KTM 390 Duke 2017: Black out
I’ve done some more colour changing on the KTM Duke 390 2017, it’s now a lot more black. The side panels and headlight surrounds are painted a Porsche Volcano grey metallic colour.
Also changed is the front mudguard for a carbon fibre Ducati scrambler with a custom bracket I designed and made.
KTM Duke 390 2017 with black wheels
One of the first things I wanted to change on the KTM Duke 390 is the amount of orange. Whilst I like the orange I feel there is just too much of it. I researched powder coating and other options, but in the end the easiest and cheapest option seemed to be obvious. Get a pair of Duke 125 wheels. These come in black as standard and from my research they should be identical. After a bit of ebaying a got a barely used set for very reasonable money. I was worried that the whole plan was not going to work, but it was all fine. There were three differences between the 125 and 390 wheels:
- Colour
- Front disc size
- The rubber bits seem to be a different design.
Apart from all those they are the same wheels. Result
Pics:
I still want to get rid of more the orange. I’d love to get the frame painted black, but that just not going to happen. I think the next stage is to swap the orange headlight side panels for black ones, and sort the white rear section out.
