The All things ROAD KING SPECIAL THREAD
6th Gear
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From: Bethlehem PA
Love em!
Has anyone seen, heard, or own one of our Specials with V&H Big Radius exhausts? They have always been my favorite looking exhaust. Wanted to see how well they look and sound/perform on our bikes. Going to be upgrading the exhaust, intake and tuner on my bike and I am just not huge on full dual exhaust, yet the 2:1 Exhaust make me feel like something is missing.
Love em pipes!
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From: Gouda
They look awesome, but you'll give up a lot of low end torque with short pipes.
If sound and looks are what are the most important to you, these are great looking and incredibly loud pipes.
If sound and looks are what are the most important to you, these are great looking and incredibly loud pipes.
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From: Indiana
That is exactly what I was looking to see. They look great! Is the noise over powering tho? I like to still be able to hear my music either through my Sena or Headphones. Didn't know if I should go with Quiet baffles or not.
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Now that you said it about the low end torque I started looking up what people were seeing out of them performance wise. Seems a lot of people are saying they lost more on bigger CI builds but everything was still more than stock. I am by no means racing or anything to that extent but I do love getting up to speed fast, which I feel it doesn't do too bad of stock. Multiple time I have caught myself doing 70 - 80 MPH in back 40 MPH roads around here without trying. I think anything over stock should be fine with me. Biggest thing for me is having the right sound and looks. As far as Performance goes, the ACDC intake and exhaust with tune was the most I had planned on ever doing.
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Do you know of any other shorty exhaust other than the Trasks that are 2:1 side exhausts? I looked at the Nasty Bastards from Trask, but for $500 more, just didn't seem justifiable if I am only going to see minimal differences.
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From: California, Md now Savannah, Ga
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From: Indiana
A good friend quite a while back put the Big Radius on his Street Glide. He ended up not liking the look or sound and put the Paul Yaffe 2-1 on like in the video below. Pretty cool look IMO but not sure if they are still available or the price if they are available.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOiVhIz0hno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOiVhIz0hno
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From: Indiana
TBR has one.
6th Gear
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From: Bethlehem PA
The noise isnt overpowering at all. Its just right.