Aah, welcome to the clan. The " first startup and the expression on the mech's face" part- totally relate to it. Exactly same happened with me. Bliss!!!!
Be ready to scare the shit out of everyone on the road. Heck I am literally bombarded with questions at the svc everytime i go there. Even today, i saw people buzzing around my bike at the svc. Heck, even Ninja owners want this exhaust from me

^Et tu Karthik
Nice!

Another customer of Joel here!!! I got his exhaust for the RTR 180...


When I initially contacted Joel about it, I was informed it would give a 10% bump... But then, I had my own reservations about an exhaust swap giving me such a gain... PM'd a few members who I knew had gone for it, and everyone seemed really happy with the product.. Did my own miniscule research on what a Free-flow means, what are its pros, cons, blah, blah etc...Then, Gave myself the green signal..


I sometimes turn Poser(as all of us do!) and I really wanted the Backfire Flame which shoots through the exhaust when dropping from high rpms.. I thought and still think it looks really really cool... It is massive show-off material I tell you ...


Personally, I had no problems with the sound.. Now that I own it, I like the bassy feel.. Am very sure the cops might not... But then, I m ready to live with that...(As I said... Poser!!!)


Anyway, I decided to go for it... It did take quite some time to arrive... When it did, I ran home from office to get the package and it is extremely light weight when compared to the stock exhaust.. (Trust me... I carried both for a couple of kilometres... I ll come to that later...) I even thought it looked cool... But then, that's my opinion... You can form yours..


Now comes a more troubling part... I took it to the A.S.S for the fitting... They too were quite enthu abt the exhaust... They were like "mileage drop hoga", "ye hoga", "kyon accha gaadi ka waat laga raha hai"... I did my showing off like "Its been built specifically for the RTR180 U no??" "This is MotoGP material U no??" and all that..


They tried to fit it and to my wild surprise, the flange near the engine head would not go in its slot... The mounting point of the exhaust and the footpeg bolt-hole were about 5 cms apart... The diameter between the Bolt holes in the Flange near the head were off by a couple of mms..


This kicked me up a fair bit and I immedietly called Joel... He seemed very surprised about it, probably the first case of non-fitting he s heard so far... He gave me suggestions on how to make it fit... a lil bit of lathe job... The ppl at the A.S.S seemed amused about at my misery and were sort of re-affirming their opinions about after-market products... Not what I needed at that time for sure!!


Me and my friend carried both the stock and the FFE for a kilometre to a lathe shop, instructed him on what to do and waited... Then we had to put in a plate between the Footpeg mount and the exhaust mount to hold the thing.. (as the holes were off by 5 cm).. Then, finally fitting it, we found that the exhaust was getting comfortable with the Swingarm, main stand and the rear brake hose.. Pushed and pulled on the exhaust here and there to get it away from conflicting touches and bolted it in place.. As of noe, it is bolted tight but its actually stressed, as it has been pulled down a bit.. (I really hope am able to get the point across!!)


The first fire-up was unbelievable... So freaking loud inside the garage, it got EVERYONE's attention...


Finally, after quite some work, it was ready... I asked the mech there to judge if any tune-up seemed necessary... He took it for a ride.. When he was back, he had this look on his face which immedietly told me my money was extremely well-spent.. He couldnt help spreading the word to everyone in the shop and now I was lined with prospective test riders... I am a poser, so I gladly entertained the requests...


Finally, waving everyone goodbye, I sent my friend home in an auto wid the old exhaust.. (No way he could have carried it on a bike!!)


Now, the anticipation!! Took the highway route home.. And man oh man, this is the part where I run out of words... It literally transformed the bike into a free-revving monster... I touched a 131 out of nowhere... It scared the shit out of me... (I aint a chicken... This was in the City!!) I was, and still am at a loss of words... A mere exhaust... Thats it U no??


To Joel:

Joel... Your product rocks... No two ways about it... True performance talking here... This aint any psychological gain we are talking about here... But, But...... Please talk to your fabricator... Something was messed up... The mountings were off not only at one single point... As I say, the exhaust kissed quite a few places... I m sure it must be one-off.... But, I was the unlucky one here... But man... You surely have a loyal and fully satisfied customer here... Am just in the process of arranging some cash for the big-bore and when I do get it done, I ll give you a call... (I am quite a fan now!!)

joel...i sent u a mail....
i want it for my pulsar 220 dtsi.....pls reply soon

Hey Joel have you worked on suzuki GS150r?
My babe is 3.5k kms old [6months]..
Do you think it has the potential?
Can i get an exhaust for the my bike with improved performance?
Am very lucky to be in bangalore
Thanks..

joel is a legend...whenever i have a doubt regarding my R15 ,i just mail him my queries and within notime i get my solution.i will be going B'LORE on january and will meet him personally...

Joel i am sorry if this question was asked already but would i have to change anything in the engine after installing the exhaust like the AFR or any settings in FI system? The bike in question here is a stock R15 .

anyone using ffe for the fz here??

Jalakar maza aaya?
I now have to wait for atleast 24 hours more to hear that growl and you made it even more difficult.

dude youl really will enjoy the growl..
in todays meet checked ajinkyas exhaust...dam itz loud and se*y,....to good....i too wanna go for exhaust..for my p180..

I own a pulsar 220 dtsi ( finished just over a year , 9k kms ) and so far the only "mod" i have done is switching over to ngk iridiums ... And i currently run on motul 5100 (15w50) ss oil.
I have a question and after going through this particular thread , I am sure our man Joel has the answer ...
my p220 feels great and is indeed very fast ... i weigh 75kgs, 5'10" and i recently got 148 on the speedo without redlining in 3rd ... redlined only on 4th and she touched 148 on 5th ... I simply adore my ride
But i must admit that the feel of the bike is not great once the engine crosses 8.5k rpm ... there is this added scream and a distinctly uncomfortable extra vibration. In other words , i feel as if she is struggling to rev high .. So my questions for Joel and everyone else here is :
1) Is this extra scream and vibration normal ?
2) If so , then how do i make my p220 rev more easily ? Because i really dont like the extra screaming and the struggle.

Appreciation

joel...after going though all of these posts there is no doubt tht u r real talented person....dnt give up bro. , u might be the person making history in india in modification dept.......

Hope....to talk u soon for Fz silencer.....

My Exhaust is finally here and it looks amazing, but due to a few unfortunate incidents it wont be going on the bike as of now, I will have to wait for atleast another 2 weeks.

How much do a new fazer normally cost?

So i have heard, i have actually decided to do the same, lets see if joel has the time.