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Old Aug 17, 2018 | 07:41 AM
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Bought a headpipe with 200 miles on it off eBay. My bike is a 2014. Going to decat one of them. Anyone of them easier to remove the cat material than the other? Same headpipe. Thanks
 
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Old Aug 17, 2018 | 03:24 PM
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Are you going to cut a door or use the paddle bit method? Either way, I don't think one would be easier than the other. The cat is made of some pretty tough material.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2018 | 03:43 PM
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I just bought an intact header with cat on eBay. It's a dealer takeoff from a brand new '16 MY 103.Rushmore. I'm going to decat my existing header and hold on to this one in case I ever need to go back.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2018 | 06:36 PM
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I did this on my previous 2015 Road King, I cut a window, left on the bike. Its not hard to do, but if you do this disconnect the battery.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2018 | 07:59 PM
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I bought my de-cated header pipe from http://www.wildpigpipes.com/Store1.html . I haven't installed it yet but it looks to be exactly what i wanted.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2018 | 08:02 PM
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the exhaust is real stinky once you kill the cat.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2018 | 08:09 PM
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I would do the easiest job possible save the one you bought as a back up decat your current one while on the bike.
 
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Old Aug 19, 2018 | 10:59 AM
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I did my own also. Cut the square access panel in inside of pipe. If I had to do another I would just buy one off eBay already decatted. It's just my opinion but I thought it was kind of a pain in the a**. I took my pipe into work and had access to any tool and welder needed and still found it to be a bit time consuming.
 
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the exhaust is real stinky once you kill the cat.

I found this to be VERY true!
 
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