The Austrian-originated motorcycle maker KTM has a brand value for its entry level performance bike offering in the naked street and sports tourer genre, globally. This motorcycle venture has rolled out an overhauled range of its lineup containing flagship products like the next year 390, 1290 and 125 models at the departed 2016 EICMA in Italy. Gracious goodness! The KTM, which have forgotten to represent the 2017 KTM Duke 250, has recently unleashed the bike officially. The Duke 250 appears to carry the shared styling of next-gen Duke 390 and it is rumored that forthcoming India-bound 200 Duke, which is about to introduce soon, will follow the same treatment in its veins.
Mechanically, the naked street roadster is continued with the same combustion engine of 248.8cc single cylinder, fuel injected unit which is rated to breathe out 31 PS of power at 9,000 rpm and 24 Nm of peak torque at 7,250 rpm.
As evident from the trending sets of images, the 2017 Duke 250 is embellished with the design and style cues proposed for the upgraded iterations of the motorcycles. However, some sorts of fancy elements like split LED headlamp and the TFT instrumentation, which are the part of recently unveiled fresh siblings, has been neglected to equip on this 250 Duke. Instead of these, you will get a halogen headlamp with DRLs, a regular LCD instrument cluster displaying information related to gear position, fuel availability, service reminder, and a shift light-which notifies the rider to make a gear upshift when needed.
Other modifications comprise of replacement of an underbelly exhaust unit with a side hinged reworked exhaust system to comply the BS-IV emission norms. Assignment of a higher capacity fuel tank to extend the travel range a bit longer. The placement of a 300mm front and a 230mm rear disc brakes supervise the stopping duties on the bike. Moreover, the electronic aids of the ride by wire technology indulged in the elder brother, KTM Duke 390, has not been checked in the provided features of the 2017 KTM Duke 250. The brand is tight-lipped about its Indian emergence and its pricing in the global markets.
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