KTM 390 Duke review, Features, Specification, Price, Comparison with KTM 200 review

KTM 390 Duke review, Features, Specification, Price, Comparison with KTM 200 review



The KTM 390 Duke is undoubtedly one of the most highly anticipated launches in our country this year in the performance bike segment. With the speculated launch date drawing closer, excitement among Indian motorcycle enthusiasts is reaching fever pitch.

The big-single 390 is a naked, road going streetbike, produced at Bajaj's Chakan facility on the outskirts of Pune, India. Like the 200 Duke, the sporty 390 promises a lot on paper,

Still, there are several doubts being raised on whether it really makes sense to buy the KTM 390 when a cheaper alternative in terms of it smaller sibling, the KTM 200, is available.

One of the foremost debates revolve around the way the 390 is styled - it looks exactly the same as the 200 despite the fact that it would be offered in a different paint scheme and has been beefed up marginally in terms of size.

The 390 will be powered by a newly developed 375cc, single-cylinder, liquid-cooled mill capable of pumping close to 45PS of power and 35NM of torque.

These are numbers which an average two-wheeler enthusiast in our country has never experienced in a budget which makes the 390 Duke all the more desirable.

It is not just the power of the new bike that impresses but the manner in which the boffins at KTM have packaged the bike so beautifully.

For any motorcycle or car, the basic mantra for performance is power-to-weight ratio and this is a department where the 390 shines.

The new engine weighs a mere 39kg whereas the whole bike tips the scale at just 139kg (dry weight) which transforms to an impressive 340PS/Ton.

Apart from this for better handling, the 390 Duke is also fitted with superior performing Metzeler Sportec M5 tyres which are renowned for the grip they provide on wet and damp roads.

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Honda Amaze to be launched in India on April 11, Price expected to be around 6-7.5 lakh, Booking open

Honda Amaze to be launched in India on April 11, Price expected to be around 6-7.5 lakh, Booking open






The much awaited Honda Amaze saloon will be launched in India on April 11. The carmaker is expected to price its first compact saloon here at around Rs. 6-7.5 lakh. The carmaker has started taking bookings for an amount of Rs. 21,000 (refundable) and is currently promising a 30-day delivery period.

DIESEL STRENGTH

The most awaited information about the new Amaze is of course going to be about the new diesel engine. Honda fans won’t be disappointed here. In terms of refinement levels, the 1.5-litre i-DTEC sounds like a classic Honda powerplant despite the difference in fuel.

In their successful quest to make this the most fuel-efficient diesel in India, Honda engineers have focused on weight reduction and friction reduction in the new engine. The 1,498cc engine itself is an all-aluminium open-deck high-pressure diecast block. Honda claims that mechanical friction has been reduced to the same level as a petrol engine of the same size.

The engine doesn’t rattle very much and even the characteristic common rail engine noise level is much less during the idling cycle. Though Honda engineers from Japan and Thailand said much work was put into sound deadening and noise isolation there is a quite a bit of noise ingress in the cabin at higher rpm levels and during hard acceleration.

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