I talked to my local HD Dealer about Rush slipons 2" and they said I will have to get the bike tuned, air filter, etc. About 1600 bucks total.

Then I called a HD dealer and hour from where I live they said you should be able to just put them on and ride if it doesnt run right you may need a reflash. About 350 bucks total.

My question is who is right. I dont want to spend a bunch of money if I do not need to. I have a 2008 FLSTC.

Thanks for any help/advice.

 

Simple: exhaust only and you do not need anything else.

Air cleaner: you need a fuel management system

I put on some rush 2.0 slipons and my bike popped a lot on decel. However, the ECM does have some learning capabilites and now it isn't bad at all. In fact, I love the popping.

Get the slipons for now until you decide the direction your bike is gonna go.

 

Thanks those are exactly what I want to put on.

 

I put Rush 2.0 on my 05 Deuce and I did not have to re-map a friend with an 08 Wide Glide did.
If you are not going to a full system I think the Rush pipes are great I have 5000+ miles on mine and they still sound good.
Good luck
Glen

 

You can't exhaust more air than you take in, so if you don't increase your intake you don't need to change your FI. Care to share that 1600 I just saved you?? :-)

 

Thanks for all the posts they are helpful. Well I was hoping to save that money so I can buy other things. I didnt want to stick 2 grand into just exhuast right now.

 

why not put them on yourself and save that install money as well....4 bolts and 2 clamps....7/16 for the bolts and 9/16 for the clamps.

 

I installed Rush 2" and did nothing else for about 1000 miles...had no problems.
Later I decided I wanted highflo AC which then required me to install a fuel mgmt system and I had it dyno.

 

I was told same thing by a Rush tech... I did the whole stage 1 /dyno mostly to help cool down the motor and it did....

 

I plan on putting them on myself. I am just concerned about damaging the engine by just putting them on and doing nothing else.