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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 06:11 AM
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G'day Fella's...Just picked up a 2010 wideglide down here in Oz with hardly and kilometres on it...It's stock standard but the fella had taken out the baffles and could only find one when I picked it up...Will it hurt the bike to run with no baffles until my new pipes turn up???

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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 06:48 AM
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Will be fine... may backfire a bit on decellerate.. I just took the baffles out of my Sister in law's 06 XL1200 and sounds great...Cheapest upgrade yet. Mind you this is a Carbed bike but on EFI the bike has a +/- variable in Air fuel ratio... Somebody more apt at explaining this might chime in...Basically the computer adjusts itself a bit when needed is what i explain....
 

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Cheers...Thanks for the reply...

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