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I have a set of the slashcut on mine, they look good and sound good but after 1600 miles they started leaking, they have a reducer between the head pipe and the muffler that is only welded in about 1/3 of way around, with the heat and vibration it leaks bad. I've sent them an e-mail and got no response in two weeks, so I would ckeck them over really good before you install them.
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Got'em on my train, I love the way they growl!
Something to remember with installing pipes, always loossen,adjust and retighten after a couple hundred miles. This will help let the pipe be where it wants to be, to help eliminate stress damage do to vibration. helps let them seat to the bike.
Something to remember with installing pipes, always loossen,adjust and retighten after a couple hundred miles. This will help let the pipe be where it wants to be, to help eliminate stress damage do to vibration. helps let them seat to the bike.
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I just placed my order... I figure what the hell, for $100 bucks less than the V&H (at the CHEAPEST place I could find) they can't be bad.
$202.86 shipped to my front door! From what I've read in this thread it sounds like I got a hella of a deal on some pretty decent pipes.
Thanks guys!
Jason
$202.86 shipped to my front door! From what I've read in this thread it sounds like I got a hella of a deal on some pretty decent pipes.
Thanks guys!
Jason
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I have them on my Iron 883.
They have heat shields down to where slipons would go.
But the heat shields don't come off, they've been welded on.
I had no problem installing them, just did it this past saturday.
Keep in mind, you can't use Mid controls with these. They get in the way.
I didn't see any issues with quality, they came with all the hardware I needed and bolted them right up. The fitting was very tight. They're like 1/16 of an inch away from the forwards and at the end they are barely touching. After a few miles, I'm going to loosen and re tighten them to make sure they fit well.
You take off the stock balance chamber and brackets. There's a new bracket that goes under the belt cover.
I made a before and after video, if you want to see/hear the difference.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/harle...blemakers.html
They have heat shields down to where slipons would go.
But the heat shields don't come off, they've been welded on.
I had no problem installing them, just did it this past saturday.
Keep in mind, you can't use Mid controls with these. They get in the way.
I didn't see any issues with quality, they came with all the hardware I needed and bolted them right up. The fitting was very tight. They're like 1/16 of an inch away from the forwards and at the end they are barely touching. After a few miles, I'm going to loosen and re tighten them to make sure they fit well.
You take off the stock balance chamber and brackets. There's a new bracket that goes under the belt cover.
I made a before and after video, if you want to see/hear the difference.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/harle...blemakers.html
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I have them on my Iron 883.
They have heat shields down to where slipons would go.
But the heat shields don't come off, they've been welded on.
I had no problem installing them, just did it this past saturday.
Keep in mind, you can't use Mid controls with these. They get in the way.
I didn't see any issues with quality, they came with all the hardware I needed and bolted them right up. The fitting was very tight. They're like 1/16 of an inch away from the forwards and at the end they are barely touching. After a few miles, I'm going to loosen and re tighten them to make sure they fit well.
You take off the stock balance chamber and brackets. There's a new bracket that goes under the belt cover.
I made a before and after video, if you want to see/hear the difference.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/harle...blemakers.html
They have heat shields down to where slipons would go.
But the heat shields don't come off, they've been welded on.
I had no problem installing them, just did it this past saturday.
Keep in mind, you can't use Mid controls with these. They get in the way.
I didn't see any issues with quality, they came with all the hardware I needed and bolted them right up. The fitting was very tight. They're like 1/16 of an inch away from the forwards and at the end they are barely touching. After a few miles, I'm going to loosen and re tighten them to make sure they fit well.
You take off the stock balance chamber and brackets. There's a new bracket that goes under the belt cover.
I made a before and after video, if you want to see/hear the difference.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/harle...blemakers.html
I'm at work so no sound but looks good... I'll listen to it this evening when I get to the house.
Sounds good about the brackets... I was curious as my S/E slip-ons (I think they may not be for a sportster) don't mount up to the stock bracket that well. I also wanted to make sure it was going to eliminate that big *** stock bracket! I ordered them this morning so I'll have a project Saturday morning... Gonna fix the stripped screw on my card and do the re-jetting and install the new pipes... Well, I say that they may not be here by then.
Thanks bro,
Jason
P.s. - I have forward controls, thanks for the heads up though.
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