fishtail slip-on scrape
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fishtail slip-on scrape
I know I'm really asking for it, but here goes.
I just finished installing my V&H power duals and fishtail slip-ons this weekend
One thing I did not think of is since the slip-ons are longer than the stock mufflers, they scrape the ground when I leave my driveway. They also scraped when I rode thru a water drainage channel that had been built across the road.
So, I have turned the fishtail so it's horizontal instead of vertical
Solved the problem, but they sure do look funny to me.
I am just curious how many others have done the same
Thanks
I just finished installing my V&H power duals and fishtail slip-ons this weekend
One thing I did not think of is since the slip-ons are longer than the stock mufflers, they scrape the ground when I leave my driveway. They also scraped when I rode thru a water drainage channel that had been built across the road.
So, I have turned the fishtail so it's horizontal instead of vertical
Solved the problem, but they sure do look funny to me.
I am just curious how many others have done the same
Thanks
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I ran fishtails on my softail for many years and the longer they got the more they scraped. I just accpeted it was going to happen on cornering in canyons and if I went out of the driveway straight. I did discover that exiting the driveway on angle allowed me not to scrape. If turning them makes it so they don't scrape and that makes you happy leave them.
Who cares what others think about how your bike looks? It's yours, not theirs.
Who cares what others think about how your bike looks? It's yours, not theirs.
Yeah, I'm not sure if there's any way around not scraping. Love to see them on sideways though.
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Let 'em scrape IMO. Just a little cosmetic reminder of the price to pay it takes to look cool. And itll make it look like you're a total badass that rips wheelies.
Actually IMO a half scraped off fish tail would look pretty neat.
Actually IMO a half scraped off fish tail would look pretty neat.
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back when fishtails were straight pipes, the front end of the pipe was trimmed to allow for clearance at the rear
I guess that won;t help you out.
if the bike is lowered you could raise it back up
mike
I guess that won;t help you out.
if the bike is lowered you could raise it back up
mike
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They just scrape. Mine are rough on the bottoms. Nothing to be done about it if you ride it, other than what you have apparently done already. As hogpro said, some care can be taken by taking steeper driveways at an angle, but even so, you're likely gonna scrape em every so often anyway.