Why Do You Change out the pipes on your ride?
#11
No other change when swapping exhaust. I went from stock exhaust to RB when doing a 103". It's a decent system, a touch loud though. Went 107", re- tuned with the RB. A year later I took off RB Racing LSR 2-1, installed D&D Boarzilla, retuned.
#13
It'll be loud and some of the bottom end torque will be lost. FWIW, stock mufflers with baffles removed always sounded like someone grabbed the down spouts off their house and bolted them on in place of the mufflers.
#14
My reason for changing pipes:
- Looks - The large factory chrome pipes that came on my bike just wasn't doing it for me.
- Performance - First thing I did to my bike was exhaust, intake, and SE race tune.
- Safety - Just my personal thinking. Riding a quiet bike has always made me nervous. I feel people are more app to look more for a bike if they can hear one some where beside them compared to glancing in their mirror, not seeing anything and then coming into my lane or pulling out on the road.
#16
#17
Seems like a lot of guys mention performance as a priority for changing the pipes but without changing the air cleaner and the tune you're really not going to notice a difference, in my opinion. Actually you'd get way more out of just the air cleaner and tuning with stock pipes than you would just swapping out some slipons. So it's gotta be more than just performance!
I did it for the sound/tone, primarily. The Rineharts I put on or way deeper, a bit louder, and if you ask me, make my bike sound "more like a Harley" than it did stock. The extra performance was a bonus and they look damn good which doesn't hurt. But we all have different reasons I guess.
I did it for the sound/tone, primarily. The Rineharts I put on or way deeper, a bit louder, and if you ask me, make my bike sound "more like a Harley" than it did stock. The extra performance was a bonus and they look damn good which doesn't hurt. But we all have different reasons I guess.
#18
I just purchased a 2016 Fatboy S and am trying to understand the purpose of changing out pipes for reasons other than just looks and sound?
Do people do it for the sound or performance or look? Are there other reasons I'm overlooking other than these three?
Do the performance benefits justify the cost for a set of new pipes?
Any suggestions for new pipes on my 2016 Fatboy S?
Thanks in advance for the responses.
Do people do it for the sound or performance or look? Are there other reasons I'm overlooking other than these three?
Do the performance benefits justify the cost for a set of new pipes?
Any suggestions for new pipes on my 2016 Fatboy S?
Thanks in advance for the responses.
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