Balgi View Post

So did I buddy but uniqueness isn't going to help you when you're broken down on the side of the road and trust me uniqueness is not
Cheers
Balgi

All the problems you mentioned i have also faced exact same problems and in the end i had to sell it off. My duke was 1.5years old and 15k kms on odo.

**HyperRetard** · 03-19-2016, 01:31 PM

Re: Ninja 300 or RC 390 or Pulsar 400SS

Originally posted by Balgi View Post

So did I buddy but uniqueness isn't going to help you when you're broken down on the side of the road and trust me uniqueness is not what you want when you need parts to fix your bike.
I own a Duke 390 and have owned it for one and half years and I initially enjoyed it a lot but very soon (Like in 4 months) the fuel pump broke (which was the common issue in 2014 and early 2015) and then I got it replaced under warranty (Still paid for labour and wasted nearly 3 days worth of hours at the svc) and then when I thought my problems were over, the chain went bad in under 8k kms. Then I got that replaced and I started riding the bike more regularly recently and one day on a ride on the side of a highway it broke down with a coolant leak and high coolant temp warning. I got it home somehow and took it to svc the next day only to learn hat the radiator fan had become heat damaged

(common problem for late 2015 models which my bike isn't. but wait isn't it meant to be able to tolarate high heat?) and if that wasn't enough the radiator leaked and then I was told my stator coil was faulty and then my cylinder head gasket was replaced to fix a coolant leak into the cylinder all in the span of one week at only 13592 kms on the odo.

i maintain my bike and get it serviced at regular intervals and I also don't like to redline or rev my bike in neutral so I don't understand why this happened.

You may say that its a bit of bad luck for me, just pure coincidence but my experience with the bike is one that many others have faced and are still facing with ktm. I am not alone and I will soon be rectifying my mistake by selling the bike and getting something of better build quality.

My motive behind this was not to put you down or demoralize you but to warn you of what is to come if you buy KTM coz its an established fact that they have two production lines, one for India spec KTMs and the other for higher quality foreign spec models.

I sincerely hope you have better luck with your bike than I did with mine. B ut if you do happen to have bad luck remember that a small "complaint" and a threat to post experience in the social media goes a long way.

Cheers
Balgi

Wow; Yours is a lucky Duke. Those problems are nothing as compared to some ordeals others have gone through.

PS: No broken alloys?

**TVSian** · 03-19-2016, 04:05 PM

Re: Ninja 300 or RC 390 or Pulsar 400SS

I am sad on seeing such Pesantry quality bikes which are unsafe to the riders on the road.No offence to Duke/RC/Pulsar owners but I think you need to know that your bike has quality issues that can endanger the bike or even your life

Bajaj clearly milked people with better performance and poor quality

I feel sorry for this country of how the Biking Industry has come from the Glorious Yezdi/Jawa,Yamaha/TVS-Suzuki has degraded and come today with plastic trash like this.

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