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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 10:10 AM
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finally got my 07 heritage running last night and it sounds gay as hell ( not that theres anything wrong with that ). it has stock pipes that i can't modify till my safety is complete , and aftermarket pipes are not in the budget . what is best way to modify the sound after the safety is done .
 
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 10:13 AM
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Safety?!?!?
 
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 10:14 AM
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NEW .. Exaust and it will run better
 
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 10:16 AM
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I knocked out the baffles on my 06 Fatboy until I can get the new pipes (probably V&H BSS)
probably March timeframe.
 
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Ebay it for now till you can drop some change. I Hated the stock sound..... It is gay If you knock the baffles out your gonna run into problems. You will lose back pressure and then it will run like crap.
 
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 10:17 AM
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i hear you. i bought my 90 fxstc 4 years ago and it came with vance&hines longshots, sounds great, but the guy also gave me a set of baffles, there about 12" long, so for the hell of it i put them in, what a diffrence, sounded sissy-pissy, took them right out. there must be some way you can remove the baffles, if not then check out ebay. you might find some one that has a good sounding set of pipes but decided to go with a different style.
 
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 12:16 PM
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I put some Rush Slipons on my fatboy until I had the change for new pipes. They sounded real good. nice low rumble without breaking the bank. Easy on and off too.
 
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 01:18 PM
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slip ons would be a cheap fix til you're able to do something further
 
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I have rush slip ons with the stock Harley heat shields and I liked the looks and sound so I stayed with it. they were under 250 delivered. I saw a set of entire exhaust with screaming eagles for 07 Fatboy at a pawn shop for 129
 
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I wouldn't knock any holes in the stock pipes just in case you need to put them back on someday to get it through inspection.

Slipons is the cheapest way to go till you feel like throwing more money into the bike.

And if you don't go over 1.75s you won't need to do a remap. Or so they say.
 
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