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strait pipes
is there any laws against running strait pipes? im wanting to put strait pipes on my bike, but am curious about the legality of this. i live in tx so if anyone has any info, or could send me in the right direction that would be great
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Jason,
I think straight pipes are against the law in just about all states. You can get by with it if you hold it down but sooner or later your going to get busted. They are very loud. Make my Rineharts sound like stock pipes. Besides you actually lose HP with straight pipes because you have no back pressure at all.
Terry
I think straight pipes are against the law in just about all states. You can get by with it if you hold it down but sooner or later your going to get busted. They are very loud. Make my Rineharts sound like stock pipes. Besides you actually lose HP with straight pipes because you have no back pressure at all.
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RE: strait pipes
There is definatly a law against them in my state, Connecticut. There are people that run them, and durring the day you can get away with it (unless they are looking for a reason to pull you over), but at night forget it, the law changes the decible limit after 9 or 10 pm, and then it's a $150.00 fine.
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Yep, they are illegal in Texas. But tons of folks run them. Ya just gotta be delicate on the throttle when around places that might take exception to them. And you won't like the torque loss from about 2k thru 3.5k rpm, which happens to be in the area you spend most of your riding time. Here's something I put together that might help. It's in this section and is called "Drag Pipe How-To."
http://www.vtwintalk.com/m_5286/tm.htm
http://www.vtwintalk.com/m_5286/tm.htm
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I live in Texas and go through a lot small rural "redneck" towns.I just keep it down.A lot of Police Officers ride here and some have straight pipes .I have installed 4.5 " baffles with slight modification,..ie......bend the tabs in a little so you dont have too much back pressure .It quietens it down a little,actually sounds good .The baffles are economical and easy to install.
Cruiser
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RE: strait pipes
I have heard of "Torque Cones" that install at the cylinder heads exhaust port that provide fair backpressure while getting the VERY LOUD sound some of us southern boyz wanna get with straights. If I find out about them I'll post my info on here.
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Look in the J&P cycles website or catalog if you have one .A local shop confirms that they work,used in their custom,s ..about 30.00 and looks easy to install ..
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RE: strait pipes
The torque cones don't really provide much in the way of backpressure. What they do is increase the velocity of the exhaust gases by reducing the diameter of the pipe. This helps prevent reversion, where exhaust gases travel back up the pipe and get back into the combustion chamber.
You can make a set of them by going to a hardware store and finding a couple sweat-on copper pipe reducers that will fit the ID of your pipes. Should cost you a couple bucks. Drive them into your pipes with the small diameter facing the exit end.
You can make a set of them by going to a hardware store and finding a couple sweat-on copper pipe reducers that will fit the ID of your pipes. Should cost you a couple bucks. Drive them into your pipes with the small diameter facing the exit end.
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