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[L.P.]

satyenpoojary, on 05 June 2012 - 04:53 PM, said:

Damn! Your skills (purely in my mind) are going from bad to worse
Stick to something safer... like may be photography

Somethings aren't in your control, went through that stretch at night, it was clean, some truck went by with Sand and dropped some at the corner

[satyenpoojary]

He he chill! We all have our bad days!

[L.P.]

Anyways, Anyone facing Cold Start Issues with their KTM in Delhi we have a few who already have got a lot things changed in Warranty still the issue is Prominent.

[Carpediem]

The only problem I have with the Duke is that i hit the Rev Limiter so freaking often that it worries me that I doing damage to the engine. Every time I did some spirited riding on the Duke I hit the limiter at least once a day. On the last ride to Koyna in the Kashedi ghat itself I hit it 4-5 times. Thats the problem with such refined machines, they dont vibrate (and let all hell and plastic parts) loose and tell you that you are over-doing things. .

On a serious note I hope I am not damaging the engine. Of course all the while I am trying to shift before hitting the limiter.

[pulsurge]

I think its fine...a limiter is definitely a stop sign before the landmine starts And KTMs are made to take all the thrashing.

[L.P.]

Carpediem, on 12 June 2012 - 10:43 PM, said:

The only problem I have with the Duke is that i hit the Rev Limiter so freaking often that it worries me that I doing damage to the engine. Every time I did some spirited riding on the Duke I hit the limiter at least once a day. On the last ride to Koyna in the Kashedi ghat itself I hit it 4-5 times. Thats the problem with such refined machines, they dont vibrate (and let all hell and plastic parts) loose and tell you that you are over-doing things. .

On a serious note I hope I am not damaging the engine. Of course all the while I am trying to shift before hitting the limiter.

Honestly, if you are hitting the rev limiter in every gear, you are doing it wrong, I don't recall doing so often even on the 5th gear except when I am really traveling like more than 50 kms in  city during some good highways

P.S - Ohh! By the way, the Rev Limiter is made to save the engine, but if you Hit it you are loosing on your momentum, so try to power-shift at half clutch if you are always racing

Edited by L.P., 13 June 2012 - 11:49 PM.

[Carpediem]

Thanks L.P. I don't hit the rev limiter in all the gears just once in a while. I try to shift ASAP but sometimes I get carried away. Anyways I am being careful now.

[Brian]

Hey Guys, I jst got my duke a week back and was planning on changing the engine oil and filter as its completed 200 kms. I jst wanted your opinion on the type of oil i shuld change to? I did see Motul 7100 and Motul 300V in the previous comments but m confused as to which is better?

[NikhilB]

Brian, on 23 June 2012 - 09:48 AM, said:

Hey Guys, I jst got my duke a week back and was planning on changing the engine oil and filter as its completed 200 kms. I jst wanted your opinion on the type of oil i shuld change to? I did see Motul 7100 and Motul 300V in the previous comments but m confused as to which is better?

The company recommends 20w50 which is available only on the 7100. Also, the 7100 is an approved engine oil for the Duke by the company.
Although both would be good, I'd personally stick to the recommended grade/oil within the warranty period.

[Brian]

 NikhilB, on 26 June 2012 - 11:57 AM, said:

The company recommends 20w50 which is available only on the 7100. Also, the 7100 is an approved engine oil for the Duke by the company.
Although both would be good, I'd personally stick to the recommended grade/oil within the warranty period.

Thanks Nikhil! will stic to Moyul 7100 then I wil be gettin the oil today n for a discounted rate I also wanted to know if it is better to change the engine oil to Motul 7100 as my bike has almost completed 400 KM or shuld i wait for the first service at 1000KM?

[NikhilB]

 Brian, on 28 June 2012 - 03:49 PM, said:

Thanks Nikhil! will stic to Moyul 7100 then I wil be gettin the oil today n for a discounted rate I also wanted to know if it is better to change the engine oil to Motul 7100 as my bike has almost completed 400 KM or shuld i wait for the first service at 1000KM?

I did wait for 1k kms, as recommended in the owners manual.
I, personally, am a bit skeptical about changing to fully synthetic oil before the first service, although some say that it should not be a problem with the newer engines.
That said, I'm not even sure which oil the bike comes with from the factory.

[NikhilB]

Found something interesting while going through KTM's 2011 Annual Report (don't ask me why!)

on pg. 24
In business year 2011 we started or completed the following R&D projects:
...

• Development of a new motorcycle platform with 375cc in cooperation with Bajaj Auto Ltd.
  
• Development of 2 further vehicle platforms in cooperation with Bajaj Auto Ltd.
  
• Development of a new street model range
  
• Concept development of a new 2-cylinder engine platform in cooperation with Bajaj Auto Ltd.

...

[rahul_rn]

NikhilB, on 04 July 2012 - 05:53 PM, said:

Found something interesting while going through KTM's 2011 Annual Report (don't ask me why!)

on pg. 24
In business year 2011 we started or completed the following R&D projects:
...

• Development of a new motorcycle platform with 375cc in cooperation with Bajaj Auto Ltd.
  
• Development of 2 further vehicle platforms in cooperation with Bajaj Auto Ltd.
  
• Development of a new street model range
  
• Concept development of a new 2-cylinder engine platform in cooperation with Bajaj Auto Ltd.

...

Pretty interesting find there...

[Brian]

 NikhilB, on 26 June 2012 - 11:57 AM, said:

The company recommends 20w50 which is available only on the 7100. Also, the 7100 is an approved engine oil for the Duke by the company.
Although both would be good, I'd personally stick to the recommended grade/oil within the warranty period.

Hey thanks again nikhil..Changed to Motul 7100 400 and it feels real good! N i did go through the annual report, had interesting points..

Now to a new topic..Did anyone get the KTM gloves? I really liked them but the KTM once's r too expensive for a student like me..Could anyone suggest any other alternative gloves? For a cheaper price?

[pulsurge]

 NikhilB, on 04 July 2012 - 05:53 PM, said:

Found something interesting while going through KTM's 2011 Annual Report (don't ask me why!)

on pg. 24
In business year 2011 we started or completed the following R&D projects:
...

• Development of a new motorcycle platform with 375cc in cooperation with Bajaj Auto Ltd.
  
• Development of 2 further vehicle platforms in cooperation with Bajaj Auto Ltd.
  
• Development of a new street model range
  
• Concept development of a new 2-cylinder engine platform in cooperation with Bajaj Auto Ltd.

...

Well worth to be posted as a news