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Pipes
I have a 2021 CVO Ultra in bronze armor. I installed the 2.5" fullsac baffles. The bike sounds better but still too tame for my liking.
My 2012 Road Glide had Rhineharts. They sounded great but were a bit too quiet also.
My 2014 Limited had RCX exhaust. They were louder, but had a higher pitch.
I would love and exhaust with the tone of the Rhineharts and the volume of the RCX.
Any recommendations? Searching the interwebs the Cobra Neighbor haters and the Rhinehart DBX seem to be popular choices.
My 2012 Road Glide had Rhineharts. They sounded great but were a bit too quiet also.
My 2014 Limited had RCX exhaust. They were louder, but had a higher pitch.
I would love and exhaust with the tone of the Rhineharts and the volume of the RCX.
Any recommendations? Searching the interwebs the Cobra Neighbor haters and the Rhinehart DBX seem to be popular choices.
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I have a 2021 CVO Ultra in bronze armor. I installed the 2.5" fullsac baffles. The bike sounds better but still too tame for my liking.
My 2012 Road Glide had Rhineharts. They sounded great but were a bit too quiet also.
My 2014 Limited had RCX exhaust. They were louder, but had a higher pitch.
I would love and exhaust with the tone of the Rhineharts and the volume of the RCX.
Any recommendations? Searching the interwebs the Cobra Neighbor haters and the Rhinehart DBX seem to be popular choices.
My 2012 Road Glide had Rhineharts. They sounded great but were a bit too quiet also.
My 2014 Limited had RCX exhaust. They were louder, but had a higher pitch.
I would love and exhaust with the tone of the Rhineharts and the volume of the RCX.
Any recommendations? Searching the interwebs the Cobra Neighbor haters and the Rhinehart DBX seem to be popular choices.
Others will chime in, and will give you some recommendations. My suggestion is listen to different M8 exhausts in person and see what you like. Just know the down side to performance of wide open mufflers.
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Harley97,
Im with you! I have 2020 RG CVO with the bronze heat shields.
I put the Fullsac 2.25 baffles in and, yes, its better. But still tame...as you suggest.
Problem is that you really cant change much else, except the pipes, without voiding your warranty...as I understand it. So you have to wait until the warranty expires (2 years) or bite the bullet and dive in by losing your warranty. Being that mine is about 6 months away, I am doing the research now. Considering the Fullsac MX pipe + TTW tuner. But open to other ideas.
I did reach out to Steve at Fullsac. It looks like he doesnt take bikes in for the install anymore. So I need to find a shop in the Southern Cal area that can do the work. Steve referred me to a guy in Yuma...but I havent reached out yet. And Steve recommended a TTS cam.
Also, the guys at my Dealership showed me a Stage IV kit that can be added to the 117 motor that costs about $2600. Im not sure if that would truly be of any benefit. The plus side is that they are telling me that we can do this Stage IV and the warranty stays intact.
Joe
Im with you! I have 2020 RG CVO with the bronze heat shields.
I put the Fullsac 2.25 baffles in and, yes, its better. But still tame...as you suggest.
Problem is that you really cant change much else, except the pipes, without voiding your warranty...as I understand it. So you have to wait until the warranty expires (2 years) or bite the bullet and dive in by losing your warranty. Being that mine is about 6 months away, I am doing the research now. Considering the Fullsac MX pipe + TTW tuner. But open to other ideas.
I did reach out to Steve at Fullsac. It looks like he doesnt take bikes in for the install anymore. So I need to find a shop in the Southern Cal area that can do the work. Steve referred me to a guy in Yuma...but I havent reached out yet. And Steve recommended a TTS cam.
Also, the guys at my Dealership showed me a Stage IV kit that can be added to the 117 motor that costs about $2600. Im not sure if that would truly be of any benefit. The plus side is that they are telling me that we can do this Stage IV and the warranty stays intact.
Joe
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I have a 2021 CVO Ultra in bronze armor. I installed the 2.5" fullsac baffles. The bike sounds better but still too tame for my liking.
My 2012 Road Glide had Rhineharts. They sounded great but were a bit too quiet also.
My 2014 Limited had RCX exhaust. They were louder, but had a higher pitch.
I would love and exhaust with the tone of the Rhineharts and the volume of the RCX.
Any recommendations? Searching the interwebs the Cobra Neighbor haters and the Rhinehart DBX seem to be popular choices.
My 2012 Road Glide had Rhineharts. They sounded great but were a bit too quiet also.
My 2014 Limited had RCX exhaust. They were louder, but had a higher pitch.
I would love and exhaust with the tone of the Rhineharts and the volume of the RCX.
Any recommendations? Searching the interwebs the Cobra Neighbor haters and the Rhinehart DBX seem to be popular choices.
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I called TAB regarding this plan for a my 21 Road Glide in Bronze Armor. I wanted to retain the bronze heat shields and the OEM tips. They said the shields will fit the 4" muffler but not the 4.5" which would be ok, but the mufflers will only line up with one of the screw holes in the OEM tip and will need modification. Still isn't too bad just wish the tips were direct fit.
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Harley97,
Im with you! I have 2020 RG CVO with the bronze heat shields.
I put the Fullsac 2.25 baffles in and, yes, its better. But still tame...as you suggest.
Problem is that you really cant change much else, except the pipes, without voiding your warranty...as I understand it. So you have to wait until the warranty expires (2 years) or bite the bullet and dive in by losing your warranty. Being that mine is about 6 months away, I am doing the research now. Considering the Fullsac MX pipe + TTW tuner. But open to other ideas.
I did reach out to Steve at Fullsac. It looks like he doesnt take bikes in for the install anymore. So I need to find a shop in the Southern Cal area that can do the work. Steve referred me to a guy in Yuma...but I havent reached out yet. And Steve recommended a TTS cam.
Also, the guys at my Dealership showed me a Stage IV kit that can be added to the 117 motor that costs about $2600. Im not sure if that would truly be of any benefit. The plus side is that they are telling me that we can do this Stage IV and the warranty stays intact.
Joe
Im with you! I have 2020 RG CVO with the bronze heat shields.
I put the Fullsac 2.25 baffles in and, yes, its better. But still tame...as you suggest.
Problem is that you really cant change much else, except the pipes, without voiding your warranty...as I understand it. So you have to wait until the warranty expires (2 years) or bite the bullet and dive in by losing your warranty. Being that mine is about 6 months away, I am doing the research now. Considering the Fullsac MX pipe + TTW tuner. But open to other ideas.
I did reach out to Steve at Fullsac. It looks like he doesnt take bikes in for the install anymore. So I need to find a shop in the Southern Cal area that can do the work. Steve referred me to a guy in Yuma...but I havent reached out yet. And Steve recommended a TTS cam.
Also, the guys at my Dealership showed me a Stage IV kit that can be added to the 117 motor that costs about $2600. Im not sure if that would truly be of any benefit. The plus side is that they are telling me that we can do this Stage IV and the warranty stays intact.
Joe
The voiding the warranty part is BS. Look at the Magnuson Moss act. They cant void you entire warranty for modifications or for doing work yourself or not having the dealer do work and service. It's illegal. They can only not honor the warranty on something that your modification caused.
I'm eventually planning to get the 131 stage IV installed, just can't do that in CA yet.
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Thanks, I'll look into those.
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The voiding the warranty part is BS. Look at the Magnuson Moss act. They cant void you entire warranty for modifications or for doing work yourself or not having the dealer do work and service. It's illegal. They can only not honor the warranty on something that your modification caused.
I'm eventually planning to get the 131 stage IV installed, just can't do that in CA yet.
I'm eventually planning to get the 131 stage IV installed, just can't do that in CA yet.
The SE tuner is approved because it is not capable of taking you bike out of an EPA compliant tune.
Pretty easy for Harley to win this. You put an aftermarket head-pipe on, and aftermarket tuner on and your compensator fails. Harley will not replace under warranty. You say it covered and take it to court, they will show the extra power caused it to fail.
