Reviews of KTM 390 Duke

Overall rating:

4.8

973 ratings 320 reviews

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4 155
3 17
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Reviews on 390 Duke

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5Ktm duke 390 satisfied my college life 2 years ago by Arjun Singh
I'm from assam. 21 years, i am still studying my college. So i go to my college everyday, to go to my college i need a vehicle, which has style, speed, tough, and may features, so i chose ktm duke 390 which has given me all the needs i want. I get attention in my colleg...
I'm from assam. 21 years, i am still studying my college. So i go to my college everyday, to go to my college i need a vehicle, which has style, speed, tough, and may features, so i chose ktm duke 390 which has given me all the needs i want. I get attention in my college for my bike. I wanna say thank you to ktm duke 390. Wow.
- 5
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- 5
  Reliability
- 5
  Performance
- 5
  Comfort
- 5
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- Used it for
  Everything
- Owned for
  > 1 yr
- Ridden for
  > 15000 kms
- Got mileage of
  50 kmpl
- Got mileage of
5Monster 3 years ago by Senthil Kamal R
Its just awesome little superbikefirst look and style and you fall in love with this bike. Super color combination of black, orange. And sound is always good. Looks like the best styled bike on indian off roads till date. Servicing is very very badpros and cons is going...
Its just awesome little superbike
first look and style and you fall in love with this bike. Super color combination of black, orange. And sound is always good. Looks like the best styled bike on indian off roads till date.
Servicing is very very bad
pros and cons is going to touch 150 and more little vibrations on handle.
- 5
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- 5
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- 5
  Performance
- 5
  Comfort
- 1
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- Used it for
  Daily Commute
- Owned for
  6 months-1 yr
- Ridden for
  10000-15000 kms
- Got mileage of
4Nice looking is not always the best 3 years ago by Aditya
No doubt it's good in look but after that when you use the bike or ride it then you yourself will get bored because at the beginning you will feel it's nice to ride then afterwards you will feel like other bikes were good now i also feel that i should sell the big and b...
No doubt it's good in look but after that when you use the bike or ride it then you yourself will get bored because at the beginning you will feel it's nice to ride then afterwards you will feel like other bikes were good now i also feel that i should sell the big and buy a new one
It's mileage is lower than that of um bikes, dsk benelii, etc. At the end i would tell. You that don't buy the bike for look or racing. If you are good racer then its good for you
Thank you
- 5
  Visual Appeal
- 3
  Reliability
- 5
  Performance
- 3
  Comfort
- 3
  Service Experience
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- Used it for
  Leisure Rides
- Owned for
  3-6 months
- Ridden for
  < 5000 kms
- Got mileage of
  23 kmpl
- Got mileage of
5The boss 3 years ago by Pawan Singh
Awesome riding experience....Looks and function...The digital meter is Awesome and the Bluetooth function .....I enjoying too much riding on duke 390 the sound of duke is Awesome...I like so much...The brake system is very good....I request you to please one time ride a...
Awesome riding experience....Looks and function...The digital meter is Awesome and the Bluetooth function .....I enjoying too much riding on duke 390 the sound of duke is Awesome...I like so much...The brake system is very good....I request you to please one time ride a duke 390 after that you will realise what the duke is..
- 4
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- 4
  Reliability
- 5
  Performance
- 4
  Comfort
- 3
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- Used it for
  Everything
- Owned for
  6 months-1 yr
- Ridden for
  5000-10000 kms
- Got mileage of
5Jusssst buy it !! 3 years ago by Bhanu Rahoni
Style its just awsome!! first look at it and you fall in love with this bike. Superb color combination of black, orange and white. Great tft display..Looks like a smart phone, looks like the best styled bike on indian roads till date engine performance, fuel economy and...
Style

its just awsome!! first look at it and you fall in love with this bike. Superb color combination of black, orange and white. Great tft display..Looks like a smart phone, looks like the best styled bike on indian roads till date

engine performance, fuel economy and gearbox

runs like a rocket and stops like a tamed elephant. Torque is just superb and bike takes no time to respond to what its owner wants it to do. Very refined engine and great throttle sound, you would like to hear the sound of throttle again and again and will fall in love with it. Fuel economy is also good, though you cant expect fuel economy of honda splendor from it but it gives quite decent average. Gear box is so smooth as butter and clutch is very soft and user friendly as you can adjust the cluch according to your fingers length.

Ride quality & handling

ride quality is just great. You would keep saying wow, wow, wow in your mind driving and see many heads turning to check out the bike when you are on the road. Handling is excellent round the corners and on rough patches. This is a bike both for daily use as well as weekly outing or long drive with friends. You feel confident driving this bike even at higher speed because the brakes with dual abs are just fantastic and stops the bike...As i said like a tamed elephant. This enhances driving confidence especially on indian roads where people follow traffic rules like an option and not compulsion :)

final words

at a price tag of 2.66 (Mumbai on road) you wont get a better bike with excellent features and great combination of technology, style and power which can even put a 600cc to shame. Just go for it !!

areas of improvement

nothing...I think this bike leaves lot of areas of improvement for the competitors.

Pros
style, exhaust sound, tft screen, headight....Everything !!
cons
still to find
- 5
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- 5
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- 4
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5Supper baby 1 year ago by Hem Raj
This is a supper bike that make my all dream of ride full file. Ktm is a perfect for bachelors for official person for adventures trip for knight riders for the racer those who want to committee the super bike 390 is a superbike for them in a market 390 is awesome bike ...
This is a supper bike that make my all dream of ride full file. Ktm is a perfect for bachelors for official person for adventures trip for knight riders for the racer those who want to committee the super bike 390 is a superbike for them in a market 390 is awesome bike which teeth are the bike like cbr 250 ninja 300 dominar 400 more than more better bike is ktm 390.
- 5
  Visual Appeal
- 5
  Reliability
- 5
  Performance
- 5
  Comfort
- 5
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- Used it for
  Everything
- Owned for
  > 1 yr
- Ridden for
  > 15000 kms
- Got mileage of
  15 kmpl
- Got mileage of
1Risky for your life 3 years ago by Arjun Vas
I'm not talking about performance and all. It might be very good in that aspect. But this bike may psychologically risk your life. Temptation of sudden over speed is the key. Already there are many accidents because of duke. Recently 390 too purely because of sudden acc...
I'm not talking about performance and all. It might be very good in that aspect. But this bike may psychologically risk your life. Temptation of sudden over speed is the key. Already there are many accidents because of duke. Recently 390 too purely because of sudden acceleration. People may disagree, but it all depends on just one situation. This bike surely raises the chances of accidents
- 5
  Visual Appeal
- 1
  Reliability
- 4
  Performance
- 1
  Comfort
- 3
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- Used it for
  Occasional Commute
- Owned for
  Never owned
- Got mileage of
4Ktm duke 390 ready to race 3 years ago by Raji Shaikh
1. I always wanted to buy ktm duke 390 feom the day it was launced however i bought it on my 25th birthday.2. As we all kniw its a hollegon machine if you want to own this bike as a first bike than this thing is not for you, because it needs experince to ride this machi...
1. I always wanted to buy ktm duke 390 feom the day it was launced however i bought it on my 25th birthday.
2. As we all kniw its a hollegon machine if you want to own this bike as a first bike than this thing is not for you, because it needs experince to ride this machine.
3. I really loved the way it looks.
4. Not costly as compared to 400cc category motorcycle also servicing period is very long 7500 so doesn't need much attention.
5. Pros are power to weight ratio is amazing, very light to flick around cities, ergonomics are good not aggressive nor touring.
Cons are seat is damn hard you cannot ride with stock seat for more than 100 kms if you ride more than 100kms than i think ktm should honor you as "iron butt"
engine heats up alot in cities other than this i haven't faced any problem.
- 5
  Visual Appeal
- 4
  Reliability
- 5
  Performance
- 3
  Comfort
- 4
  Service Experience
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- Used it for
  Everything
- Owned for
  < 3 months
- Ridden for
  5000-10000 kms
- Got mileage of
1Bad design 2 years ago by Lochanreddy
Old model is to good than this...I meant the cylinder structure and design..I hope you would start the manufacture again....And the sound that duke had is not in 2017 model.The duke specifications that it had good beating of engine.1: the silencer wanted to be as old mo...
Old model is to good than this...
I meant the cylinder structure and design..I hope you would start the manufacture again....
And the sound that duke had is not in 2017 model.The duke specifications that it had good beating of engine.
1: the silencer wanted to be as old model.
2:the design that it had to as old model.
3:and colour. As same as old models..
- 1
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- 1
  Reliability
- 1
  Performance
- 1
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- 1
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- Used it for
  Everything
- Owned for
  Never owned
- Got mileage of
  30 kmpl
- Got mileage of
4Duke 390 2 years ago by Janaki
This is a perfect bike for free roads as it has amazing pick up and top speed. It is not very comfortable inside the city as its lower gears are harassing. Transmission is peaceful and display is also very nice. Its an eye catcher so it has excellent street presence and...
This is a perfect bike for free roads as it has amazing pick up and top speed. It is not very comfortable inside the city as its lower gears are harassing. Transmission is peaceful and display is also very nice. Its an eye catcher so it has excellent street presence and they have also fixed the exhaust note to a more acceptable one. Worth the money. If only mileage could be better.
- 3
  Visual Appeal
- 5
  Reliability
- 5
  Performance
- 3
  Comfort
- 4
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- Used it for
  Leisure Rides
- Owned for
  6 months-1 yr
- Ridden for
  < 5000 kms
- Got mileage of
  20 kmpl
- Got mileage of

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