Calling all Springers!
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Joined: Jan 2013
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From: St. Louis, MO
I love the sound of the pipe. It's got a good snarl and more an unusual sound. Probably closer to a drag pipe but not that loud. It's got a lot of burble and pop, which i LIKE. I bet yours will have less pop because of the equal lenghts. The side exit "megaphone" is always setting off car alarms as I pass by even at lower RPMs but I don't think it's because of the loudness. Sound is such a hard thing to describe in words.
Because of the very uneven lengths of the cylinder exit pipes it was a bitch to tune (I finally had to have it dyno tuned). PowerVision which was great when I had Rush slip ons was worthless for this pipe.
It's not a great pipe for performance...and I don't care. If I wanted fast, I'd buy a Ducati. I'll be interested in hearing the results of your pipe...It is really awesome looking.
The other pipe I was considering was teh Yaffe Skirt Blowers...but I went with the Covington because it is just so unique and reminds me of a V8 hot rod exhaust.
Because of the very uneven lengths of the cylinder exit pipes it was a bitch to tune (I finally had to have it dyno tuned). PowerVision which was great when I had Rush slip ons was worthless for this pipe.
It's not a great pipe for performance...and I don't care. If I wanted fast, I'd buy a Ducati. I'll be interested in hearing the results of your pipe...It is really awesome looking.
The other pipe I was considering was teh Yaffe Skirt Blowers...but I went with the Covington because it is just so unique and reminds me of a V8 hot rod exhaust.
Here's my thread if you care to check it out.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/softa...confirmed.html
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From: Paradise
If there are no baffles in your pipes, you'll be very well served with two thumbscrews from home depot in the pipes. I didn't believe it myself until I saw this video and I extracted the dyno results in the video and analyzed them. It's night and day better with the thumbscrews.
Here's my thread if you care to check it out.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/softa...confirmed.html
Here's my thread if you care to check it out.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/softa...confirmed.html
...but I do have a baffle.
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 2,721
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From: St. Louis, MO
Ahh. That's good, they help performance due to stopping the reversion as you can see in the video I linked.
Well, once again, that's one cool bike indeed. One of my favorite springers I've seen!
Well, once again, that's one cool bike indeed. One of my favorite springers I've seen!
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From: Paradise
You're going to love the Road6 bars.
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From: TOAK western branch
Nice scoot! Those will be sick bars on that bike!
I love the sound of the pipe. It's got a good snarl and more an unusual sound. Probably closer to a drag pipe but not that loud. It's got a lot of burble and pop, which i LIKE. I bet yours will have less pop because of the equal lenghts. The side exit "megaphone" is always setting off car alarms as I pass by even at lower RPMs but I don't think it's because of the loudness. Sound is such a hard thing to describe in words.
Because of the very uneven lengths of the cylinder exit pipes it was a bitch to tune (I finally had to have it dyno tuned). PowerVision which was great when I had Rush slip ons was worthless for this pipe.
It's not a great pipe for performance...and I don't care. If I wanted fast, I'd buy a Ducati. I'll be interested in hearing the results of your pipe...It is really awesome looking.
The other pipe I was considering was teh Yaffe Skirt Blowers...but I went with the Covington because it is just so unique and reminds me of a V8 hot rod exhaust.
Because of the very uneven lengths of the cylinder exit pipes it was a bitch to tune (I finally had to have it dyno tuned). PowerVision which was great when I had Rush slip ons was worthless for this pipe.
It's not a great pipe for performance...and I don't care. If I wanted fast, I'd buy a Ducati. I'll be interested in hearing the results of your pipe...It is really awesome looking.
The other pipe I was considering was teh Yaffe Skirt Blowers...but I went with the Covington because it is just so unique and reminds me of a V8 hot rod exhaust.
Awesome thanks for the detailed explanation. I like more unique exhausts too, but it's impossible to find unique, great performance and great looks into one with exhausts. I couldn't find any performance exhaust I liked, which I think is why I'm going to build one. I come from a hot rod past so I get what you mean about the style, kinda why I dig em too. I think you're refferring to that certain resonating frequency thatll send vibrations through everything?
I don't have baffles but as Joe pointed out I've got plans for a little something in there to help. I'm waiting curiously to see if the pipes do better or worse then Im expecting. I think as you said the more even length design could help a little, and it'll be interesting to see if the pipe acts a bit like a 2-1 collector, if so that will add a little more to it.
Worst comes to worst I'll try something else or build my own. Originally there were to no more power upgrades and I was just concentrating on style, just as you said man if you want to go fast then go buy something fast, not a Harley. But things got carried away, I'll do this dyno run with it and have a look at the results first. I'm
Im sure the 110 kit will fix some of the loss torque anyway lol
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Holy smokes that is SWEET!! I wonder if Music&Bikes has seen this. He's modding up his Bones.
I have the Train look as well with the BigFrigginHeadlight mod. I've often considered the sprung seat like yours but I take some long trips with mine and that backrest is outstanding. Do you do any long trips (say couple of 400 mile days) with yours? Comfort level?
I have the Train look as well with the BigFrigginHeadlight mod. I've often considered the sprung seat like yours but I take some long trips with mine and that backrest is outstanding. Do you do any long trips (say couple of 400 mile days) with yours? Comfort level?
