• Q. Hi , Can anyone explain is 390 difficult to ride during low speeds in traffic and city ? For now I am riding a 150 cc bike and if I upgrade to 390 is it easy to ride - Duke 390?

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    Anshul
    Anshul | 5 years ago

    Hi Vamsy, it depends in which city do you live? What are its traffic conditions and the condition of roads. To be precise, Duke 390 is not for riding at low speeds as you will face lot of heating issues and also the wide handlebar May not easily allow you to overtake other vehicles in a packed traffic jamm or a slow moving traffic. However, it is not that difficult also, as i stay in bangalore and i purchased Duke 390 for my day to day use. Prior to d390 i had Gixxer 155. I did not face any other issues apart from the above 2 which i have mentioned. Yes, it will be easy to ride... i would suggest you to first try riding any of your friend Duke390 or else visit a showroom and take couple of test rides... till the time you feel confident. Let me tell you something. Duke 390 rides fine till 5,500 rpm.. so try hitting 7,000 and above rpm then only you will get to know the real picture. 😜

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    Badarinath
    Badarinath | 3 years ago

    @ Anshul | Hi Vamsy, it depends in which city do you live? What are its traffic conditions and the condition of roads. To be precise, Duke 390 is not for riding at low speeds as you will face lot of heating issues and also the wide handlebar May not easily allow you to overtake other vehicles in a packed traffic jamm or a slow moving traffic. However, it is not that difficult also, as i stay in bangalore and i purchased Duke 390 for my day to day use. Prior to d390 i had Gixxer 155. I did not face any other issues apart from the above 2 which i have mentioned. Yes, it will be easy to ride... i would suggest you to first try riding any of your friend Duke390 or else visit a showroom and take couple of test rides... till the time you feel confident. Let me tell you something. Duke 390 rides fine till 5,500 rpm.. so try hitting 7,000 and above rpm then only you will get to know the real picture. 😜

    Hi, i am also from bangalore and i am also looking forward to buy the BS6 390 duke. i would be mostly travelling to whitefield through silk board. does it stall much? also, does it try to pop wheelies when moving at very very slow speed?

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    Life
    Life | 4 years ago

    The problem is RPM. The RPM on Duke 390 is not constant. It is difficult to ride in slow speed as the bike will give constant jerks and might stall some times. It's due to high compression engine. But it's still pretty usable but if uh ride below 20 -30 for long time, it will be a tash for you.

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