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American Classic Motors, you have been a member since 2008, 65 posts and now your hitting all the threads with sales pitches and BIG *** Ads.... come on now!!!!
Sorry, new management trying to get involved again. tough crowd. Not selling you parts here just sharing an opinion.
Sorry, new management trying to get involved again. tough crowd. Not selling you parts here just sharing an opinion.
You're advice and recommendations are welcome.
Like I said though, I went the aftermarket header route for 400 bucks on my previous bike and had no complaints. I had my stocks from that bike laying around and figured for the cost of a couple bits to drill out the converter, and a small amount of time, its a no brainer. Many here have reported good things about doing this. I'm not chasing numbers, more so sound and alleviating some heat.
Like I said though, I went the aftermarket header route for 400 bucks on my previous bike and had no complaints. I had my stocks from that bike laying around and figured for the cost of a couple bits to drill out the converter, and a small amount of time, its a no brainer. Many here have reported good things about doing this. I'm not chasing numbers, more so sound and alleviating some heat.
100% this will give you better sound, and will be cheap and easy. I was coming at this with the most performance possible outlook, if you are just wanting to get a better tone and cool it off some, then low cost and easy is the way to go. Sorry if I came off as a used car salesman there, Im working on it!
I bought my decatted header off Facebook Marketplace for $40, would've done it myself but I wanted to keep the stock header/cat in case I ever need it for a warranty situation... Lots of options on eBay as well for $100-150 shipped.
I just bought one off eBay for the exact same reason you mentioned.
$95 Plus shipping
Has anyone ran a decatted header WITHOUT a fuel management system?
Only difference will be passenger may notice less heat from the CAT area. Bike won't know or care the 02 sensors are in front of the cat not behind it. You may notice a slight difference in tone but that may just be in your head..
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