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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 07:08 PM
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I am waiting for my s&s spo slip ons and was telling the guy in the shop that I'm simply putting them on with no other mods and he tells me that I will kill the cylinder because it will run too lean and yada yada. Is there anyone that has been running stock everything with only slip ons?
 
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 07:11 PM
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run it dont listen to that guy. if you change the air cleaner then you will need a new map
 
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 07:13 PM
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What bigdady said.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 07:14 PM
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As already mentioned, it should be perfectly fine, it would however, be nice to know what bike you are speaking of.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 07:18 PM
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run it dont listen to that guy. if you change the air cleaner then you will need a new map
thats what I have heard , one or the other is ok but if you do both then you need to remap
 
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 07:20 PM
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Sorry I got a 2011 Electra glide limited
 
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 07:29 PM
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Thanks for the info, and putting the info in your sig as you have now done, is a good thing to do, this way people can always see what bike you have when you forget to put it in the post.

Now you know you will be fine with the slip-ons, but soon in the future let that thing breathe a little better and add some fuel to her with the next money you throw at her.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 07:30 PM
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My local indy installed bassini slip ons on my stock 08 SG, said it was fine as long as I didn't change the air cleaner.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 08:45 PM
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Thanks fellas I've been reading on this site that this is fine but I was looking to hear from someone that has actually been running it like that for a while.
 
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