86 replies to this topic

[L.P.]

rahul_rn, on 28 February 2012 - 11:20 PM, said:

LP you might live in a city with good roads and traffic.. Last time i had saw about you, you were in Delhi right..?

I am still there. :-)

satyenpoojary, on 29 February 2012 - 11:05 AM, said:

Booking a KTM? Why! Its such a bad touring machine - Small tank - Too much gadgetry + Made in India. If something dies, find a PBK in your 'destination' - Incredibly expensive power parts - One crash and say good bye to USD forks and sell a kidney to have it replaced - And like you said, no fairing Want more? Regards, Arse

Abey Our Touring Includes only 200 kilometers of Plains, rest is all hills, and Come you may, lets see, who rides ahead on hills

NikhilB, on 29 February 2012 - 11:41 AM, said:

^^^ ROFL @LP How about you murder him after getting the Duke? The chase between the Duke and CBR250 will be entertaining, to say the least

pulsurge, on 29 February 2012 - 11:51 AM, said:

Bhaaaagoooo Bhaagte bhaagte wanna say congrats man on the decision! LOL, I will choose a wide straight stretch to ensure I make him sweat really hard to do the catching- and I will get some rest too when he stops for refuelling much before

Would you want to run after you get a highway, If you are in City, I can bet my ass, you can't out run a me on a DUKE

Rohan, on 29 February 2012 - 01:41 PM, said:

I am all with you .. if he chooses a long straight stretch, let's team up and catch the bugger!

Then lets beat the crap out of him  and wait for Satyen too buy an impulse, and then teach him a lesson too, saaala off road ki bike ko leke commuting kar rha hai. Offroading aati hai????

[satyenpoojary]

Wow! You have PBK\KTM svcs in hills?

He he! No man, I am just a dud in offroading do you REALLY need an expensive to maintain bike for offroading, so idiots have done offroading even on a jive

[pulsurge]

L.P., on 29 February 2012 - 02:43 PM, said:

Would you want to run after you get a highway, If you are in City, I can bet my ass, you can't out run a me on a DUKE

Am not that bad of a rider in the city either.....bring it on baby...am in for a pakda pakdi game

[rahul_rn]

That's why you have fun LP.. if you were in other cities, roads would not have allowed you too..

[L.P.]

satyenpoojary, on 29 February 2012 - 11:05 AM, said:

Booking a KTM?
Why! Its such a bad touring machine
- Small tank
- Too much gadgetry + Made in India. If something dies, find a PBK in your 'destination'
- Incredibly expensive power parts
- One crash and say good bye to USD forks and sell a kidney to have it replaced
- And like you said, no fairing
Want more?

Regards,
Arse

Count me some plus of CBR please.

pulsurge, on 29 February 2012 - 03:41 PM, said:

Am not that bad of a rider in the city either.....bring it on baby...am in for a pakda pakdi game

[parimal1981]

L.P., on 29 February 2012 - 10:46 PM, said:

Count me some plus of CBR please.

I dont quite understand what you mean here. Do you want pluses of CBR or what exactly?

[Silver Phantom]

parimal1981, on 01 March 2012 - 02:27 AM, said:

I dont quite understand what you mean here. Do you want pluses of CBR or what exactly?

I believe he meant "plus points" of the CBR..

[pulsurge]

I think Doc would be the best person to respond to this

[L.P.]

parimal1981, on 01 March 2012 - 02:27 AM, said:

I dont quite understand what you mean here. Do you want pluses of CBR or what exactly?

Silver Phantom, on 01 March 2012 - 11:56 AM, said:

I believe he meant "plus points" of the CBR..

Absolutely!!!!


CBR -ves,

• Fairing
  
• Mileage Again
  
• Over Broad tyres,
  
• Rake & Trail angle mismatch. Which I am deadsure, 95% of the people have noticed.
  
• Low on Quality
  
• You can not really push it to its max limits it Behaves Absurdly.
  
• God forbid if one phodu-fy the CBR, he may also need to sell his kidney for the entire thing.
  
• NOT-et-ALL a rally type bike not even 10%!!!   (Majorly My Reason to buy KTM, because it can be rally prepared by just putting tyres, Nothing Else et-all)

pulsurge, on 01 March 2012 - 01:15 PM, said:

I think Doc would be the best person to respond to this

Who?

[parimal1981]

I am with you. Pls buy ktm. All the best

Regards
parimal

[arn]

LP, KTM would be the best bike for you.

[pulsurge]

Fairing
>> Won't it help when you hit the highways!

Mileage Again
>> It gives me 38-40 kpl in city commuting. And recent trip it still gave me 38+ despite riding it constantly at 100-120 kph with pillion and luggage.

Over Broad tyres,
>> CBR- 140 section, KTM- 150 section. Overbroad???

Rake & Trail angle mismatch. Which I am deadsure, 95% of the people have noticed.
>> Thats one super observation. Am from the remaining 5% I wasn't able to notice it from the pic, forget the real bike



Low on Quality
>> Agree. Hope the new ones come with improvisation.

You can not really push it to its max limits it Behaves Absurdly.
>> Right...heavy plus softer suspension.

God forbid if one phodu-fy the CBR, he may also need to sell his kidney for the entire thing.
>> Though I haven't asked the spare prices at the service centres- but I remember Parimal telling me that at least the plastic bits are not at all on the expensive side.

NOT-et-ALL a rally type bike not even 10%!!! (Majorly My Reason to buy KTM, because it can be rally prepared by just putting tyres, Nothing Else et-all)
>> That makes we wonder what made you post about the confusion when you were thinking about rallying

The ORANGE is definitely for you! So when you getting one?

[L.P.]

pulsurge, on 01 March 2012 - 03:46 PM, said:

Over Broad tyres,
>> CBR- 140 section, KTM- 150 section. Overbroad???
Too Broad for the CBR, KTM has 150, because its needs it.

Rake & Trail angle mismatch. Which I am deadsure, 95% of the people have noticed.
>> Thats one super observation. Am from the remaining 5% I wasn't able to notice it from the pic, forget the real bike



It can't be judged by the picture, if you run the bike for long, and push hard to its limits, then you will surely feel it. test rode it today again for good 15kms in the the Delhit City Traffic, its a pain. Seriously.


Low on Quality
>> Agree. Hope the new ones come with improvisation.
+1

You can not really push it to its max limits it Behaves Absurdly.
>> Right...heavy plus softer suspension.
+1


NOT-et-ALL a rally type bike not even 10%!!! (Majorly My Reason to buy KTM, because it can be rally prepared by just putting tyres, Nothing Else et-all)
>> That makes we wonder what made you post about the confusion when you were thinking about rallying
LOL

>>The ORANGE is definitely for you! So when you getting one?

Booked!

[satyenpoojary]

lol! Best of luck for your rally with that puny fuel tank, I hope the friendly PBK has adequate stocks and spares and tools to detect errors in your trail.

Some of your comments about the tyres, the rake angle to an extent and quality is pure BS. The duke has quality mechnical parts, the "quality" cosmetic parts will come as optional "power parts" package which would suck your blood out in costs

[pulsurge]

Just yday we were discussing about the spares of the KTM (gosh if its true):

USD forks: INR 20k
Steel braided hose: INR 8k

Offroading...be careful!