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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 11:08 PM
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Thinking about putting Samson true duals on my 2005 springer classic (carb) anyone have any opinoin on these Thanks
 
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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 11:13 PM
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That's what I have on my 1997 Heritage Springer
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*Edit: after reading the next post, I see I should have included in my post how long I have had them on my Springer and how I like them;
They have been on my springer for 10 years (since 1999) I picked the Sampsons because I wanted true duals and I like the looks and the sound. My last state inspection the shop decibel meter read 105 db. That left me only 1 db to spare. The straight pipe fishtails are on the bike in the photo above.
I have one set of straight pipe fishtails with Chrome Works 8 inch baffles cut down to 3 inches long, I have Torque Valves that helps fight the negitive effects of the exhaust reverbertion.
I also have a set of Sampson 3 in mufflers with fish tails that I put on inplace of the straight pipes when I go for cross counrty rides through many states. I don't want to deal with exhaust noise issues with Rosco and his friends.
 
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Old Feb 26, 2008 | 05:43 AM
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Running them on my FI Deluxe and like them so far. Only about 1000 miles on them. Too early to tell you about their quality. Like the sound though.

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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 08:47 PM
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how are they with the heat issue from thr left side
 
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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 08:50 PM
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No issues with left side heat when I ran them which was 3 years. I swapped for a 2 into 1 out of OCD.

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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 10:02 PM
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here's my bike with true duals
 
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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 10:44 PM
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how are they with the heat issue from thr left side
On a hot day I can feel the heat, but not too bad. Just don't wear shorts and you'll be right.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 10:44 PM
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I have 28.5s fish tails on my Deluxe with no problems, just to clairify there are fish tails and long tails. They sound great.... I live in the southwest were the temps get over 100 deg F and I really cant tell the the diffrence from my old exhaust. What ever pipes you have are gonna get hot. Samsons are well worth the price, great quality product.
 
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thanks ,fishtails it is then
 
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