Guess the reason behind the anticipation between young motorbike enthusiasts and a famous Austrian motorcycle manufacturer? Yes it’s all about the Austrian performance motorcycle manufacturer KTM!. The KTM has planned to launch two lower capacity bikes namely RC 125 and Duke 125 in the upcoming week or by mid of July 2019. The RC 125 spotted at many places while testing and some of the dealers have initiated the pre booking process too. Let’s have a quick look about the package.
The mini beast
All new KTM RC125 is powered by 125cc liquid cooled engine with max power of 14.5ps @ 9250rpm and max torque if 12Nm @ 8000rpm. The engine is mated with six speed manual gearbox. The wet multi plate clutch enables the rider a smooth shifts between the gears. The bike comes with a single channel ABS as default. The instrument cluster is compact hence fully digital. The mileage is said to be about 40-45kmpl approx with a top speed of cruising 120+ kmph. The kerb weight of the vehicle is 135kgs and with fuel tank capacity of 10litres.
Design and chassis of KTM RC 125
The bike resembles the design accents of RC200 with same design structures. There is no major changes could be spotted. With clip on handle bars, very own sporty riding position is backed up. The chassis is made up of tubular steel frame. Rear wheel and swing arm is mounted with a mono shock suspension and front wheel has USD folks. Which makes the beast little costlier.
KTM RC 125 Expected price and rivals
The KTM RC 125 is expected to be priced with bracket closed to Rs.1.40 Lakhs, which sounds whooping for a 125cc sports bike. But the bike got some promising performance figures which may lead this segment once it has launched. The KTM RC 125 Rivals Yamaha R15 V3 ABS is priced at Rs. 1, 39,680/- (Ex showroom) and Suzuki gixxer sf is at Rs.1, 10,000 (Ex showroom).
Detailed Specifications
General | |
Brand | KTM |
Model | RC125 |
Launch Date | Jul-19 |
Engine Specification | |
Displacement | 124.7 cc |
No. of cylinder | 1 |
Fuel system | – |
cooling system | Liquid cooling system |
Ignition system | Electronic |
Lubrication | wet sump |
Maximum power | 14.5ps @ 9250rpm |
Maximum Torque | 12Nm @ 8000rpm |
Chassis | |
Chassis / Frame | steel trellis frame, powder coated |
Type | sport |
Steering angle | – |
Gear box & clutch | |
Number of Gears | 6 |
Clutch | wet multi-disc, mechanical actuated |
Final Drive | chain drive |
Dimension & weight | |
Overall Weight | 137 kg |
Overall Length | – |
Overall width | – |
Overall height | – |
Ground Clearance | 185 mm |
wheel Base | 1350mm |
fuel tank capacity | 10 litres |
oil tank capacity | – |
Brake & safety | |
Front brake | 300mm singel disc |
Rear Brake | 240mm single disc |
ABS | Bosch 9MB two channel ABS |
Suspension | |
Front suspension | WP upside down |
Rear suspension | Two arm aluminium die-cast singarm mono tube floating piston gas assisted shock absorber |
Front wheel Travel | 130mm |
Rear wheel Travel | 97mm |
Tyre size & wheel | |
Front Tyre | 110/70-R17 M/C 54H |
Rear Tyre | 150/60-R17 /C 66H |
Alloy wheel | Avialable |
Tube less | Avialable |
Instrument Console | |
Speedometer | Digital |
Tachometer | Digital |
Trip meter | Digital |
Odo meter | Digital |
Fuel gauge | Digital |
gear indicator | Digital |
Self start | Available |
Rev limiter indicator | Available |
Battery | |
battery type | – |
Capacity | 8Ah |
voltage | 12v |
Lighting | |
Head light | Bi-LED Projector,30W@ 13v |
Tail light | LED 4W |
indicator ight | LED |