Ok people, Whats the scoop on true Duals? Are they worth doing? I have read here that the bike is difficult to tune and that you loose HP. is the sound that much better for the aggravation? For those of you with True Duals, Would you do it again? And what are the problems associated with them? Will it void my HD Warranty?
Thank you
VROCK SE

 

Besides looking cool and sounding cool ....there are no apparent advantage to having them.They do in fact decrease HP but to some the looks and sound out weight the importance of performance.

 

HP loss [sm=bs.gif]. Great looks, sound and performance if you get the right pipes and have your bike tuned by a pro.

 

Installed pipes with no A/C and no tune. Ran great not even decel popping. Although I oculd tell it was a little lean.

Installed A/C and PCIII and got her dynoed and it ran GREAT, Took only 40 minutes on the dyno to get her tuned perfectly. Could not ask for anything better.

SOUND- The sound is AWESOME everyone loves my pipes, they rave about them...

HP loss? Well I have my graph and would love to see where someone had a more smooth, more HP(that you will EVER notice) dyno run with an A/C and pipes. you will NEVER notice 2 hp down low like that. I bet the difference is in the tenths of a hp

 

I love mine and did not have any power loss at all. Me and Mikeisglidn were a couple of the first ones on the forum to run Rineharts and we still have the same ones with no problems. Both bikes run great.

 

I installed the Rineharts on my RK. I haven't noticed any loss in anything. Nice balanced sound from both sides of the bike and the acceleration is awesome (and loud). You won't be sorry.

 

I put Rinehart True Duals on my '06 Road King. The bike runs great. Your warranty is not voided by putting those pipes on. As a matter of fact the local dealer put them on for me when I bought the bike. You do need the race ECM if your bike is fuel injected. This is the second bike I've put the Rineharts on. First one was a 2002 LowRider.

 

Tru Duals,DO, I have them and love the look and also the sound, and the tq is awesome, bike runs great, but to tell you the truth if I had to do it all over again, well , I would.

 

I agree, but the BIG benefit to true dual headers is the alleviation of the heat on the right leg. I have the Vance and Hines and they fit well. Another brand has more of a "square" radius, and I've heard some guys complain thet their passenger's leg gets a little hot.

 

There are many varibles to consider but in most cases 2into1's produce better numbers than true duals on a mostly stock bike.As I have stated in other posts let the numbers speak for themselves anything else is all BS.