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I am seriously considering getting some fistails for my bike. I love the look of them, especially with the apes. I guess eventually I would like to give my bike full on gangster look. That means Fishtails, whitewalls, and a 21" front spoke wheel and an 18" rear spoke wheel with matching rotors and pulley and all that crap. I have to do this one item at a time and am not sure where to start. I have managed to put aside enough to get the samson true dual fishtails, but then I did a search and read about the v and h true duals. A little more $ but I have v and h now and I really dig their quality. How do current fishtail owners rate thier hapiness with their fishtail purchases, and how do they sound. I want a deep, low tone. What do you ahve and have you had any problems with them? Thanks.
I just installed the Samson true dual Fishtails on my Fatboy. I had the V&H big radius on before and I liked them ok, but wanted the old school look of the fishtails to go along with the whitewalls. I love em. They sound great. Really deep tone and they really come to life when you crack the throttle and during acceleration. I'll put up some pics as soon as I can.
I had Samson's on a 99 Heritage Springer and loved them on that bike. If they fit the bike great!!! On some bikes they look out of place, on others they just fit!! Sounded killer, sorry I sold that bike, I loved it, just needed money at the time.
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Chris, how loud are they? Didn't you have the v and h big shotstaggered before? How do they compare to that?
They can be loud if you want them to be. I did have big shot staggered before. I would say at Idle and cruise they are the same volume maybe a tad quieter. As for acceleration I would say that they are loud, but that is all controlled by how much you twist the grip. Over all I would say they are quieter but not by much.
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