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From: Northwest Louisiana
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From: Warren, Ohio
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Joined: Jul 2011
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From: New Braunfels, Texas
Don't make the mistake a lot of us do on pipes...get the full system, not the slip ons.
A few of us bought the slip ons only to upgrade to the full exhaust later.
If you buy the right stuff to begin with you will save money in the long run. When you get pipes and A/C then you have to think about a tuner...that is where you'll get hundreds of opinions. Figure out from the beginning how fast you want to go and how much money you are willing to spend.
For me, I just wanted the bike to run the way it should have run before the EPA got involved and I wanted to cool it down. I went with just a stage one, quality tuner, and a real good dynotuner to dial it in. It wasn't about sqeezing ever last drop out of it as it was just having it run as good as it could. I have about $1300 into the stage one and think I got every dime out of that money.
The most important thing is finding the right guy to dial it in or expermenting with it yourself. I just wanted it right now and ride it.
A few of us bought the slip ons only to upgrade to the full exhaust later.
If you buy the right stuff to begin with you will save money in the long run. When you get pipes and A/C then you have to think about a tuner...that is where you'll get hundreds of opinions. Figure out from the beginning how fast you want to go and how much money you are willing to spend.
For me, I just wanted the bike to run the way it should have run before the EPA got involved and I wanted to cool it down. I went with just a stage one, quality tuner, and a real good dynotuner to dial it in. It wasn't about sqeezing ever last drop out of it as it was just having it run as good as it could. I have about $1300 into the stage one and think I got every dime out of that money.
The most important thing is finding the right guy to dial it in or expermenting with it yourself. I just wanted it right now and ride it.
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 5,477
Likes: 5
From: New Braunfels, Texas
Don't make the mistake a lot of us do on pipes...get the full system, not the slip ons.
A few of us bought the slip ons only to upgrade to the full exhaust later.
If you buy the right stuff to begin with you will save money in the long run. When you get pipes and A/C then you have to think about a tuner...that is where you'll get hundreds of opinions. Figure out from the beginning how fast you want to go and how much money you are willing to spend.
For me, I just wanted the bike to run the way it should have run before the EPA got involved and I wanted to cool it down. I went with just a stage one, quality tuner, and a real good dynotuner to dial it in. It wasn't about sqeezing ever last drop out of it as it was just having it run as good as it could. I have about $1300 into the stage one and think I got every dime out of that money.
The most important thing is finding the right guy to dial it in or expermenting with it yourself. I just wanted it right now and ride it.
A few of us bought the slip ons only to upgrade to the full exhaust later.
If you buy the right stuff to begin with you will save money in the long run. When you get pipes and A/C then you have to think about a tuner...that is where you'll get hundreds of opinions. Figure out from the beginning how fast you want to go and how much money you are willing to spend.
For me, I just wanted the bike to run the way it should have run before the EPA got involved and I wanted to cool it down. I went with just a stage one, quality tuner, and a real good dynotuner to dial it in. It wasn't about sqeezing ever last drop out of it as it was just having it run as good as it could. I have about $1300 into the stage one and think I got every dime out of that money.
The most important thing is finding the right guy to dial it in or expermenting with it yourself. I just wanted it right now and ride it.