Nightster Pipes
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Nightster Pipes
Hi Folks
My wife has a new Nighster. Why would Harley make a black bike like that and leave the exhaust system shiny chrome. Of coarse the obvious answer would be so that I go out and buy new Satan Black Screamin' Eagle slip on's!! LOL I would have prefered that they would have blacked out the exhaust system.
So here are a few questions
Have a safe day;
Paul
My wife has a new Nighster. Why would Harley make a black bike like that and leave the exhaust system shiny chrome. Of coarse the obvious answer would be so that I go out and buy new Satan Black Screamin' Eagle slip on's!! LOL I would have prefered that they would have blacked out the exhaust system.
So here are a few questions
- Is is easy to wrap the exhaust in that black Harley Exhaust Tape?
- Do I need to take the pipes right off the bike engine to apply the tape.
- Are the slip on's easy to install? Any tips?
- Is it possible to just get the exhaust pipes power coated and any idea where to get something like that done? Like do paint shops do that sort of thing?
Have a safe day;
Paul
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From: Eastern Kentucky
Opinion
I am kind of new to being a Harley owner but have some experience in this area on other apps. I would recommend purchasing black pipes. Slip-ons are of course easy to slip on most of the time. The wraps can be put on with or without taking the pipes off. Of course it is easier putting it on with the pipes off but can be done either way. I would also not recommend getting the chrome pipes powder coated. You could always sell the stock pipes to recover some of the cost of new black pipes while increasing power and sound. This is just my opinion. It all really depends on what you are trying to achieve with the bike.
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From: Eastern Kentucky
Take a look at these pipes
I was recently looking for sporty pipes and found a place called sikpipes. They have some pretty neat looking styles if you don't want the traditional looking pipes. They offer black and black wrapped which look amazing on the nightsters.
www.sikpipes.com
www.sikpipes.com
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I was recently looking for sporty pipes and found a place called sikpipes. They have some pretty neat looking styles if you don't want the traditional looking pipes. They offer black and black wrapped which look amazing on the nightsters.
www.sikpipes.com
www.sikpipes.com
JMHO
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From: NYC
I really like shorty duals on a Sportster so I bought a pair of black Rinehart slip ons. I'm having a pair of header heat shields ceramic coated for $50 by a paint shop in NY. (I live in NYC) I tried a Google search for "ceramic paint" but didn't turn up much locally. When i was at the dealer I picked up a couple of those local free bike magazines and went through the ads and made some calls.
I've been told that powder coat will just melt off. Some guys have gotten away with high heat spray paint but you need to do the prep properly, sanding the chrome and using etching solution so the paint will have a surface to adhere to.
If it works, the ceramic black header heat shields will have cost me about $100, $40 for used shields on eBay, $50 to the painter and $10 for shipping. But I haven't gotten the parts back from the painter yet.
I've been told that powder coat will just melt off. Some guys have gotten away with high heat spray paint but you need to do the prep properly, sanding the chrome and using etching solution so the paint will have a surface to adhere to.
If it works, the ceramic black header heat shields will have cost me about $100, $40 for used shields on eBay, $50 to the painter and $10 for shipping. But I haven't gotten the parts back from the painter yet.
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From: lawrenceville, PA
The reason they say "show use only" is because of emissions on some of the newer fuel injected bikes in some states, and they do not meet the required decibel level that some state inforce. (like just about every exhaust sold on todays market).
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From: Poulsbo, WA
So here are a few questions
- Is is easy to wrap the exhaust in that black Harley Exhaust Tape?
- Do I need to take the pipes right off the bike engine to apply the tape.
- Are the slip on's easy to install? Any tips?
- Is it possible to just get the exhaust pipes power coated and any idea where to get something like that done? Like do paint shops do that sort of thing?
The second half of my video journal, 'Nightster Mods - Part 7' show us wrapping the pipes - with V & H slip-ons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRtXcI5ea_0
