2017 KTM Duke 390/200 Spotted in Camouflage Ahead of Global Launch

The Austria-based bike maker- KTM, is in a flurry of appending, seems alike, new KTM Duke 200 and 390 to its lineup. According to the trending hearsays, it has been known that these overhauled variant are plausible to mark its imprint on the gathered audience at the impenitent 2016 EICMA. Conversely, they have already been caught on camera while executing its test rounds in the last few months in India and in Europe.

Lately, one of these aforementioned KTM’s fresh Duke trims were spied again while its inspection rounds. The slipped out new spy images of these upcoming Duke twins are demonstrating a complete intense makeover not only at the designing end but also in handling for a superb control over the bike. This absolute certainty has been fortified by an anonymity source at Bajaj Auto.

Optically, the heavily camouflaged ultra-modern KTM Duke 390/200 has been embellished with an array of objects like a bifurcated LED headlamp assembly, new instrument cluster, neatly chiseled fresh fuel tank unit with sharper extensions moving towards the headlight, newly constructed rear subframe, reworked exhaust system, latest pillion seat with an all new integrated passenger grab rail and the most wondering new ignition key location (see spy image).

While on the mechanicals front, the engine assembly will be tuned in order to make it more performance focused and EURO IV emission norms compliant, that will be affected from 1st January 2017. The same reworked a 373 cc single cylinder liquid cooled unit, which dominates to propel the regular Duke 390 by generating 44 PS and 35 Nm output figures, is anticipated to be loaded onto the 2017 Duke 390. Moreover, the major issue of engine’s heating would also be solved by making its copious for a decent heat dissipation. Consequently, a full-sized exhaust might be observed as a replacement of underbelly exhaust like an extant one. The bulbous USD front fork and trustworthy rear mono-shock along with dual channel ABS will continue to serve the handling of the upcoming animal.

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More on the indexed tech boost features, the riding modes, dual function forks, fully digital instrument cluster with colour display as well as smartphone connectivity aids will be check marked to this fresh addition.

In the market, to compete with its opponent like going to be launched in a short while, a new BMW G310R constructed under the inks pact of TVS Motors and the BMW Motorrad, the new Duke 390/200 will get an aggressive price sticker, by the time, they hit the market. The market sales stats will spell out a fascinating story of two rivals meet.

Via : Overdrive