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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 04:29 PM
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I bought this bike used and it already had these pipes on it. I really like the looks and they are plenty loud but I keep scraping the bottom pipe when I corner hard to the right.





They do look like they stick out quite a ways from the bike. Do any of you guys know if they can be moved in a little to give me a little more cornering clearance.

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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 06:23 PM
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Nothing really you can do. They are stuck where they are because of the flange/exhaust manifold. It has to connect at a certain angle, and the pipes are shaped the way they are. Sorry.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 10:53 PM
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Those pipes are low hung, they will scrape, no getting around it. Only way I can see is to change pipes.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 10:55 PM
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I vote for D&D bobcat! look sick on a sporty!
 
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 10:59 PM
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I had that same problem and went to 12.5 progressive shocks and that cured the scraping and totally improved my ride. I don't even scrape when riding 2 up.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by LeatherPro
I bought this bike used and it already had these pipes on it. I really like the looks and they are plenty loud but I keep scraping the bottom pipe when I corner hard to the right.



They do look like they stick out quite a ways from the bike. Do any of you guys know if they can be moved in a little to give me a little more cornering clearance.

Thanks in advance
Longer shocks will raise the bike some.

Btw, you might want to get some new rear tires.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 01:07 AM
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How many rear tires does he need?
 
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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 01:14 AM
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Damn, that tire is a little bald. Yes change pipes or longer shocks.
 
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I had the same problem with the factory exhaust on my nightster I couldn't find an exhaust that I liked and either wasn't already on a ton of bikes or wouldn't scrape. I ended up having a custom exhaust made with equal length headers for better performance.
 
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