2007-09-22 02:19:09 · 10 answers · asked by hambone 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
Straight pipes will hurt your power curve. Even if they are tuned. You will need your computer flashed(reprogrammed) and / or a "black box" of some kind. A Power Commander or a DFO(Digital Fuel Optimizer).
I know for a fact that you can get good sound with Blunderbuss baffles if you size everything right. I had a set of 12 inchers inside my fishtails before I changed my (mind) exhaust. I run a DFO that can be set without a laptop computer on an '06 FI TC88. I had to set it richer for the new exhaust. Internally, they're just like big glasspacks. A bit quieter than the baffled 'tails.
2007-09-22 10:35:41 · answer #1 · answered by Firecracker . 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi:How About,By Taking Off The Mufflers???????????Ha,Ha,Ha.Seriously Though,Take Off The Mufflers And Put Some Baffles In The Pipes,Should Work.The Fuel Injection Probably Requires Some Back Pressure So I Don't Think That You Can Run A Straight Pipe.But Take Your Mufflers Off And See If It Will Run Without Them.Plus Straight Pipes Might Be To Loud,The Baffles Will Quite It Down A Bite.Hope This Helps You Out.Hope To See You On The Roads.Later.
2007-09-22 03:36:57 · answer #2 · answered by hottonite2005 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Road King Pipes
2016-11-02 15:04:51 · answer #3 · answered by ciolli 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put them on and run it, it will be loud an obnoxious as hell, but, if thats what you want. In addition to the pipes you will probably have to install some sort of fuel injection remapping device (IE "Power Commander" or other brand name) there are several on the market, ask around for recommendations.
2007-09-22 02:49:24 · answer #4 · answered by G B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
order em online from JPCYCLE or DENNISKIRK. They both carry several brands like vance and hines etc that feature straight pipes for your bike. Since it is fuel injected, you should also change to a high volume air filter and changing the pipes will cause your bike to run too lean, causing overheating, pinging and can burn down a motor. So, you will need to remap your Fuel injection. You can do it cheaper and simpler by going with vance and hines pipes, and getting one of their "fuel pak" plug in systems, then you go to their online site, type in what type of bike, which pipes and air cleaner you are using and it gives you the codes to type into the fuel pak. and your ready to go. Fuel paks cost around $250.00 and can be removed from your bike to put on another, or if you take your bike in for warranty work, just unplug it, your bike will revert to stock and no record is kept in the computer of it being used. Or, you can go with a Harley Davidson "race tuner" which costs just under $400.00, and requires your bike to be run on the dyno for 5 hours at a cost of around $365.00 dollars more. The race tuner can not be removed from your bike and used on another if you sell your bike, It requires a trip to the dyno everytime you change anything on the motor or exhaust, for anywhere from 1-5 hrs more in charges.
2007-09-22 12:42:29 · answer #5 · answered by randy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use pipes no bigger than1 3/4 in dia. put torque cones in the top of them & get your controler reflashed. most additional power will only be above 4500 rpm so set your rev limiter to 6500 or so to take advantage of it.
if you just put straight pipes on without torque cones it will run great wound out but you will lose a lot of grunt on the low end, have flat spots in the power band, & probably have a rough idle, its worse with bigger pipes 2" & over, though we did it for many years & usually dealt with it by running rich in most of the power band & putting baffels in to get some torque back after the engines started wearing out & loseing compression so we could ride another summer before the next ring job.
the motor co. spends a lot of engineering time & money getting their pipes to work right, its pretty hard to equal or beat them with just guess work. but have fun trying!
2007-09-22 11:37:53 · answer #6 · answered by Who Dat ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have straight pipes on my 01 heritage softail classic. it is not fuel injected, it has a carb. i did loose some power when i did this and it also will not pass a legal inspection so you might want to check that out in your state before you go straight pipes. it is a lot louder.
2007-09-22 11:41:47 · answer #7 · answered by thisisme 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The simplest way to run straight pipes is to just remove the mufflers. You can do it, but depending on where you live or ride, you may get stopped and ticketed for excessive noise.
2007-09-22 03:14:27 · answer #8 · answered by JetDoc 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
yes
2007-09-23 02:54:45 · answer #9 · answered by jon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have them installed at a reputable shop so you dont screw anything up
2007-09-22 04:22:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋