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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 02:35 PM
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I just finished making a complete transformation of my '03 FLSTF to a bagger, but I have an issue with my pipe choice. I have the samson true duals, but I went with the new 4" mufflers. Now the pipes are touching the extended bags I installed on the cyclevisions brackets.

Has anyone else ran the 4" mufflers on the extended hard bags with no clearance issues? I love the larger diameter and performance and sound was great, but it is clearly an issue if it touches my bags (melting!). Otherwise, I guess I have to switch to the smaller diameter mufflers.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 04:49 PM
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Bike looks sick. Could you fab some sheet metal on the bottom of the bags
 
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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 06:31 PM
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Sorry, can't help, but hope you can work it out, the bike is looking sweet!
 
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looks good
 
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Old Mar 29, 2012 | 03:33 PM
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After speaking with the folks at Samson, it doesn't appear that I can make the 4" mufflers work with my setup without compromising my saddlebag brackets, etc.
So I have decided to switch to a smaller diameter muffler.

If anyone is interested, I am listing the 4" high perfomance mufflers for sale in the classified section of the forum.
 
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