Table of contents
- KTM 390 Duke Cafe Racer Custom bike with round edges
- Round the edges
- New tank a la R1
- Rear frame from Kiska itself?
- opinion poll
- Conclusion
Salman Aarif
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Rajputant Custom from Jaipur in India is converting the Ktm 390 Duke into a Cafe Racer.
Salman Aarif
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The men from Rajputane build the tank and rear frame from scratch.
Salman Aarif
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The front view with the tight fairing and the handlebars.
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The tight bench is laminated from GRP.
Salman Aarif
5/7
In terms of chassis and engine, the KTM remains unaffected.
Salman Aarif
6/7
The rims come from a Triumph Bonneville and are soled with slicks. Logical.
Salman Aarif
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The falling stumps and the tight-fitting mask require a new brake pump from Brembo. The brake’s original cast container would have pumped air into the brake.
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KTM 390 Duke Cafe Racer: India is rebuilding
KTM 390 Duke Cafe Racer
Custom bike with round edges
With a 390 Duke from KTM you are at the forefront in India. If it is then converted by the country’s most famous customizer into a Cafe Racer, you are Cafe King.
Jens Kratschmar
03/23/2021
In this article:
- Round the edges
- New tank a la R1
- Rear frame from Kiska itself?
- Conclusion
India is characterized by large, if not huge numbers. Inhabitants, area, cattle, mopeds, oh actually everything. There are probably many Cafe Racers, but only one based on one KTM 390 Duke. At least that’s what Vijay Singh from Rajputana Customs in Jaipur in the north of the country says.
Round the edges
The angular dress drawn by KTM in-house designer Kiska demands a lot of love for blind understanding even in the series. A customizer who wants to create a cafe racer from the potent base has to redesign everything except for the engine, frame and swing arm. Vijay begins. And that is below: The spoked rims of a Triumph Bonneville find their way into the standard swing arm and fork of the Duke with slicks from Pirelli. Vijay evaporates the front onto a finely curved front panel with no visible lighting. Behind it crouch handlebars with indicators Motogadget. The cable clutch gets a new milled fitting, the brake pump is exchanged for an adjustable RCS pump from Brembo: The original expansion tank would have pumped air into the brake at the sloping angle of the stub.
Salman Aarif
New tank a la R1
The original cockpit moves from the fork bridge to the top of the new tank. Vijay completely reshapes it from sheet metal, inspired by the Yamaha pre-bing-bang R1 from 2007. Below the front edge there is still space for the projection lenses of a newer BMW R-GS.
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Rear frame from Kiska itself?
Said tank lies completely on the front of the untouched original frame. The rear part only barely: The original frame ends directly behind the screw connection with the auxiliary strut of the rear. The neat construction with the futuristic bench could be by Kiska himself, but it comes from the hands of Rajputana. Just like the short, gaudy muffler on the banded self-made manifold.
opinion poll
What do you think of custom conversions?
Voted 3674 times
Many are beautiful, but also impassable.
Better to leave it in its original condition.
Conclusion
KTM Duke Cafe Racer. That wakes you up, especially when the usual angular nature of the KTMs is completely changed. This is just as unique in India as it is here. But since KTM was able to increase sales there by a good 25 percent in 2020, the number of conversions there will probably also increase.
If they’re half as good as Rajputana’s: Welcome.
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