KTM to visit India with its Duke 200cc

A good news comes your way from the headquarter of Austria company, KTM. The company now plans to visit the Indian market with its KTM Duke 200 cc instead of KTM Duke 125 cc. The reason being for the company to think over this is the increasing demand of bike enthusiasts for larger and more powerful engines and also being India a price conscious market, the people here would not easily spend an amount of a lakh or more for an engine capacity of 125 cc only. The company has been flourishing well with its latest and most advanced products and with a view to maintain its position in the world bike market, the company plans to release the new Duke 200 cc. The bike has to compete with the likes of Kawasaki Ninja, Bajaj Pulsar 220 and the likes.

The all new Duke 200 from the company is expected to generate a power of around 20 PS which is 5 PS more than what the KTM Duke 125 cc was to produce. Also the top speed to be attained by the bike is expected to be more than 100 km/h which is the declared top speed of KTM Duke 125. As per the company officials statement, the new KTM Duke 200 is to show a little or no changes with designs but is to possess a weight of 130 kgs.

Also a large range of accessories is to be made available to the customers with the launch of new bike from KTM. Whatever the situations are, the company assures to enter Indian Bike market by the year 2011 with its new Duke. Being the bike is planned to be released in European market before it reaches the Indian market, it is to be tagged with a price of around Euro 4000 in Europe and the price for Indian market is yet not disclosed by the company. The ever shining bike manufacturer also discloses that the new bike is to completely get designed at the Bajaj's Chakkan plant and the prices for it would be kept competitive so as to attract the Indian customers as the Indian market is price conscious.