Lost some power
Road Warrior
Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Corona, Ca
I have a 14 Fat bob that has about 7k miles on it.
I had stock headpipes and cycle shack slip ons with a screamin eagle backplate on the aircleaner.
With the stock headpipes and slipons (still had the cat) the bike ran very strong with no decel pop and had tons of torque everywhere. Enough that when i first started riding it after the air cleaner backplate i'd actually be a little sore from accelerating over town after a while.
If i slammed into second at WOT the bike would routinely lay rubber for at a minimum 10-20 feet. If i dumped the clutch at about 4k in first it would just light the tire up through to second.
My head pipe cracked, so i found a really good deal on a Rinehart 2 into 1 full exhaust system (400 brand new in the box).
I put this on and noticed i lost a bit of torque. And the "second gear bark" is gone now. i dont have a tuner yet will be ordering one very soon.
I have noticed that the bike seems to run much better on the freeway and pull harder at freeway speeds (65 on up). I have also had it up above 100 a few times and it seems to pull to that 100 mark or higher a lot easier than before.
My question is, do you think ill get some of the power back from a tune? Im looking at the Power Commander 5 from Fuel Moto. Or is the down low torque gone because of the free flowing exhaust?
Thanks!
I had stock headpipes and cycle shack slip ons with a screamin eagle backplate on the aircleaner.
With the stock headpipes and slipons (still had the cat) the bike ran very strong with no decel pop and had tons of torque everywhere. Enough that when i first started riding it after the air cleaner backplate i'd actually be a little sore from accelerating over town after a while.
If i slammed into second at WOT the bike would routinely lay rubber for at a minimum 10-20 feet. If i dumped the clutch at about 4k in first it would just light the tire up through to second.
My head pipe cracked, so i found a really good deal on a Rinehart 2 into 1 full exhaust system (400 brand new in the box).
I put this on and noticed i lost a bit of torque. And the "second gear bark" is gone now. i dont have a tuner yet will be ordering one very soon.
I have noticed that the bike seems to run much better on the freeway and pull harder at freeway speeds (65 on up). I have also had it up above 100 a few times and it seems to pull to that 100 mark or higher a lot easier than before.
My question is, do you think ill get some of the power back from a tune? Im looking at the Power Commander 5 from Fuel Moto. Or is the down low torque gone because of the free flowing exhaust?
Thanks!
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Tourer
Joined: Oct 2014
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From: Beaumont Ca
Yes sir. Talked to him for a bit seemed pretty straight up. He says he wholesales bikes for a living, and a pallet of these exhausts came up.
he was pretty firm on the 400 dollar price though. They are sealed boxes and he opened mine in front of me to make sure everythign was in it
he was pretty firm on the 400 dollar price though. They are sealed boxes and he opened mine in front of me to make sure everythign was in it
Road Warrior
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,805
Likes: 97
From: Corona, Ca
Yes sir. Talked to him for a bit seemed pretty straight up. He says he wholesales bikes for a living, and a pallet of these exhausts came up.
he was pretty firm on the 400 dollar price though. They are sealed boxes and he opened mine in front of me to make sure everythign was in it
he was pretty firm on the 400 dollar price though. They are sealed boxes and he opened mine in front of me to make sure everythign was in it
Road Warrior
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,805
Likes: 97
From: Corona, Ca
Yes sir. Talked to him for a bit seemed pretty straight up. He says he wholesales bikes for a living, and a pallet of these exhausts came up.
he was pretty firm on the 400 dollar price though. They are sealed boxes and he opened mine in front of me to make sure everythign was in it
he was pretty firm on the 400 dollar price though. They are sealed boxes and he opened mine in front of me to make sure everythign was in it
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Tourer
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 293
Likes: 27
From: Beaumont Ca
I bought my "adapters" from Quaid Harley. But most any dealer should have them in stock. They were about 13.00
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Tourer
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 293
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From: Beaumont Ca
I think so, its a nice deep tone. Its a lot louder than my slipons were
Hard to tell in a video though
Hard to tell in a video though
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Or is the down low torque gone because of the free flowing exhaust?
Thanks!
Thanks!
I keep waiting for someone to create an exhaust system akin to my 10 year old stock Corvette system. It had butterfly valves that opened about 3500RPM. You get the best of both worlds then, low/mid torque, due to tuned back pressure, and free flowing minimal back pressure for high rpm HP.
