Deciding between the Honda CBR250R & KTM Duke 390

Join Date: May 2024

Location: Mumbai

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Background

I started my motorcycling travel successful 2021 aft getting my license. Learned to thrust connected a truly atrocious unicorn, astatine archetypal I thought I truly didn?t cognize to thrust but turns retired the unicorn was truly successful atrocious information and it took maine longer than accustomed to larn but learned however to thrust a severely maintained motorcycle too. After my horrible acquisition with unicorn I was hellhole bent connected uncovering the close motorcycle for maine successful 2021. Even aft having zero cognition astir bikes I did my champion to comparison based connected videos arsenic I couldn?t get hands connected immoderate of these bikes to thrust connected arsenic a beginner. Started Looking for FZ15, moved to NS200 & RS200 and past came crossed CBR250R, it was fundamentally emotion astatine archetypal sight. Having nary cognition didn?t precisely cognize what a bully illustration CBR was and had to look fewer issues but learned a batch astir bikes successful nether a year. Having tools astatine my location was a blessing arsenic dada utilized to enactment connected his ain bike. By present I person ridden Cbr250r, dominar 400, Duke 390, Triumph 400?s, Cb350, Aprilia RS456, Street Triple 675, Benelli 600i, Suzuki Gixxer?s, Ninja 300, each azygous RE motorcycle ,few different adv?s and lesser known brands too.

Dilemma

Got into a truly atrocious mishap with the cbr and couldn?t afloat rebuild it truthful had to merchantability it off. Bought a gixxer sf 250 connected the different manus arsenic I thought it would beryllium the closest feeling motorcycle to cbr (I was truthful wrong, much connected this connected different thread aboriginal successful a fewer days). So aft tons of backmost and distant I americium done with the Gixxer and person already enactment it up connected olx and facebook marketplace. Now I privation to bargain different bike. Have a fund regularisation of 1.20L arsenic I person conscionable started moving and this is each that I person saved for. As it?s my archetypal occupation truthful dont wanna get into EMI close now. I emotion nimble accelerated bikes with powerfulness successful precocious RPM scope and bully braking. I usually thrust successful metropolis and spell connected sunday rides (300+km). I deliberation the viable choices for maine is going for a aged but good maintained cbr250r(abs) again and thrust it till I tin spend a caller motorcycle oregon usage my wealth bounds and bargain a 2017-2018 Duke 390 which volition person much powerfulness compared to immoderate I person owned, easy disposable parts and upgraded tech compared to cbr.

Where I request your help

I person ridden the cbr a batch and cognize each the problems, wherever to find parts, however to hole worldly connected cbr. On the different manus I person ridden duke 390 for hardly sometime and don?t cognize however it is to unrecorded with it. I privation to cognize points from existent cbr and duke owners wherefore I should see 1 implicit the different oregon wherefore I should debar one. Other than this if there?s immoderate abstracted motorcycle that I should see successful my scope delight notation and fto maine cognize the reasons too. I americium 5?10 successful tallness and astir 90kg. My legs are longer than my torso truthful sports motorcycle with rear acceptable footpegs consciousness much comfy to me. Please urge accordingly. Thank you truthful overmuch for your clip everyone.