Difference between short shots & big shots?
Intermediate
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 38
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From: Michigan
I have the short shots. I love them. If you want loud, they are pretty loud, but they sound great. I wouldn't say they affect me when riding or anything. It's not so loud that I can't hear myself think. In motion the sound is leaving you out of the pipe. Sitting still they are pretty loud. And the big shots are basically extended short shots. As far as performace they are probably more limited since they are so short. They're basically short pipes with baffles. But they sound great.
Road Captain
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 710
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From: San Bruno
short shots are good for nothing except loudness. their way to short to get any real performance aspects from them. if loudness is all you want then their what you want. but if you want good performance, get the big shots or pretty much any 2-1.
Tourer
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 262
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From: New Jersey
Had the short shots, they sound and perform like crap...loss of low end torque and sound like rocks in a tin can rolling down the road...even changed the baffles to the quiet baffles, made it a little deeper, but the performance hit was too much for me....Got a set of Rinehart Churchills.....they perform great and sound like a HD should......Dynojet won't even make a map for the short shots because they perform so poorly.....
Had the short shots, they sound and perform like crap...loss of low end torque and sound like rocks in a tin can rolling down the road...even changed the baffles to the quiet baffles, made it a little deeper, but the performance hit was too much for me....Got a set of Rinehart Churchills.....they perform great and sound like a HD should......Dynojet won't even make a map for the short shots because they perform so poorly.....
Road Master
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 993
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From: columbus, ohio
Never heard a set of Rinehart pipes that sounded good on any bike. Friend had some on his 2008 Street Glide and they sounded like a big wet fart. His son had some that came on a Softail Springer and the result was pretty much the same. Short shots on the old bikes may sound different, but I cant complain on mine. The look good too. Really can't go wrong with V&H. Everyone has different tastes. Different strokes for different folks. You are right about the maps for the short shots, haha. More for looks and sound than performance. You can get some different baffles to try and get back some performance though
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Tourer
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 262
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From: New Jersey
But you like the way short shots sound?? My Rineharts sound and perform excellent, never heard a bad word about them.....but then again, you guys with the short shots would hear a lot of more of my pipes, because you'd be left behind at every light....
Tourer
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 334
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From: Honolulu
I like my big shots, got a great deal on them! But I would like a deeper sound and better low end.
I'm not sure if it's just me but these bikes are slow! (Sluggish) But that could be because I'm coming from sport bikes. (Crotch rockets) So my expectations are unrealistic for a Harley. Which is O.K. because I need to really slow down in my Old age.
I'm not sure if it's just me but these bikes are slow! (Sluggish) But that could be because I'm coming from sport bikes. (Crotch rockets) So my expectations are unrealistic for a Harley. Which is O.K. because I need to really slow down in my Old age.