Obviously there are commuter 125s that sit far below the price. And there are commuter 250s that sit just above it too. So the market takes to the 125 duke is very interesting. When you ride the ktm duke 125 though you realise why the eroupeans loved it so much. It gets to about 107 kmph on the familiar little dash.The gear box shifts neatly and there are no surprise on any count. Which means that the youngsters will get this bike easily. But this very traits also make the ktms more challenging to ride than more mild-mannered friendly machine like Yamaha fz25.