Put on the Pythons!
Put on the Pythons!
Ok, I know it's no big deal and I wouldn't even call it wrenching, after all there are only 4 bolts, 2 nuts and a slip-off / slip-on x 2. Pretty easy stuff. But it was a lazy Sunday afternoon, rainy, and I needed something to do. So I went to my dealer and bought a set of Pythons to play with. I had plenty of time so I had some fun putting them on and took some pix along the way. Thought I would share them with you guys ...
I raised the bike off the floor a few inches with my Craftsman Cycle Lift then stabilized the bike with a scissors jack under each wheel with just enough pressure to eliminate rocking as I pulled the stock mufflers off:
Here's the stock setup with the bags removed:
Right side muffler gone:
And the left:
Next, I slipped the Pythons on the head pipes and fussed with them a bit to make sure they were positioned evenly and the rear tips were exactly even relative to the bumper (yeah, I know... :-):
And here it is all back together and ready to fire up!
Anyway, it was a good way to kill a rainy afternoon that I really would have preferred to spend in the saddle. I just heard they got a foot of snow somewhere 200 miles west of me.
So, I don;t know when I'll be hitting the streets, but I hope it will be soon!! If you got this far, thank you!! 
I raised the bike off the floor a few inches with my Craftsman Cycle Lift then stabilized the bike with a scissors jack under each wheel with just enough pressure to eliminate rocking as I pulled the stock mufflers off:
Here's the stock setup with the bags removed:
Right side muffler gone:
And the left:
Next, I slipped the Pythons on the head pipes and fussed with them a bit to make sure they were positioned evenly and the rear tips were exactly even relative to the bumper (yeah, I know... :-):
And here it is all back together and ready to fire up!
Anyway, it was a good way to kill a rainy afternoon that I really would have preferred to spend in the saddle. I just heard they got a foot of snow somewhere 200 miles west of me.
So, I don;t know when I'll be hitting the streets, but I hope it will be soon!! If you got this far, thank you!!
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I have them on my Ultra and they sound great.
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