Just upgraded to a 07 Street Bob. Needs intake and pipes. Looking to keep costs as low as possible. Any recommendations. Thanks.

 

V&H Straight shot slip-ons, stage.1 air cleaner, XIEDs.....because the MoCo stage.1 download is not worth the 150 bucks they will charge you. The pipes, air cleaner and XIEDs you can install yourself with little problems.

 

lol @ keeping cost low.

its hard to do that when your wanting stage one. my suggestion is to NOT get slip-ons. wait and save up for the exhaust you like. you cant go wrong with vance and hines and a lot of other name brand companies.

with pipes and air cleaner comes fuel management. your looking at spending around 800-1100 bucks for the setup... you can get by with slip ons and a stage one download, but then you gonna want more in a short time and you'll be kicking yourself you took a short cut.

wait and save for the pipes, high flow a/c, and fuel management of your choice!

 

I totally agree. I had SE slip ons, on my 06 SGC. Put on Vance And Hines 2 into 1 Big
Radius, SE Heavy Breather, and SERT. What a difference. I have the dyno charts to prove it. Don t cheap out and save your money. You will be happier in the long run. C

 

Vance and Hines Big Shot Staggered and Fuel Moto's intake with Jamie programming the PC V-Awesome set up

 

Slip ons are fine . Especially if you are a little light on cash . I ran them for two summers , and they sounded and looked good .

 

forget the slipons... forget an air cleaner as well. Get a good exhaust... thunderheader! you can upgrade intake later when cash is there. Don't just buy something cheap. Set of xied's to lower the afr as well.

 

As you see from responses, this topic is hotly debated, with lots of opinions whenever it comes up (which is about weekly). After reading many posts on this forum and also wanting to keep costs low, I recently decided to go with H-D's Stage 1 A/C, SE slip-ons, and download, as a starting point. I purchased the parts from an Internet dealer for 20% off list price. I had my local dealer install the parts, since I wanted him to install the download. I could have installed the parts myself, if I had wanted to take the time to do so -- saving some money.)

I believe these parts are high-quality. For example, the Stage 1 A/C back plate is a machined aluminum casting, replacing the stock A/C plastic back plate. The slip-ons are heavy and are engineered for the tuned weight exhaust system of the Dynas. The slip-ons are not loud, but they do have more bass than the stock mufflers. I like the sound; it carries. I don't want really loud pipes because I'm 55, I have constant ringing in my ears, and I'm trying to conserve my hearing. The download is made for this configuration, and I've found my FXDC runs well with the download. For example, the bike vibrates noticeably less with this configuration, both idling and in motion. I also believe people when they say that the download was a waste of time and money for non-H-D configurations.

Concerning performance, American Rider magazine, August 2009, reviewed the H-D configuration and reported a 10% increase in HP and torque at 4,500 rpm, and a 7% increase at 3,000 rpm on the dyno. I can only say that the bike has noticeably more pep than in the stock configuration. I want to see the difference in gas mileage and engine temperature (if any), but it's raining this weekend, so no Harley time. I might post a video and give some more results later.

Net / net, I wouldn't completely discount H-D's parts and the download, especially if you want to keep the cost down. You can ride it for a while and change it later, if you don't like it.

 

I did the same thing with my 2010 FXD, except for changing the air cleaner (may eventually switch to a K&N filter but the 96" has plenty of power for the low weight of a Super Glide). The XIEDs are simple to install, literally snap in between the O2 sensors and the fuel management system. Bike seems to run cooler (especially since I got rid of the cats as well as enriching the fuel to air ratio a bit with the XIED's), and there is no decel popping. I'm very happy with the sound and look....but of course that's a pretty subjective thing (especially the sound). I think the XIED's cost me about $80 for the pair, and the slip-ons were $270.

 

I agree. Save and then buy get what you really want. slip ons are ok but you will want to change them down the road