The Duke also took up highway duties and stopped using the Cedia altogether for now.
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From June, I got back into a regular 9-6 job back in Bangalore. This meant the Duke was back in my hometown and was unused for quite a while. The one time I was back in town – nearly 2 months after the previous update, the battery was dead.
The CTEK came to the rescue again
Amazon came in clutch with some good offers. Picked up lots of Motul 7100 for 630rs a liter. This is foreshadowing the impending arrival of the next bike in the garage
Soon my Workhorse aka Apache 193 started giving troubles. It’s all my fault – I haven’t taken care of her nearly as well as the Duke. This meant I retired the Workhorse for a while and started using the Duke every day. 50KMs a day, 800rs of XP95 every 3 days burn a HUGE hole in my pocket. sigh.
The duke also took up highway duties and stopped using the Cedia altogether for now.
Upgraded my tool kit with a 5-25nm torque wrench
Celebrating Pride with the Duke
The duke served me about 1.5 months as an everyday bike. The workhorse was rebuilt – fresh top end and whatnot, however, it just felt boring to ride after spending so long with the 390. The foot-forward seating position of the Apache just felt…wrong and something I couldn’t get used to.
There was also the other duke looming about. So finally took a decision – called my friend up for the Duke 200, in under 2 hours, he quoted a price, I wholeheartedly agreed and the bike was in my possession.
I did have to take out the battery from my Duke 390 to get the 200 started. This was on 29 November. It’s 23-Dec and I still haven’t put the battery back on the 390 sigh. I’ll get the 390 running soon and cycle between the 200 and 390 for daily duties.
Here’s a screenshot of all costs involved with the Duke since I bought it. I haven’t added the cost of insurance and PUC for this year
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