New Street Glide Getting HOT
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New Street Glide Getting HOT
I have a 2012 Street Glide and it seems to get hot really quick compared to my old Harley. It is completely stock except some 4 inch jackpot exhaust with the stock header pipe. My question is if I take out the cataletic converter in the stock pipe will it sound better and will it stay cooler longer?
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Not sure about that one. I would say so since some of the CAT heat could be tansferred back to the motor. If you haven't already done so a good synthetic oil like Mobil 1 will help a little with the heat also.
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07 and later Touring bikes are set to run very lean, which means very hot. There are a number of ways to make them run richer and cooler. Proceed with caution since some of the methods could void your warranty. I like the XIED approach. If you need to send your bike into the shop, you can disconnect the XIED's in less than 15 minutes.
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I have a 2012 Street Glide and it seems to get hot really quick compared to my old Harley. It is completely stock except some 4 inch jackpot exhaust with the stock header pipe. My question is if I take out the cataletic converter in the stock pipe will it sound better and will it stay cooler longer?
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Hello Everyone, so how do you take out the catalytic converter? Is there a thread that has pic's or video on how to do this? Sorry for the dumb question(s) but hey this is my first post...
Thanks.
edit - FWIW I have 4" Rinehart slip on's. Everything else is stock
Thanks.
edit - FWIW I have 4" Rinehart slip on's. Everything else is stock
Last edited by PhoneGuy-MI; Mar 26, 2012 at 11:57 AM.
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