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RC 390 Edit A  sport bike  version of the 390 Duke, the KTM RC 390 was presented at the 2013 EICMA motorcycle show in Italy, though most details had been leaked a few weeks earlier.The 2014 model year  road racing  style bike has the same 373 cc engine making a claimed 44 hp (33 kW) @ 9,500 rpm with a claimed weight without fuel of 147 kg (324 lb). With a fuel capacity 10.0 l; 2.20 imp gal (2.64 US gal), the wet weight would be 154.2 kg (340.0 lb). The frame of the RC is a different single piece  trellis frame  than the Duke, which KTM says is stiffer than the 390 Duke. The tires are  Metzeler  110/70ZR17 front and 150/60ZR17 rear. Where the Duke has a steering head angle of 65° (or 25°  rake ), the RC's fork has a steeper 66.5° head angle (or 23.5° rake).The 1,340 mm (53 in) wheelbase is 27 mm (1.1 in) shorter than the Duke. The same ByB...

390 Duke Edit In its home market, the 390 Duke's engine size and weight place it in the midrange category, and it sells for more than three times the average price of a motorcycle in India. As one Indian reviewer put it "The 390 Duke may well be a simple little A2 license commuter for the European rider, but in the environs of Mumbai traffic, it's a proper rocket-powered scalpel." In the US market, the same motorcycle is considered small-displacement, lightweight, and relatively inexpensive.Similarly, the UK  Sunday Times  said, "Given that the 390 Duke weighs less than 150kg when it's full of fuel, you have to sit on it to stop it blowing away. It's as agile in traffic as a push-bike and whippet-thin," saying the bike was ideal for young riders with the A2 license, limited to 47 bhp (35 kW), who would find it easy to ride and confidence-inspiring, while feeling "fast and sporty". Such a bike in the UK would also appeal to experienced ...

KTM 390 DUKE AND KTM RC 390 The  KTM 390 Duke  and  KTM RC 390  are 373.2 cc(22.77 cu in)  displacement   single-cylinder engine   motorcycles  assembled by  Bajaj Auto , and  KTM Asia Motorcycle Manufacturing, Inc.  (KAMMI) for the  Austrian  manufacturer  KTM . It has been developed under a joint programme of Bajaj and KTM engineers. Its concept was developed in Austria, while everything else, including design and final product development, was done in India by Bajaj.The 390 Duke  standard  debuted at the 2012  EICMA  show in  Milan , Italy, and went on sale in India and the Philippines in 2013 and in the US in 2015. The RC 390 was presented at EICMA the following year. After the Duke's initial release, KTM CEO Stefan Pierer announced plans to export the 390 Duke to the US for 2014. Bajaj said eventually the bike will be sold in 80 countries worldwide.