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Old Mar 17, 2013 | 12:07 PM
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I picked up a set of fishtails for my '96 1200C. I took my mufflers off and put a set of 18" extensions, then put the tails on that. I put fender washers in for back pressure. No carb farts or torque loss, and they're not super loud surprisingly.
 
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Old Mar 17, 2013 | 12:51 PM
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Lokks nice I've always liked the fishtails
 
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Old Mar 17, 2013 | 01:43 PM
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I like them too, can be out of place on modern sports though. Hard to get old stuff onto new stuff sometimes.
 
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Got Paugcho upswept pipes with fishtails installed on my bike about 2 months ago, and they are loud...
 
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Old Mar 17, 2013 | 04:35 PM
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No crossover and they look like they're 2" also,must be loud. They look good, you h ave a good theme there. Stars,stripes,pipes.
 
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Any idea of those would work on a '13?
 
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These pipes will only work on '03 and before bikes because they changed the heads(I believe), what I had to do was cut the pipes coming off of the head, and cut the new exhaust, match everything up, and weld them together, I had it welded where the heat sheild will cover the weld. Of course if u look close u can see the weld, anyway, I like the look...
 
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Any idea of those would work on a '13?
Your bike is brand new, but I think it could work. Here's a set I did for a friend last summer on his 2012 Iron.
 
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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 08:29 AM
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Primo, your bottom pipe looks low.does it have a hole yet,you may have to get your welder out and maybe just put a little patch on there to beef it up, use an old piece of heat shield.That long front end is super cool, did you tweak the back bone at all to balance it out? Peter Fonda
 
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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by kraznos
Your bike is brand new, but I think it could work. Here's a set I did for a friend last summer on his 2012 Iron.
Haha! SOLD! how much to put them on my 72?!?!
 
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