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Apr 10, 2009 | 01:13 PM

road king jay

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need help changed exhaust and now pops

I have a 03 road king with a big bore kit and and big air sucker. Bike had stock pipes until this week, I put on a set of Screaming Eagle slip-ons. I contacted a few local H-D Dealers and they told me I didn't need to worry about a powercommander because with the big bore kit the download would be all i need. I took the bike for a test ride and everytime i let off the throttle the bike pops. Am I going to ruin my bike do I need to put the stock pipes back on or can I keep running it with the slip-ons. Need Help

Apr 10, 2009 | 01:36 PM

RoadKingRon1

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Does it have a tuner? Popping on decel can be a "too lean" situation or an exhaust leak. Double check all your connections.

Depending on how lean it is, you probably won't hurt anything....

Apr 10, 2009 | 01:45 PM

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no tuner. 3 local hd dealers said since it has the big bore kit it already has a download. bike is good to go. i did double check all the connections and everything seems ok

Apr 10, 2009 | 02:44 PM

bdaug50

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Personally, I love the decel popping. I have even tried to get mine to do it but I don't want to push it too far. Sounds like a nice old muscle car slowing down with the popping. When I had Hooker Tuned Flow slipons before the motor build, they popped on decel and sounded awesome.

Apr 10, 2009 | 02:49 PM

garyhendley

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I used high temp silacon on all the pipe connections it stopped my popping-ride safe

Apr 10, 2009 | 02:53 PM

Raptor1956

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silicon is the answer. put some where muff joins head pipe.

Apr 10, 2009 | 03:10 PM

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Make sure the muffler clamps are all the way FORWARD on the muffler, not shifted towards the back. If they are not forward, they cannot clamp down tightly, causing leaks, causing pops.