intake and pipe recommendations
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Yes, unless you spend a fortune on a complete exhaust system and fuel management system (or even a succession of them) how are you going to credibly spend time on the forum arguing that yours is the only logical choice for others? 
Road Captain
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From: Hugoton, Kansas
I went with cycle shack slip-ons, sounded great, looked good, in fact I thought they were louder than my vance and hines I have on now. I spent around 1200 on the pcv computer, arlen ness air breather and my vance and hines, but the performance was way better than just the slip-ons.
The nice thing is, if you stay on the forums, you can always resell the items you have if you want to get something different. Ive sold virtually everything I had that I changed, made a little spending cash to cover the cost of new things. It is a viable option, someone else might want to try what you did.
The nice thing is, if you stay on the forums, you can always resell the items you have if you want to get something different. Ive sold virtually everything I had that I changed, made a little spending cash to cover the cost of new things. It is a viable option, someone else might want to try what you did.
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Intermediate
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Wow, I really appreciate all the feedback. If I install a set of v and h pipes (preferrably short shots) and hold off on the air cleaner, won't that cause a hell of a lot of pressure and backfire? if its ok to do that, I'm ordering those babies today!
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Skip the dealer download and a/c for now. Get the pipes you want. If you want to upgrade the air filter and add a tuner later do it. I had a dealer download on my bike and it was useless as the Moco's download has to pass the EPA test so it still runs extremely lean. Pipes and no air filter is fine.
Tourer
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From: waterville wa
?? cheap??
well I got started with my stage 1 right here picked up some slip-ons for 75.00, and a air cleaner for about 90.00 both se stage 1. got some Xied's from ebay as a start, have not installed the air cleaner yet still looking at which fuel managment to use thinking of ordering the accell just to see how it works, if not a pc v from fuel moto. soo shopping here can save you some money but i know i will go with the full exhaust system later and sell mine, putting them back on here for what I paid. The for sale section rocks!!
Last edited by tscreener; Mar 14, 2010 at 10:18 AM. Reason: spelling
Road Warrior
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Many here put all these parts on, get the bike tuned, and rave about the ride not realizing that the tune was 90% of the improvement. A good tune provides better seat of the pants feeling than simply an A/C. If you want better seat of the pants feel, just run at a higher RPM, the bike feels so much nimbler running 3000-4000 rpm than 1500-2500 rpm.
You will get a lot of opinions around here and here is mine. If you want the most value for your hard earned bucks, lay off the AF for now, buy slip ons if you want the sound, and get yourself a TTS and dial the bike in yourself. More bang for the buck there... and, in the future, you have no additional cash outlay other than the new parts like an AF.... it only my opinion. I ride miles with smiles with the Rush 2.0 and a TTS tune.
Free flow air filters offer better WOT performance, but they flow more freely because they don't filter out dirt as well. Most of us probably won't ride these bikes enough miles for it to matter.
"Low cost" is an antonym for Harley.....
Cruiser
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From: Colorado
My opinion echo’s the majority. I spent money on Rush 2.75 slip-ons and they were gone two months later for what I really wanted. Try going anywhere but the F***ing Dealer. Many small shops run some really awesome specials on a Stage 1 setup. I got 25% off my entire set up and when your spending some coin, it adds up fast
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Skip the dealer download and a/c for now. Get the pipes you want. If you want to upgrade the air filter and add a tuner later do it. I had a dealer download on my bike and it was useless as the Moco's download has to pass the EPA test so it still runs extremely lean. Pipes and no air filter is fine.
