2024 Duke 250 Impressions

Hello all,

After searching done antithetic threads connected this forum and couldn't find 1 connected the caller 2024 Duke 250, I decided to commencement a caller topic.

So fundamentally I precocious finished my studies, got a occupation and managed to yet prevention up to bargain a caller motorcycle. Since I americium coming from a 2005 Honda Unicorn(Yes, the 1 with spoke wheels), I recognize that people thing that I bargain contiguous volition beryllium a large upgrade. I volition inactive effort arsenic overmuch arsenic imaginable to support my thrust impressions arsenic unbiased arsenic possible.

A small spot of background:

I americium commuting close present with a Honda Unicorn that has done 71k km till now. Its registration is going to expire adjacent year, for good. Hence I person decided to bargain a caller motorcycle. I had taken trial rides of chiefly 3 motorcycles. The 2024 Duke 390 and 250 and the interceptor 650.

Around Jan 2024:

'24 Duke 390:
I took a bully 20km trial thrust from my location to workplace. It was precise good, batch of usable power, don't person to support it ever astatine 9000rpm. The dependable was bully with a throaty tone, thing spectacular. The acceptable and decorativeness and the wide workmanship each astir the boke was precise good. The quickshifter was flawless truly aft comparing it to the D250's quickshifter successful my mind. No mendacious neutrals, nary jerks, adjacent aft trying to marque it deliberation I'm shifting. There were 2 things I didn't similar astir this bike. One was the vigor I had to endure with, and 2nd 1 was the vibrations astatine little extremity and little midrange(Will travel to this aboriginal again). The bump and pothole handling was truly bully arsenic well.

'24 Duke 250:

This was the 2nd motorcycle I took a trial thrust of, and this was not a agelong one, it was astir 4-5km long. The differences I could instantly announcement was however calm this happening was. It has got bully magnitude of power, bully handling successful bumpy and potholey(I don't cognize if that's a valid adjective) roads. Another large quality was however refined and creaseless the thrust was. There were perfectly nary vibrations whatsoever betwixt 2200 and each the mode upto 8000rpm. The finishing and the workmanship was besides truly bully arsenic expected from ktm.

A truly bittersweet happening to spot successful the Duke 250 was that the quickshifter was mode excessively delicate and would chopped throttle adjacent if my ft lifted the toed shifter by 2mm. I anticipation it was conscionable an contented with the trial thrust vehicle.

I had trial ridden different bikes arsenic well. The jawa 42 bobber, roadster, some of which I didn't similar due to the fact that the finishing levels were not bully astatine each and the exhausts were not the aforesaid region from the center(you tin telephone it OCD, I don't caput )

Fast guardant 5 months, I was inactive successful a dilemma astir what to do, and this clip I had to instrumentality a decision. So I took my fianc? for the trial thrust with maine to spot however bully the pillion comfortableness is for her.

Duke 390- I went connected a abbreviated ride, but sadly I had to perceive to a batch of complaints astir each the vibrations successful the footpegs. I intelligibly understood that d390 is not for maine arsenic it needs to beryllium kept successful the 6k + rpm set for a comparatively smoother ride.

Duke 250- The 2nd abbreviated thrust was besides precise smooth, and those large piston forks could descend each the bumps similar a champ. My pillion rider besides felt the rear spot comfortableness to beryllium drastically amended owing to importantly little vibrations.

My fianc? had a misconception that pillion comfortableness volition beryllium unspeakable successful bare streetfighters due to the fact that "the pillion sits connected the archetypal floor". That got cleared retired arsenic well. She is 5'4" and she was precise comfy with some the Dukes arsenic acold arsenic seating posture is concerned.

Int 650:
I was not capable to get a trial thrust of interceptor for astir 2 months. On 4 abstracted visits the trial thrust was not disposable and I was told assortment of reasons, starting from nary fuel, motorcycle is successful service, agelong trial thrust is not allowed, and we tin instrumentality for a maximum of 2km, etc.

I yet managed to get a trial thrust aft making the showroom radical recognize that I'm superior astir buying a bike. Here are my observations. First happening that was instantly noticeable was that the 2022 int 650 that I got for the trial thrust had immoderate benignant of atrocious caput bearing contented and it was struggling to turn. Other than that my contiguous reflection was, the gearing was truly tall, causing 1st and 2nd cogwheel to beryllium utilized mostly with fractional clutch. This would marque the metropolis commutes precise uncomfortable. The exhaust code was vastly superior to some the Dukes acknowledgment to the duplicate cylinder engine. The problems one encountered with the interceptor was the constrictive steadfast seat, a batch of heat, and a precise brushed suspension that utilized to bottommost retired connected the smallest bumps.

The wide workmanship levels excessively connected the interceptor are not good. If you effort to enactment connected them, determination are bolts with crisp edges near crisp successful each the places. This felt similar a not truthful premium happening erstwhile I'm spending 4+L connected a 2 wheeler chiefly for metropolis commutes. I felt the interceptor would marque a truly awesome municipality tourer if that is what idiosyncratic is going for.

After overmuch discussions with my fianc? I person gone up and booked the caller Duke 250 successful bluish colour.

I had besides considered Aprilia rs457 and ultraviolet te f77 mach 2. But sadly their dealerships are not determination successful my city. This meant astatine slightest a 4-5 hr (8-9h some ways) question for income and work which was a letdown for me.

I didn't see the triumph velocity 400 due to the fact that though I liked the looks of the bike, I work mode excessively galore instances of the triumph work centers providing the perfectly mediocre and disgusting prime of service, which I conscionable cannot tolerate. I conscionable didn't similar the looks of the rtr310 and the leader maverick. I liked the looks of the Honda cb300r, but the dependable was a heartbreaker for me.

My enactment of reasoning was ne'er to get a bash it each bike. I wanted a bully metropolis commuter that I tin maneuvre successful each kinds of postulation and atrocious roads. I was not readying to spell retired of much than 30-40km extracurricular the metropolis if I americium going connected a play ride, for which I person my virtus GT. So I didn't see immoderate cruisers.

I would besides similar to inquire for assistance present astir however to not get scammed portion buying a bike. Any links for different posts connected this forum oregon anyplace connected the net volition beryllium precise appreciated. I volition support you each updated.