harley sound
Road Warrior
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From: Melissa, TX
RE: harley sound
If you're talking about the old 'potato-potato-potato' lope that the old carb'd single pin 88's had, not gonna happen from a newer model 96/EFI. About the closest you can come will require at a minimum:
Stage 1 (debatable)
Fuel Management (PCIII, SERT, TMAT, etc)
Pipes (something that let's the motor breath well)
Intake (SE or AN Big Sucker with K&N filter)
Cams (SE255's in mine give it only a slightly improved lope over stock).
I recently did the Stage II upgrade (103") and have all of the above and still don't have the nostaligic lope that Harley is most well known for, but it's close enough for me. Still sounds damn good.
Stage 1 (debatable)
Fuel Management (PCIII, SERT, TMAT, etc)
Pipes (something that let's the motor breath well)
Intake (SE or AN Big Sucker with K&N filter)
Cams (SE255's in mine give it only a slightly improved lope over stock).
I recently did the Stage II upgrade (103") and have all of the above and still don't have the nostaligic lope that Harley is most well known for, but it's close enough for me. Still sounds damn good.
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RE: harley sound
your exhaust already comes with some good sound. about as equal as rhineharts. if my rig came that way I would never have gotten a thunderheader. Speaking of which, is "that true harley sound"!
there are others but none with the purity of a t-header
there are others but none with the purity of a t-header
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From: Montgomery
RE: harley sound
I have discovered that the easiest way for me to get that "Harley sound" on my stock '07 FLHX is to start it up!
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RE: harley sound
I'm very happy with the sound of my Road King Custom, because it doesn't sound like a typical touring bike with long duals. I have shorty staggered Cycle Shack pipes, much more accustomed to a Fat Boy or Soft Tail, which I think always sound better than the more subdued and sophisticated touring mufflers that most bigger bikes have. It also gives my Road King a look that is out of the ordinary for a touring bike.
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From: North Central MA
RE: harley sound
My only gripe with my '07 Electraglide Classic when I first got it, was that I thought the stock exhaust system was *too* quiet! Once I changed to the V&H Ovals, True Duals, and the Fuel Pack and Arlen Ness Big Sucker, it was like night and day with sound and stock performance.
Twist the throttle, and the exhaust will bark. Listening to the radio at cruising speeds is not an issue.
Oh yes, and one other thing, I don't get baked on the right side anymore from the exhaust.
Cheers!
Bob
Twist the throttle, and the exhaust will bark. Listening to the radio at cruising speeds is not an issue.
Oh yes, and one other thing, I don't get baked on the right side anymore from the exhaust.
Cheers!
Bob
