You'll have to get a full exhaust system w/o the O2 bungs and a Fuel managment system that eliminates the O2 sensors as they will only read to the lowest limit of 13.8:1.

Your right about power or richness as when you open it up, it jumps to 12.5:1, but for everyday riding, 13.5 might be a liitle too rich.

Up to you on the $$$ you want to spend, but the impression I get from the OP is she just wants to know if the dealer is blowing sunshine up her you know what... and I agree.

Don't want to hi-jack the thread..sorry.

 

Yup. About 8 more than 4 months.

I love the Chatham area. Berkshires, Old Chatham, Catskills, proximity to Vermont. My brother and his wife have a place on Lake Champlain as well. Just too damn cold too much of the year for me.

Florida's warm and sunny, but we put altitude signs on speed bumps to warn people with height issues. If you want to ride twisties you're best off just pulling u-turns in your driveway.

Course the ocean does make up for some of the shortcomings. If you ever get lost just right straight until you hit a beach and turn either right or left depending on whether you live in south or north FL.

 

No popping, just the nice sound of the exhausts pipes. However, no difference in performance, which is why I kicked it up another notch.

 

If you want just the slip ons and do either 1.75 or 2.0, you should be able to run without anything else. If you want the bike to run a little cooler and better, you can add the A/C and a tuner. I'd suggest you contact Fuel Moto and talk to them. I think they have packages with the slip on, tuner and A/C for around $600. They also supply a map that I'm told runs great and you can do all of it yourself.

I've not used them, but a bunch of folks on the forum have and everyone swears by them.

 

I went through the same B.S. with my Harley dealer when I mentioned wanting to add slip-ons. They try to scare you into spending money. Doing the full Stage 1 is ultimately the best way to go but if your on a budget like me I ended up just doing the Vance and Hines Straight Shot slip-ons at first. I took my bike to another Harley dealer which put the bike on the dyno for me for $35.00 bucks. They said the Air/ Fuel Ratio was fine with the slip-ons. I put 2000 miles on the bike before I did the cleaner and tuner and had no probs. Like everybody says there are so many pipes out there it just came down to cost and looks for me but I love the way they sound and blend in with the stock header pipes. Good luck!

 

I have an 09 Street Glide. I through some V&H slip ons on it and its running fine. I have checked my plugs they are right on. There is no popping and it runs like normal.