2024 KTM Duke 250 | First Ride

Today’s First Ride is the 2024 KTM Duke 250! This bike looks sharp, but does it have the performance to match? I’m putting it through its paces to see how it handles and how that engine feels on the road. Stick around to find out if the Duke 250 is a purchase or a pass!

🔧 Excited to see which bike we’re choosing for Season 8 of WBRG?

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[srivatsankpullabhotla]

These small KTMs(Duke & RC 125/200/250/390) and their Bajaj counterparts (NS/RS 200) are pretty much the backbone of the Indian sports bike scene (love my 10.5k RPM redlines on 200s lol). They are (almost) perfect for the Indian highways which are much much narrower than their US counterparts and have pretty unpredictable traffic. Going 70 on those things is nearly a death wish. Having owned a couple of these machines over there and moving to the states was an eye opener for me in terms of what your highways demand (I've only been to Atl. Will probably head to your meet next weekend!). I totally did not know that the sub 390 KTMs even existed here, this is clearly not a market for them. Great Video and hope to meet you on Nov 3rd !

[sanjayyethipathi]

i have this very bike here in india & the power delivery is perfect for indian roads. in traffic, i keep it in low revs and in twisties/highways i rev it all the way.

[nathanofftopic]

I can't speak on the 250, but my 390 loves to stay above 5k. I spend most of my city commute in 3rd gear. The small KTM Dukes are a prime example of "riding a small bike hard." Doing 45-55mph on these bikes is an absolute blast. I recommend the Duke as a daily commuter 10 out if 10.

[penguins]

Light highway and a TON of fun street riding! Pretty cool

[SabinTV-NP]

The 2025 model gets pretty much the same styling (And it comes in complete black) and electronics as the 2024 Duke 390. If you are looking for this bike specifically, I would suggest waiting for a bit.

[MOCILLMOTOVLOG]

the motorbike is cool, greetings from Indonesia🇮🇩🇮🇩

[mktmtu]

At last the 250Duke is here .... Getting one ASAP

[shaarodmahanta]

A new completely black shade just launched in India

[Pmason]

I own the Duke 200 and I’m very happy with it. I also own a RC8R and 1290 Duke but for a 200 I’m not upset. If the 250 was out at the time (2022) I may have considered this but the newly released 200 has a color TFT. I’m a KTM fan but this is backwards

[tonywarisa]

They released new version it got tft color display and head lamp with DRLs I say passed you can get new version it got modes too

[MohamadMoein-kq]

3:02 because we have limit of 250cc bikes in some countries like iran. like the bikes over 250cc are not street legal and that's why they make 250cc bikes. They make these for countries like iran.

[ei..]

In norway, the duke 390s are way cheaper than the competition, so there's tons of them everywhere. I know it shouldn't, but it really taints my view of them of being just something cheap you get only to save money. I'm sure its a great bike, but i'm so tired of them lol

[nivanshumahajan]

Hey Chase! You know that my first dream bike was KTM Duke 390 since it was launched in India in 2013. Thanks for making a video on this bike. I just have one small request, can you test ride Royal Enfield Continental GT 650. It is a cafe racer, it is kinda mini version of Triumph Thruxton. But it is not available at the Mountain Motorsports. You can find it at Vespa dealership in Marietta. And can you also fill me in the details about the event on Nov 3rd?

[ChrisBOMtoATL]

This bike has been updated now with new colors and a TFt just like the 390

[cblank]

The color reminds me of my Stihl chainsaw

[virupakshawalla]

Is lane filtering illegal there? That is what its good at and tight bends.

[dhruvpansare]

The bike's limited. It revs to 10000 rpm quite happily. I have one here in india and the top speed is 155 kmph. Right now the bike was just revving to 8500 rpm because of it being new.

[drzbee]

Dealership has em for 2k before fees sounds like a good bike to put next to a drz just to mess around on ?

[DeadZoneGaming]

Will you be doing a first ride of the CFMoto 675 at some point?

[andrewedmonds]

Here in America !
We are the place to be, .. so bespoke ( and no idea how, why )

In your own bubble.