What are your thoughts?
Road Master
Joined: Aug 2005
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From: North Texas
New header, muffs, air cleaner & tune are in your future.
Find a sound and look that you like then it's time to modify.
If you are mechanical in any way and have a set of tools, do it yourself you will appreciate it more.
Lots of good advice on here, do pickup your new Limited and enjoy it, they are a nice ride.
Find a sound and look that you like then it's time to modify.
If you are mechanical in any way and have a set of tools, do it yourself you will appreciate it more.
Lots of good advice on here, do pickup your new Limited and enjoy it, they are a nice ride.
Elite HDF Member
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Maryland
Like Yellowbird said, it's the EPA.
New intake gives you air, new tuner supplies more gas to go with that air, and new exhaust is much less restrictive to blow that extra exhaust out the rear. They go together. A trifecta. I'm sure Harley would do it differently if they could. If you just replace or modify the exhaust you loose important back pressure which can have several negative repercussions. Plus won't really be giving you the sound you really want.
We all had to do it. Yes, it is a little tough to swallow. Ride it for a few months though. Listen to other exhausts, ask questions, research. Make sure you get the right exhaust at the right price.
New intake gives you air, new tuner supplies more gas to go with that air, and new exhaust is much less restrictive to blow that extra exhaust out the rear. They go together. A trifecta. I'm sure Harley would do it differently if they could. If you just replace or modify the exhaust you loose important back pressure which can have several negative repercussions. Plus won't really be giving you the sound you really want.
We all had to do it. Yes, it is a little tough to swallow. Ride it for a few months though. Listen to other exhausts, ask questions, research. Make sure you get the right exhaust at the right price.
Cruiser
Joined: Oct 2010
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From: Oklahoma City
That was the first upgrade I did on my 2010 FLHTK, I got lucky and a friend had a set of SE slip-ons he sold me for $100.00 bucks. They sound much deeper and really good when you get on it! You might check out craiglist, you can probably find a fairly new set of slip ons fairly cheep.
Road Master
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you can punch out the baffles, it's your bike.
chances on improving anything are not really high.
some guys look for the "magic drill bit" ,before dropping money on a "designed" exhuast system.
cons:
1.) ooops, may have voided part of the warranty
2.) marginal result - at best,. The header pipe has a catalytic converter in it. that is the bottleneck to flow ( performance) and sound. Mufflers on the 2010 and newer models are much more open than previous mufflers, they are still compliant because of the cat
I swear I'm gonna start selling cd's of my panhead idling at 650 rpm to guys with newer bikes.
new bikes sound different for a number of reasons
a.) higher idle required for oil pressure and volume, and oil is a big part of the cooling system
b.) flat top pistons ( pre evo were hemi-head)
c.) old bikes had very coarse fuel mixture, often rich at idle
d.) waste spark ignited that unburned fuel
e.) older models had manual timing advance/retard and could be way retarded
I'd wait until you have been to a number of bike nights and dealer bbqs and heard a sound combo you like, then go get that.
Mike
chances on improving anything are not really high.
some guys look for the "magic drill bit" ,before dropping money on a "designed" exhuast system.
cons:
1.) ooops, may have voided part of the warranty
2.) marginal result - at best,. The header pipe has a catalytic converter in it. that is the bottleneck to flow ( performance) and sound. Mufflers on the 2010 and newer models are much more open than previous mufflers, they are still compliant because of the cat
I swear I'm gonna start selling cd's of my panhead idling at 650 rpm to guys with newer bikes.
new bikes sound different for a number of reasons
a.) higher idle required for oil pressure and volume, and oil is a big part of the cooling system
b.) flat top pistons ( pre evo were hemi-head)
c.) old bikes had very coarse fuel mixture, often rich at idle
d.) waste spark ignited that unburned fuel
e.) older models had manual timing advance/retard and could be way retarded
I'd wait until you have been to a number of bike nights and dealer bbqs and heard a sound combo you like, then go get that.
Mike
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