RPM exhaust installed

[aviationfred]

Received the new RPM exhaust today. 

Install is fairly easy. Everything fit perfectly. One thing Randy instructed was, before the first start up, wipe the complete exhaust down with acetone so any finger prints do not get burned into the stainless steel.

Here is how it sounds. The jetting will need to be adjusted, you can hear a few little back fires.

http://youtu.be/Wtf4u7SlkZQ








Fred

[cclase]

Fred, looks and sounds great!
Chris

[charleygofast]

Very nice! Kinda reminds me of my Yoshimura. Can you change oil without removing it Fred?                                                                                              Vroom, vroom! Charley.

[aviationfred]

Very nice! Kinda reminds me of my Yoshimura. Can you change oil without removing it Fred?                                                                                              Vroom, vroom! Charley.

Yes, the oil can be changed WITHOUT removing the exhaust. 

If the exhaust does need to come off. It takes longer to remove my lower cowling than it does to remove the exhaust. The complete exhaust is held on with springs.

I don't think this part of the exhaust has been addressed in ANY previous post. The really unique thing with this exhaust is the head mounting. This exhaust uses a spigot type of head mounting. Small spigots, about 3 inches long get bolted to the head. The head pipes slide onto the spigots and are held on by springs. To remove the head pipes, remove the springs and the pipes slide right off. You should NEVER need to replace the exhaust gaskets again. 

Fred

[airheadPete]

Lovely, just lovely... 
One of these days in the not too distant future.

[Firehawk068]

Looks and sounds great!
I'm impressed!

[charleygofast]

Very nice! Kinda reminds me of my Yoshimura. Can you change oil without removing it Fred?                                                                                              Vroom, vroom! Charley.

Yes, the oil can be changed WITHOUT removing the exhaust. 

If the exhaust does need to come off. It takes longer to remove my lower cowling than it does to remove the exhaust. The complete exhaust is held on with springs.

I don't think this part of the exhaust has been addressed in ANY previous post. The really unique thing with this exhaust is the head mounting. This exhaust uses a spigot type of head mounting. Small spigots, about 3 inches long get bolted to the head. The head pipes slide onto the spigots and are held on by springs. To remove the head pipes, remove the springs and the pipes slide right off. You should NEVER need to replace the exhaust gaskets again. 

Fred

How sweet is that! RPM...better FJ products for a better FJ world!  Cheers to Randy and you too Fred!       

[ribbert]

Fred, any chance of that close up 3/4 shot of the front of the can?  BTW, that looks and sounds really cool.

Thanks

Noel

[aviationfred]

Fred, any chance of that close up 3/4 shot of the front of the can?  BTW, that looks and sounds really cool.

Thanks

Noel

Noel,

I will post a few more photos this afternoon.

Fred

[racerrad8]

Fred, any chance of that close up 3/4 shot of the front of the can? 
Noel

Fred, I'm sure you won't need any encouragement but could you post some reasonably close up photos 3/4's on from the front and the back.
Noel

Noel, I see you have asked this question a couple times of Fred, what are you looking for in the photo?

Is there some information I can provide for you or maybe get the picture you are asking for.

Randy - RPM

[aviationfred]

Fred, any chance of that close up 3/4 shot of the front of the can?  BTW, that looks and sounds really cool.

Thanks

Noel

Noel,

Here are a few more photos ...










Fred

[ribbert]

Noel, I see you have asked this question a couple times of Fred, what are you looking for in the photo?


Is there some information I can provide for you or maybe get the picture you are asking for.

Randy - RPM

Firstly Randy, I can feel the tranquility at your cabin from here. You are a lucky man to have such a place of your own to escape to, and in such magnificent country. I think having no services connected would only make it better.

Back to business, the reason I was interested in the detail of the muffler was this:



I was curious to seen how robust the construction was. The original photos seemed to show the skin fitting proud of the end cap but I can now see this is not the case. There appears to be a rolled seam such as the one above.

I have the back of my bike raised, the exhausts as high and inboard as possible and my suspension set very firm.

I don't go looking for quite these sort of angles but it does happen from time to time and I was wondering if the photo would give some idea on how it would stand up to the odd scrape.

Noel

[aviationfred]

Noel,

Some serious lean angles to scrape your cans.

The solution is to buy Randy's exhaust and I can Guarantee that you can make all the left hand curves and NEVER scrape your can. 

Fred

[FJ_Hooligan]

Fred,
Are those the Buell foot pegs?

[aviationfred]

Fred,
Are those the Buell foot pegs?

They are R1 lowering pegs. The OEM peg holder bracket has to be modified slightly.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/230990498208?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Fred