I have just bought the last new 2017 Fatbob in my town and as a natural progresion am working thru the stage 1/stage 2 adds before bringing it home.Does any body have any good recommends on a great sounding pipe and any suggestions on choice of cams for the stage 2.Any thoughts appreciated thanx.

 

first off, congratulations man!!!
well if you're going stage one or two id suggest a good 2-1 system. In my opinion the road rage is the best for performance, though I really don't like the appearance of it. The next best exhaust is suggest is the d&d fatcat. That's what I run and I'll never switch. It's beautiful, and it sounds ****ing amazing, and it's almost as good as the road rage for performance.

As as far as cams go, I have the screamin eagle 259e, and they're great. However cams are really all about you and your riding. Do you ride aggressively, solo or two up, highway or city, do you want to stay with HD or look at other options? There's a lot of research you'll need to do to decide on cams so get on the search function and start reading everything you can.

You'll also need a good tuner. Even if you get it dyno tuned, you'll still need to buy a tuner and I would suggest Powervision from fuel moto as I suggest to everyone. If you buy pv from the dealer you'll only get 3 tunes and they're not specific for your upgrades. Fuel moto will send you a tune for your specific upgrades, then after a few autotune sessions, youll be much happier. Hope this helps

 

Look into intakes that have external crankcase breathers. DK customs is a forum sponsor and has them. As far as exhaust, I have a Bassani Road Rage Mega Power on my Fatbob and have no complaints. Fuel moto typically has the best prices, at least when I was shopping, they are also a forum sponsor. Tuner from them as well, Power Vision or Power Commander V are good options.

As far as cams, depends on how much more you are looking to do with your engine... headwork? Up your compression? If you just want to do some mild cams and not worry about the rest, I have heard good things about woods 222 cams. Adds power in the low and mid range of the powerband. More aggressive cams like the 777 will yield more peak power, but in the higher RPMs you probably wouldn't regularly be wringing your bike out to and will really do better with more work done to complement them. These are just conclusions about cams that I have come to through my own research on what I will do in the future. But cams are like oil, people can argue about them all day long.

 

Both previous replies speak truth!
So short and sweet.
You need power vision tuner. D&D puts up great numbers, I felt it was a little long looking, like it was meant for a bagger.
I went with V&H high output short.
Intake, there are a million to choose from, just read, I have reasons I picked mine over say a DK, I did modify to vent externally. I am extremely happy.
Call Hillside, tell them your long term goals, as what cams they suggest.




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Take it back and get a 2018 fatbob. Stage 1 and 2 done + suspension upgrade done

 

Will need to chop 12" off your legs, tho.

 

further forwards.

 

Plenty of room for saddlebags and a passenger backrest too.


Buy a Vmax, that is not a Harley.

 

I know. Just whining/joshing...like a bitch.

 

Lol, all good. i was being an idiot to begin with.


@op. Ride the bike for a while before molesting it. That way you can get a feel for what you want out of it for performance vs crowd sourcing opinion from folks that dont ride ike you, where you ride, etc ..