Hey folks,

I thought I'd do a comparison video between the V&H slip ons I had on my Heritage and the more recent set of generic 'tulip' slip ons I'm currently favouring:


In a nutshell...

V&H - quality s great, really nicely made and feel premium, BUT I find the sound a bit too 'muffled' and (very slightly) sound more like a truck than a Harley

Generic tulips - sound no louder (or quieter) than the V&H, but look great and I think give a better 'old school Harley' sound. AND they're cheap, like £90/pair. AND they can take any old generic baffle, so you can tinker with the sound a bit.

You do need to make up a simple bracket to fit the tulips and you have to buy the new exhaust gaskets for the 2018's reduced OD headers (about another £40)

 

 

 

 

 

Could you give a link to the " Generic tulips " please ?

 

Sure

Here you go

Remember you'll need to buy the gaskets (part No. 65900017) too - I bought mine here

 

I like them both !

 

You will need to make up some small right-angled brackets to mount them.

I had some spare bits I had made up for another project, which when I bent using a hammer and a vice were the perfect size...

 

yep, they're both really very similar really - I prefer the look of the Tulips fo that retro vibe... and the cost is hard to ignore