Catalytic Converter Removal
Road Captain
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 569
Likes: 7
From: Massachusetts
First, what it does suggest is that many that post here like to buy tuners. If downloads didn't work, the sales would be really low and many dealers would not waste their time to perform them.
Next, if you look at number two and three, they contradict each other.
As for number three, it is just your opinion, and I disagree.
I installed the A/C and mufflers before I took my RG down to have the Stage 1 download installed.
When it was done, I noticed a slight improvement in performance (My opinion).
But what is not my opinion is the increase in fuel mileage. It increased 4 MPG over before I had the download installed.
So to say the Stage one download is worthless is incorrect, and just your opinion. And then to say you recommend a tuner makes no sense. A tuner is just a different MAP from the stock MAP. There are Factory Harley tuners as well as aftermarket ones. So any Tuner, or just aftermarket tuners?
For you to recommend one over another (rather than to just state your results) must mean you work for, or make something from it? Or you just need to justify your purchase of one instead of just a download?
But, again this is just my opinion.
Next, if you look at number two and three, they contradict each other.
As for number three, it is just your opinion, and I disagree.
I installed the A/C and mufflers before I took my RG down to have the Stage 1 download installed.
When it was done, I noticed a slight improvement in performance (My opinion).
But what is not my opinion is the increase in fuel mileage. It increased 4 MPG over before I had the download installed.
So to say the Stage one download is worthless is incorrect, and just your opinion. And then to say you recommend a tuner makes no sense. A tuner is just a different MAP from the stock MAP. There are Factory Harley tuners as well as aftermarket ones. So any Tuner, or just aftermarket tuners?
For you to recommend one over another (rather than to just state your results) must mean you work for, or make something from it? Or you just need to justify your purchase of one instead of just a download?
But, again this is just my opinion.
Stage IV
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
From: South Texas
Hey..I can't figure out how to PM here yet..but I am trying to get this mod done right NOW!
I have talked to 4 or 5 custom exhaust places and a couple of custom bike builders, and they have all said they won't or can't.
I have found one who is finding out exactly what he has to do to get this done correctly, but hasn't quoted me a price yet...he hasn't performed this mod yet.
PLEASE PM me with his info!
I'm in Spring.
I have talked to 4 or 5 custom exhaust places and a couple of custom bike builders, and they have all said they won't or can't.
I have found one who is finding out exactly what he has to do to get this done correctly, but hasn't quoted me a price yet...he hasn't performed this mod yet.
PLEASE PM me with his info!
I'm in Spring.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 1,816
Likes: 2
From: New Hampshire
Hey..I can't figure out how to PM here yet..but I am trying to get this mod done right NOW!
I have talked to 4 or 5 custom exhaust places and a couple of custom bike builders, and they have all said they won't or can't.
I have found one who is finding out exactly what he has to do to get this done correctly, but hasn't quoted me a price yet...he hasn't performed this mod yet.
PLEASE PM me with his info!
I'm in Spring.
I have talked to 4 or 5 custom exhaust places and a couple of custom bike builders, and they have all said they won't or can't.
I have found one who is finding out exactly what he has to do to get this done correctly, but hasn't quoted me a price yet...he hasn't performed this mod yet.
PLEASE PM me with his info!
I'm in Spring.
Road Captain
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 579
Likes: 117
From: New Baltimore, MI
Wild Pig Pipes will do it for the price quoted by the OP.
http://www.wildpigpipes.com/
If you are Military, give them a call for a better deal.
http://www.wildpigpipes.com/
If you are Military, give them a call for a better deal.
Extreme HDF Member
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 12,653
Likes: 18
From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
I think it's going to depend on the bike. With just slip-ons, my bike doesn't need a tuner or download (stage 1), to run properly. But I have my cat still in place and stock a/c. I can detect just the slightest decel pop on it and have made sure there are no exhaust leaks. If I gut the cat, or do a hi flow a/c, there is no doubt in my mind that it would need one or the other. In mine, the cat provides just enough back pressure to keep things running good.
To the OP, how does the stock slip-ons sound on the gutted pipe?
Cruiser
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 210
Likes: 0
From: San Antonio
I think it's going to depend on the bike. With just slip-ons, my bike doesn't need a tuner or download (stage 1), to run properly. But I have my cat still in place and stock a/c. I can detect just the slightest decel pop on it and have made sure there are no exhaust leaks. If I gut the cat, or do a hi flow a/c, there is no doubt in my mind that it would need one or the other. In mine, the cat provides just enough back pressure to keep things running good.
To the OP, how does the stock slip-ons sound on the gutted pipe?
To the OP, how does the stock slip-ons sound on the gutted pipe?
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Cruiser
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 132
Likes: 0
From: nashville
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5th Gear
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 9
Likes: 0
From: North Bergen
Send me the info please
Thanks
Thanks
I am not including the guys name so I don't get flagged with.....
.... And I already know that.....
But here we go....
Me, and my two riding buddies, just had our CC's cut out by a guy out in west Houston, and he does a GREAT job. He does NOT cut the pipe in half.... This way, there is not fittment issues going back together (too short, or welded back at an angle)
He cuts a widown in the pipe, removes a section, and uses an air chizzle to get all the crap out.... Then welds the widow he cut out back on.
He does super clean work, and it takes about an hour. He charges $100, but don't think if you bring him 10 he'll cut you a deal, he won't, we all 3 tried haha
It is $100 per pipe, take it or leave it. We are all 3 VERY happy with sound and performance after removal.
If you want his info, PM me, and I'll send it your way.
Thanks!!!!
.... And I already know that.....
But here we go....
Me, and my two riding buddies, just had our CC's cut out by a guy out in west Houston, and he does a GREAT job. He does NOT cut the pipe in half.... This way, there is not fittment issues going back together (too short, or welded back at an angle)
He cuts a widown in the pipe, removes a section, and uses an air chizzle to get all the crap out.... Then welds the widow he cut out back on.
He does super clean work, and it takes about an hour. He charges $100, but don't think if you bring him 10 he'll cut you a deal, he won't, we all 3 tried haha
It is $100 per pipe, take it or leave it. We are all 3 VERY happy with sound and performance after removal.
If you want his info, PM me, and I'll send it your way.
Thanks!!!!