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I prefer the look and sound of a 2-1, especially on a dyna, that's just how it should be imo. I think a black 2-1 would look great on that bike. Just look at different systems and try to listen to them and pick what you like. Your future plans for the bike can dictate the best pipe for the bike though. Contrary to the obviously popular belief, a 2-1 doesn't always outperform 2-2s. On a stage 1 the difference is minimal to nothing, unless you're talking about the worst 2-2s vs the best 2-1. Once you change cams or build the motor the exhaust becomes extremely important and a good 2-1 will shine, but there's some really bad ones too that will cause nasty dips or flat spots.
And as others have said, exhaust, intake (mine is DK Customs 636v) and a decent tuner. If you want more performance then a set of cams.
Other than that - some cosmetics, which is down to what floats your boat, but I would certainly take the reflectors off and replace the big chrome turn signals with something sleeker.
find a qualified welded that can make you a bracket mount off your stock mount, cut open your pipe and gut the header, then build a 2-1 from your stock header pipe... we have done a few now for dyna's and touring bikes... works great
That is an awesome pipe. Really liking this idea. I like to mess around and figure stuff like this out, hence the Jeep haha.
Originally Posted by d1n0saur
Man, don't give up yet! I'm in Boone and I'm planning to ride for another month.
Nice a local guy. Its gonna be a cold month, I'm sure I'll go out on a couple rides though.
what's the big fascination with 2-1 pipes?? I prefer the look of dual pipes myself, the performance/ sound difference has to be almost nothing.
vince & hines black short shots or big shots would look better on that bike.
there's not much to do to that bike though, it's pretty cool the way it is.
I'd throw a tinted sport windshield on, tricky part is to find one to fit over the dual headlight, may have to custom cut it yourself, but it world look great.
1'd also consider having the headlight power coated black
Power/ performance. That's the fascination with 2-1 pipes.
While I myself think 99% of 2-1 pipe setups look terrible and I prefer a 2-2/ dual pipe look, the design to get that look just doesn't allow for the air flow charchturistics that provide maximum power on these engines. Short pipes that are nearly straight through can't keep the exhaust flowing smoothly, they pulse more and can actually pull exhaust gasses back up the pipe. Where as a 2-1 pipe can use the assistance of the other cylinder to keep the flow moving. While open 2-2 pipes may actually have less restricted flow, that doesn't start helping until you're turning very high rpm, where the pulses from exhaust are flowing fast enough to keep a steady flow. which most v-twin motorcycle engines are not built or preform at high RPM where those pipes help, so the 2-1 pipes make much better low end torque rather than high end horsepower. With most bikes these pipes are on they're not exactly race bikes so they're heavy and the low end torque helps get them moving a lot faster.
Would be interested in hearing what you find on these. Here's some info from the sporty world ... maybe pipes for dyna will be better ... or maybe they've improved construction/material since then??
"With the baffle in place, the pipe doesn't offer good diffusion. It has a reversion down low, pulls like crazy in the middle, and dies a slow death up top. It almost looked like it was trying to pull again way up at the tip top, and we bumped up the rev limiter a tad to give it a chance, but it wasn't there.
Construction is, uhh, well, what's the word I'm looking for ... oh yeah, "cheap". Where the Patriot really surprised us in a positive way when we pulled it out of the box, looking and feeling like a pipe that should cost twice as much, the DanMoto on the other hand looked like it was a $219 pipe. It's thin and light. Very thin mounting bracketry too. Somewhere along the way in our testing, one of the head pipes split along a seam. Nice."
Originally Posted by Echo5
So I found this browsing yesterday... The price is cheap and normally you get what you pay for... what do you guys think?
Would be interested in hearing what you find on these. Here's some info from the sporty world ... maybe pipes for dyna will be better ... or maybe they've improved construction/material since then??
"With the baffle in place, the pipe doesn't offer good diffusion. It has a reversion down low, pulls like crazy in the middle, and dies a slow death up top. It almost looked like it was trying to pull again way up at the tip top, and we bumped up the rev limiter a tad to give it a chance, but it wasn't there.
Construction is, uhh, well, what's the word I'm looking for ... oh yeah, "cheap". Where the Patriot really surprised us in a positive way when we pulled it out of the box, looking and feeling like a pipe that should cost twice as much, the DanMoto on the other hand looked like it was a $219 pipe. It's thin and light. Very thin mounting bracketry too. Somewhere along the way in our testing, one of the head pipes split along a seam. Nice."
Thanks for the info. Don't think I'm much interested with reviews like that...
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