If you think riding around at 3k is too much then I have some news for you....don’t modify your bike! Clearly you are a passive rider, and that’s ok if you choose to lug around your motor. Just try not to blame a performance company when it’s the rider who isn’t suited for the product

 

I wouldn't consider my self a passive rider. I'm also not going to ride through town and cities at 3k like I need attention brought to me. I built a touring bike and bought a performance pipe that is supposed to be for touring. It doesn't say anywhere on there site that is isn't for touring or that its made to only make power at a certain RPM.

Obviously your concern with my riding style is not helping answer my question. If you have some actual fact based information that could help please feel free to share.

 

You could try to put some of those reversion conea maybe that would bring up your low end torque. At least that would be a cheaper alternative to new pipes.

 

I was looking into the torque cones to see if it would help. I haven't found anything that says it does with this pipe but I defiantly wonder.

 

Forget the cones and get a DKCustoms Thunder Torque Insert if you’re gonna try to make that pipe work.

 

That's what I was trying to remember but I didn't have my glasses on and couldn't think of DK customs.

 

Ok fair enough, here’s some useful info. Bassani is a “loud” pipe company and ANY loud side pipe will sacrifice some low end so stock motors tend to not do better under 3k rpm unless the pipe is restricted like a stock or other other manufacturers w restricted mufflers/baffles. The loud is obviously a result of an open pipe, the stock motor doesn’t have enough compression or power to overcome the reversion that happens when the free flowing exhaust leaves the pipe and hits the 15psi of atmospheric pressure creating the reversion that fouls the next charge in the cylinder causing a loss of torque.
Best option for having a nice sounding pipe wout sacrificing low end is to swap cams to a low/mid range performance one ie: Andrew’s 48, 21, Cyclerama 570-2 and others that will improve that area. Or a supertrapp or Eseries FM pipe that is tunable. I have no experience w torque insets etc...maybe they help don’t know but having multiple Bassani’s on built motors I can tell you there is no dip anywhere in the rpm range.

 

Thank you very much. I have Andrews 26 cams in it now. I might just put the stock pipes back on or try the torque inserts if I can get the right info. I email DK about it to see what they say.

 

Bump up the compression to 10.5 - 10.8, and that pipe, and your bike will wake right up.

 

I installed Bassani 2into1, Screaming Eagle Air Cleaner and a Fuel Moto on my 2015 FXDB, made a huge difference over the stock set up. I was going to install a set Andrews 57 cams but I’m happy with its performance for now. The only grip I have is I wish it was a little quieter for my neighborhood but I can live with it. Anyone have any feedback on the quiet baffles? Also, does anybody have the Andrews 57 cams on their bikes?