are stock pipes worth keeping
#31
11-26-2013, 06:14 PM
When I replace my stock pipes I clean them thoroughly and then carefully wrap them and put them in a box for safe storage. Then I place the box in a safe place.
After a few years I'll find myself searching for some old part and will stumble upon the box. I then open it and inspect the stored pipes, and onces satisfied they are in the exact condition I left them, I close the box. I repeat this every few years.
Don't do what I do. I know that I will never put them back on the bike and storing them is a waste of time and space. If you can't find someone to give them to, sell them for scarp or better yet, just throw them away!
After a few years I'll find myself searching for some old part and will stumble upon the box. I then open it and inspect the stored pipes, and onces satisfied they are in the exact condition I left them, I close the box. I repeat this every few years.
Don't do what I do. I know that I will never put them back on the bike and storing them is a waste of time and space. If you can't find someone to give them to, sell them for scarp or better yet, just throw them away!
#32
11-26-2013, 06:16 PM
Outstanding HDF Member
#34
11-26-2013, 06:28 PM
With the cat out the stock pipes perform and sound real good. Look on fuelmoto site at the dyno numbers you can see jackpot 2/1/2 header with Bub mufflers made a couple hp more but less TQ than my stock headers with V&H mufflers, both with TW-222 cams.
Last edited by jeg1; 11-26-2013 at 06:34 PM.
#35
06-01-2024, 08:29 AM
Tourer
my 99 with the old SE Perf slip-ons (the good ones) was getting harder and harder to get inspected in my state due to the "race use only" stamp. one indy near me went out of business because of the fines for inspecting / passing bikes with "illegal" exhaust. When I talked to the dealer about trading it in he said "well, technically, it's not legal for highway use so……" so I said, "I have the stock mufflers at home" and he said "OK, let's talk". my state is really strict about noise - inspections have noise meters, cops have noise meters, at least they realize that non-stock doesn't always mean non-compliance and they test with meters. At least they don't put sniffers up the exhaust to measure the emissions.
I'm in South Florida and have absolutely no idea what, if any, emissions/noise mandates are in place here.
Don't worry about it either.
#36
06-01-2024, 08:33 AM
Club Member
You got bit by a necro thread bump, likely from that "related thread" bullshit. You can turn that off
Last edited by NorthWestern; 06-01-2024 at 08:34 AM.
#37
06-01-2024, 09:08 AM
Club Member
Old thread, old mufflers.
Three or four years ago I wanted to install the factory mufflers on my 1998 FLHTCUI. I searched high and low for a set of OEM mufflers with the correct PN. I finally found a set of pristine mufflers out in Arizona somewhere.
The fellow with the mufflers was not a bike owner or rider and wanted only to sell to a walk-in customer. (He ran a junk shop.) After much begging, telling of sob stories, and tear shedding, he relented and shipped to me. I paid a small fortune to have these OEM mufflers.
I am eternally grateful that someone tucked these mufflers away for uncertain future use. Old OEM Harley stuff always has a value. My bike is now 26 years old. I can imagine the value of a set of OEM mufflers whenever the bike becomes 75 years old.
Some may poo-poo the idea of storing old OEM Harley-Davidson take-offs. But, hey, it's about the bike isn't it? Not about the owner.
Three or four years ago I wanted to install the factory mufflers on my 1998 FLHTCUI. I searched high and low for a set of OEM mufflers with the correct PN. I finally found a set of pristine mufflers out in Arizona somewhere.
The fellow with the mufflers was not a bike owner or rider and wanted only to sell to a walk-in customer. (He ran a junk shop.) After much begging, telling of sob stories, and tear shedding, he relented and shipped to me. I paid a small fortune to have these OEM mufflers.
I am eternally grateful that someone tucked these mufflers away for uncertain future use. Old OEM Harley stuff always has a value. My bike is now 26 years old. I can imagine the value of a set of OEM mufflers whenever the bike becomes 75 years old.
Some may poo-poo the idea of storing old OEM Harley-Davidson take-offs. But, hey, it's about the bike isn't it? Not about the owner.
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#38
06-01-2024, 09:52 AM
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#39
06-01-2024, 09:54 AM
Seasoned HDF Member
Environmental restrictions and noise laws are only going to get worse.
OLd thread. Nothing else I would take headers home, in case he would have wanted to get rid of 2-1
Or as said wrap up and bungee to bike.
We will probably never know what he did. I bet he left them, since he didn't complain about shipping costs
OLd thread. Nothing else I would take headers home, in case he would have wanted to get rid of 2-1
Or as said wrap up and bungee to bike.
We will probably never know what he did. I bet he left them, since he didn't complain about shipping costs
