Hi, so this is for all you guys who wish to change to an aftermarket exhaust on the RC390.

I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'d been looking for a good aftermarket exhaust for my bike ever since I took delivery as I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'ve always believed in the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"loud pipes save lives\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", especially on Delhi roads and our highways. I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'d spoken to a few people in Karol Bagh and was not satisfied by what they were offering.

So last Sunday, i went to KTM Lajpat Nagar and after talking and being convinced by them, I installed the IXIL L3X Dual Hyperlow (Carbon Black). The exhaust which fits the Duke 390 is an exact fit for the RC390. However, the belly faring which houses the stock exhaust tip touches the bend pipe of the IXIL exhaust tip and melts away (hardly a few millimetres). The part which melts away will not be a hinderance in case you wish to switch back to the stock exhaust.

The fitting of the exhaust took approximately an hour, and there were two of us, me and my friend so both the exhausts were fitted in around two hours.

I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'ve been using the exhaust with both the baffles removed and the bike really growls. And as more carbon is accumulating inside the exhaust the sound is getting throatier. There does seem to be more mid-range punch in the bike because of the exhaust but it could well be my imagination due to the growl of the bike.

The cost of the exhaust including the fitting was Rs. 27,000/-.

Hi, so this is for all you guys who wish to change to an aftermarket exhaust on the RC390.

I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'d been looking for a good aftermarket exhaust for my bike ever since I took delivery as I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'ve always believed in the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"loud pipes save lives\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", especially on Delhi roads and our highways. I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'d spoken to a few people in Karol Bagh and was not satisfied by what they were offering.

So last Sunday, i went to KTM Lajpat Nagar and after talking and being convinced by them, I installed the IXIL L3X Dual Hyperlow (Carbon Black). The exhaust which fits the Duke 390 is an exact fit for the RC390. However, the belly faring which houses the stock exhaust tip touches the bend pipe of the IXIL exhaust tip and melts away (hardly a few millimetres). The part which melts away will not be a hinderance in case you wish to switch back to the stock exhaust.

The fitting of the exhaust took approximately an hour, and there were two of us, me and my friend so both the exhausts were fitted in around two hours.

I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'ve been using the exhaust with both the baffles removed and the bike really growls. And as more carbon is accumulating inside the exhaust the sound is getting throatier. There does seem to be more mid-range punch in the bike because of the exhaust but it could well be my imagination due to the growl of the bike.

The cost of the exhaust including the fitting was Rs. 27,000/-.

So, Finally booking mine this Saturday!.

My finance looks like = 68000 down payment (30000 booking + 38000 at delivery), at 6% interest rate for 1 year. EMI little mor than 12k as per showroom guy? ... mentioning these details in case anybody knows of a better scheme

So, Finally booking mine this Saturday!.

My finance looks like = 68000 down payment (30000 booking + 38000 at delivery), at 6% interest rate for 1 year. EMI little mor than 12k as per showroom guy? ... mentioning these details in case anybody knows of a better scheme

Also read news of a test mule RC being tested, in the process of upgrades to current niggles. I cant wait for an upgrade anymore, Im just hoping the new parts etc installed can be fit on older bikes as well!.

oh good to know that OTR in chennai 2.4 lakh...

can someone tell wats current OTR in pune???

which is good dealer in pune for service point of view???

SNK is your best option, although I had a very friendly process with KTM Wakdewadi. And now even KTM Baner also has joined in. So whichever dealer you choose, you can\\\\\\\'t go wrong. Just check whichever dealer\\\\\\\'s SVC is nearby to your home, because that\\\\\\\'s where you probably have to visit more than the Dealer showroom.

@TeeJayy - Yes bro you are right, the guy gave quite incorrect details on phone. !

Finally Booked and just came back. Finance is like - 68,807 down payment and 12 EMIs of 16,334 at 9.5%. OTR in chennai is 2,41,737.

Does anyone know what are the upgrades on the newer bikes ?

I booked my RC390 on 23rd December at KTM Marathalli, Bangalore. They had to receive 12 bikes on 27th December but haven\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t received yet. Had been to the showroom 2 days ago where i was told that the bikes have been dispatched from the factory and it shouldn\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t take more than a week before I get my delivery. When I asked why the stocks that had to come in Dec never came, He told me that they changed some parts in production and the bike I will receive will be the newer one. If your bike hasn\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t hit the showroom yet, I guess even you\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'ll get the updated version.

Sorry to burst your bubble but the EMI you are paying is insanely expensive!

To give you a perspective, for any loan, there are two ways of calculating interest % - flat rate and reducing balance rate.

EMI at x% flat rate is always much more expensive x% reducing balance. MOST of the home/ personal/ car loans are at reducing balance rate. AFAIK, the ongoing vehicle loan interest rate (reducing balance) is ~ 12%.

Now, in your case, the loan amount comes to Rs. 172,930 and the EMI is 16,334 for 12 months. Going by these numbers, the interest rate comes to a whopping 23.8% reducing balance and 13% fixed! Refer EMI Calculator for Home Loan, Car Loan & Personal Loan in India for reducing balance and Shriram City - EMI Calculator for flat rate calculations