slip-ons
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Stage III
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slip-ons
HI all, new poster here i would like some opinons on slip-ons. i have a 07' fxdwg i am thinking about the v/h's straightshot slip-on mufflers if anyone has them or have heard them please let me know what you think about them. thanks in advance
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RE: slip-ons
Haven't heard them on a TC, but both of the Sporters we also have in our family have them. They are definately loud! Much louder than the SE IIs on my WG or the V&H Ovals on my UC. They sound great but again they are definately loud.
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RE: slip-ons
Just put some on my 06 wide glide. Switched out my drilled out stock set up. Put in quiet baffles before I installed them. They are quite loud. Not bad at idle but crank it up and they bark! Regained low end torque too.
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RE: slip-ons
ORIGINAL: harley8787
Thanks for the input. i have one more question though, do i have to do a remaping or tuning with these
Thanks for the input. i have one more question though, do i have to do a remaping or tuning with these
I had SE II's at first and didn't do anything about the ECM and it seemed to be fine. But, I had a little popping when I installed the SS's so I went ahead and decided to be safe and upgraded the a/c to a stage 1 and added a fuel manager. The SS's run very open with respect to baffles compared to a lot of other slipons. The pipe is not as big around as other mufflers but there is hardly any baffling in them unless you install the extra quiet baffles. Schools of thought still seem to be 50/50 on whether or not you should do anything else to the bike when you run high-end slipons. Some will say yes and some will say it is not necessary. Since there was no consensus, I took the safest route and did it anyway. Here are a couple of pix of the SS's installed. It's not a wideglide but maybe it will give you some idea.
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From: Youngsville, NC
RE: slip-ons
Have 'em. Love 'em. Loud. I added the SE Stage I AC and SERT at the same time, and had it dynoed. Made a big difference over stock.
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RE: slip-ons
I was told with slip-on mufflers you should try them first.
If all is well thereâs no need to do anything else.
That worked for me on my last bike and slip ons.
Seems however that all bikes and slip-ons a created equal.
