| Author | Message | ||
     Augustus74 |
I received my Keda Designs RT-1 yesterday and promptly installed it. Dean followed all my suggestions (bitching,lol) on how I wanted it to look/fit-angles,lengths,tip,etc. I think it turned out fantastic! Installation was real easy if you've ever wrenched on a car/bike before. The sound is loud but not annoyingly so, kind of mellow. It sounds sorta like a Ducati at lower rpm's. Power is great, bike revs fast and free now! Between 55 and 115mph, I had more wind noise in my helmet then exhaust noise, no droaning or reverb or anything like that. Customer service is great. I am really happy that I spent the extra money and didn't go with a Jardine/Barker/HMF/FMF. | ||
| Augustus74 |
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| Darkitekt |
Looks fantastic (like all of Dean's creations). One of these days... I'm gonna pull the trigger and order one... one of these days. | ||
| Mountainstorm |
Glad you had some input into the work. The angle of the can and how it tucks into the bike looks better than when it's almost level with the ground. I gotta get me one. | ||
| Augustus74 |
Mountain - my thoughts exactly, I hate the way the other exhausts leave a large blank area by the rear tire. Dean will work with you to do whatever you can think of! | ||
| Fireboltxb9r |
Augustus74, if you don't mind me asking, how much does this sell for? Looks really sharp! I was looking at FMF but may need to reconsider. | ||
| D_adams |
www.keda-design.com That one is $599 + shipping. | ||
| Ridenusa4l |
Dean, when should Erik Buell Racing be done with your tunes for the RT-1 and RT-3? Jake | ||
| Gearhead |
This may sound odd but do you think a race belly pan would wrap around this exhaust? | ||
| D_adams |
Jake, it will be a couple more weeks for sure, I need to ship a couple of them back up there this week, I'll have my wife ship one tomorrow if I can. Gearhead -- I really don't know, I haven't tried and don't have a belly pan to test fit with. The can body is 8" wide and 3.5" tall/deep. If you've got a pan and want to test fit it, I'm just outside St. Louis. PM me if you want to mess with it some. That said, the RT-3 will definitely fit, it's tucked up tighter than all the other pipes I make. | ||
| Gearhead |
Thanks for the info!! | ||
| Spank |
Hey Dean, if they need a RT-3 I could get mine down there. | ||
| Ridenusa4l |
thanks dean, once i find out about my new job and once the Erik Buell Racing ecm comes out for the rt3 ill be all over it! so didnt you get the rt4 dyno tuned at Erik Buell Racing? what was the end result on the dyno? Jake | ||
| Jleblanc26 |
I'm going crazy waiting for my new exhaust, lol. One good thing, I should get my RT-2 and my iPhone 4 around the same time. Early Christmas! | ||
| D_adams |
They have the RT-3 muffler there, just not the collector. I hand fitted it to match the RT-1, so I'll send that to them first, then they'll have 2 pipes to play with for a while. Jake, I didn't actually have time to get it tuned and wanted to keep it with me, I had more riding to do this week in Kentucky. Man, there's a lot of good roads to ride here up in the hills and along the river! I got good and lost yesterday, had to use my gps to find my way back out of the woods and still managed to end up in Cincinnati anyway. Whoops. The end result of the baseline run showed about 122-123 hp, which equates to about 136-138 hp on a dynojet. This was just their basic race cal, no real tuning was done. It was running a little rich on the bottom and lean after 6k rpm, so there's more power to be had up top. How much, I really don't know, but it could go over 140. I won't make any guarantees though. Unfortunately, we ran out of time, it was right at 6 when we left the shop and we hauled Brad's 1125 back to Alpine also. I rode mine back in the rain and got soaked, hopped in the truck and went back for his bike and also my son. Yeah, he loved being stuck at Erik Buell Racing looking at all the expensive toys.  Either way, I can say the race ecm is seriously worth every freakin penny they charge for it, it's just that damn good. Even the base map that I've got on mine, yeah, it's that good. Period. Sure, there's more to gain with fine tuning it, but all I can say is, WOW! Those guys up there know customer service and I gotta say, Dan really knows how to tune these 1125's to squeek out every last bit of ummmph from them. You couldn't ask for a nicer bunch of people. | ||
| Craiga |
Awesome exhaust Dean. Great Slash tip, looks freaking badass. | ||
| Ridenusa4l |
gottcha dean, well im sure your exhaust have the potential to put out ALOT more on the dyno and SOTP, just from seeing the improvements with the stock ecm. Jake | ||
| Crazyhawk99 |
Dean, Do you have any "noise numbers" (dB readings) for your pipes? I know most guys don't care, but I am looking for something that isn't too loud, but sounds good. I am really impressed with the looks of your products and the positive customer response that have been posted. Thanks! Greg | ||
| Rkc00 |
Crazyhawk If you are not looking for more HP or to lighten up your muffler you should get your stock pipe redone by dean. I just had dean put one on my 1125R at HC an love the sound. Alot of people at HC agreed the sound was great. Just stopped in a shop in Pa to show them the bike and when I started the bike they were like WTF is that seeing the stock pipe. Can't wait to get my other one for my CR Mike  | ||
| Crazyhawk99 |
Mike, Thanks for the tip. I would be interested for sure. One of the big problems I face is shipping my OEM pipe to/from Dean. I am at an overseas US Military APO address and have to use USPS, so it would be pricey given the weight of the stock pipe. What kind of volume does the modified OEM pipe produce compared to some of the more common pipes (HMF, FMF, etc...)? | ||
| Rkc00 |
I have not riden around with to many of the other pipes much but I would say half the DB's as the louder pipes but a nice rumble at lower RPM's. It has less of a rumble at the higher rpm level. I wear headphones with music so the highway ride from HC was not a problem. Mike | ||
| D_adams |
No, I don't have any db readings for any of them, but they're all loud. The RT-1 is the quietest of the 4 hand made systems. The MT-1 is probably 1/2 the amount of noise. (Message edited by d_adams on June 23, 2010) | ||
| Crazyhawk99 |
Dean, How does the volume on your OEM mod compare? Greg | ||
| Xodot |
Rkc - that's a great pic of a great bike. What are the details of "you should get your stock pipe redone by dean"? What get's done? I don't need anymore HP but a better sound, look and no dirt on the rear wheel would be nice to have. Thanks X | ||
| Palerider |
Dean or Augustus74, I was just curious what the differences were between Augustus74's RT-1 and the one that used to be on the KEDA web site parked next to the blue pick up? Of course, I don't want to infringe on anyone's personalized ideas etc. I too like the tucked up RT-1 but I don't want to sacrifice any sound deadening qualities with size reductions. I was going to use website picture to compare the two and found it wasn't there. Like everyone else has said, the KEDA pipes are definitely top line. I was going to hold out for the ECM until it was determined if Erik Buell Racing would have a specific tune for the RT-1. Then, of course I'd need to order an RT-1. Thanks for any info. | ||
| D_adams |
The one that was on my website is about 1-2" longer on the muffler body. They all come in the shorter version now for a clearance problem I had on that one pipe. What you see pictured above is the basic tilt/length on all the oval cans now. They aren't really a lot louder than the original one. Flow & power characteristics are essentially unchanged. The base race cal from Erik Buell Racing works wonderfully. www.keda-design.com Ebr will eventually have a custom tune for these, most likely it will only be one map for them all, unless there's a huge difference in the mapping. For any of the pipes I make or modify, hit the website. | ||
| Augustus74 |
I was originally apprehensive about the RT-1 having a big 'ol square muffler and thinking of getting the RT-3. The RT-1 is actually pretty small though and a tad quieter then the RT-3. I kind of stole the tip of the RT-3 to get a better look (imho). I do plan on fitting a belly pan this year so Ill let you guys know how it works out. I was out again yesterday and feel the exhaust is louder at 2500-4500rpm around town then at 5000-9000rpm on the highway. | ||
| Spank |
I found the same thing on the RT-3. Around town, between the buildings and whatnot, the thing is loud...but out on the highway it sounds perfect! | ||
| Augustus74 |
Yeah, also forgot, engine braking is diminished and the bike sounds amazing when downshifting! | ||
| The_rock |
How do you repack those? | ||
| D_adams |
The oval cans shouldn't need repacking for quite a while, the estimate from my supplier was between 10-20k miles on the materials at a minimum. They can be repacked by cutting them open, add new packing and then weld it shut again. The round cans are all riveted, so they're even easier to do. I have about 3500 miles on the RT-1 original and it's still the same sound as it was when I first fired it up. It actually sounds a little quieter now to me. I have cut one open since I started that had about 2000 miles on it, there wasn't any real signs of wear or breakdown of the material other than discoloration from carbon. It was in excellent shape for the amount of abuse it took in that time, I know it was ran pretty hard for probably 1/2 that mileage. (Message edited by d_adams on June 27, 2010) | ||
| Jackgraves |
RT looks killer dude |
