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Old Mar 2, 2013 | 08:04 PM
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Default Catylitic Converters started when?
Would a 07 Deluxe have Cats in mufflers, or just baffles?
 
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I think they started in 06.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2013 | 08:42 PM
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I thought it was 2010.
 
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Didnt they put them in the mufflers before they put them in the head pipe?
 
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Didnt they put them in the mufflers before they put them in the head pipe?
I thought that depended on the model. Some had them in the muffler, some in the head pipe. This is educated guessing here.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2013 | 08:59 PM
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'09 in california and '10 everywhere else.
 
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I know everybody was looking for the 09 headpipe. Now I wana know.
 
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2010 cats in the muffler. Only the touring bikes have the cat in the head pipes
 
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I have 2007 from a Deluxe that has the cat welded to the baffle.
 
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Old Mar 3, 2013 | 07:03 AM
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I have 2007 from a Deluxe that has the cat welded to the baffle.
Only because yours is a California bike. The other 49 states 07's did not have cats.
 
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