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Old Feb 20, 2014 | 01:00 PM
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Do the big shots have heat shields? Big shots LONG are actually an OK set of pipes to tune.

If they have heat shields... you went to a 1909 era tuning shop. 2014 era shops use riv nuts to tune with and that leaves NO holes. I NEVER recommend ANY dealer for tunes with the exception, so far, of Gails HD in KC. Wildcat sounds like a bunch of hacks.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2014 | 03:03 PM
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I can weld and have welders I will be fixing them unfortunatly. I have to take the pipes off the bike to fix them. not a big deal but an aggrevation.
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Those are pretty big holes. Can't be much back pressure with the baffles opened up that much. It has to be hurting performance.

Might be easier to remove the baffles and take them to a welding shop for repair.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2014 | 03:05 PM
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That just sucks!
 
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Old Feb 20, 2014 | 03:05 PM
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They do have sheilds. which I thought they would drill under the sheild and install the port. I havent had the sheilds off yet so not sure if they did that along with the big holes in the baffles or what.
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Do the big shots have heat shields? Big shots LONG are actually an OK set of pipes to tune.

If they have heat shields... you went to a 1909 era tuning shop. 2014 era shops use riv nuts to tune with and that leaves NO holes. I NEVER recommend ANY dealer for tunes with the exception, so far, of Gails HD in KC. Wildcat sounds like a bunch of hacks.
 
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