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[Fired00d]

I took a look through my photos to see what I have.  From my last 3 bikes, I have a total of about 10 photos of the left side and a few hundred from the right side...plus about another dozen from the rear and another 8 from the front.  The photos from front and rear were mostly taken showing the front and rear, along with the right side of the bikes.  I'm more than convinced that I favor the right side photos.  Again, if I had a center stand, I'm sure I would likely take more photos of the left side, but since I don't, I won't.

To go one step further, I checked out photos of cars, and it looks like everytime I ever took a photo from one side, I also took the other...so I don't just have some general propensity to photograph everything from the right side...it's just a bike thing I guess.

I don't know what all of this has to do with liking one pipe or two though.  When I got my D&D's, I only got the 2-1 side originally and added the chrome belt guard cover.  I just didn't like the looks without the other muffler.  That's a personal choice.  I don't think that it's something that we can argue about on here.  There is no correct answer, except on an individual basis.  When I ordered the ghost pipe, several of my friends made fun of me...until they saw it on there.  They all agreed that it looked better.

The worst part of it is that we, as the riders, only see the rear of the ghost pipe sticking out the back.  When you are riding, and the bike is upright, it's others that see that ugly rear sprocket.  I may have stuck with one muffler if there were an easy way of making that rear sprocket chrome, but that's not the case.  You can't even get a chrome cover for it.  I may have very well lived with it, given a chrome rear sprocket, but I still think that eventually, I would have ended up with 2 mufflers.  Again, it's a personal choice.

This is one of those topics that I think we all just have to agree to disagree on.  Happy holidays everyone!

Exactly!!!! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you too.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[1abastarsmda]

Exactly!!!! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you too.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

It just goes to show that if I type enough, odds are that I'll get 3 or 4 sentences correct. 

[Fired00d]

It just goes to show that if I type enough, odds are that I'll get 3 or 4 sentences correct. 

Hehehehehehe.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[porthole]

I don't know what all of this has to do with liking one pipe or two though.  

Has everything to do with it.
The OP wrote - hey here is a picture of my bike with and without - which do you like better?

Only thing missing was the poll 

[1abastarsmda]

Has everything to do with it.
The OP wrote - hey here is a picture of my bike with and without - which do you like better?

Only thing missing was the poll 

I still stand on my statement that which side of the bike that people take in their photos has nothing to do with whether they like one or two pipes.  I'm guessing that it's more a function of the right side being more exposed to take the photo, and I'm positive it it directly related to which side of the bike they happen to be standing on when they snap the photo.    Again, as a personal thing, I haven't taken many photos of my left side, regardless of whether I had pipes on both sides or just one side.  But, and again on another personal note, even if I had a center stand, I'd still probably take more photos from the right side, since I find the right side to have a more pleasing appearance.  If I am checking out someone else's bike, I will spend most of my time looking over the right side, then I may take a quick walk around to glance at the left side, and unless I happen to see something on that side that stands out as unusual that I like, then I may spend a little more time on that side.  I might spend a little extra time on the left side if that bike happened to have a turbo charger, but in that case, I'd be drawn to the other side from what I saw on the right side.  If that other bike happened to be on a center stand, then I may actually go to the left side, if I am coming at the bike from that direction, but I'll sure move to the right side shortly.  Wow!  This has to rank up there with the most ridiculous posts I've ever made...and that really says something.

[Wheelsnkeels]

 

Is this a picture taking thread now??

[Heatwave]

Thanks to the moderator for merging my poll thread with the pics thread on the Fat Cat Ghost preference. Feel free and go back to the start of this thread to place your vote on your preference.  

Just curious...was the poll a feature I could have added on my own after the thread was already started or was it only possible for a moderator to add a poll to an existing thread?

[Heatwave]

Its been good to see that this "ghost pipe preference debate" has been civil and for that matter interesting (at least to me). To add to the discussion, I listed a poll (which I should have done in the first place but to be honest I didn't know how). So now you can go back and place your vote on your preference at this link http://www.cvoharley.com/smf/index.php?topic=44561.0

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all my new CVO friends and their families.

[Fired00d]

Thanks to the moderator for merging my poll thread with the pics thread on the Fat Cat Ghost preference. Feel free and go back to the start of this thread to place your vote on your preference.  

Just curious...was the poll a feature I could have added on my own after the thread was already started or was it only possible for a moderator to add a poll to an existing thread?

You should be able to do it. Look at the last post in your thread and see if you see the screen capture below.

BTW - The poll will appear at the top of each page of your thread.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[1abastarsmda]

Its been good to see that this "ghost pipe preference debate" has been civil and for that matter interesting (at least to me). To add to the discussion, I listed a poll (which I should have done in the first place but to be honest I didn't know how). So now you can go back and place your vote on your preference at this link http://www.cvoharley.com/smf/index.php?topic=44561.0

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all my new CVO friends and their families.

That link didn't work, but all you need to do is go back to page 1 of this thread to vote.  So far, we have a tie.  It's 1 to 1.

[Fired00d]

Actually you'll have to look at another one of your threads that doesn't have a poll in it to see the "add poll" feature since this one has a poll now.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Heatwave]

Actually you'll have to look at another one of your threads that doesn't have a poll in it to see the "add poll" feature since this one has a poll now.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

Found the "add poll" feature on one of my other threads. Now I know how to do it in the future.....Thanks

[Fired00d]

Found the "add poll" feature on one of my other threads. Now I know how to do it in the future.....Thanks

You're welcome.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Keats]

As stated before there is no right or wrong answer but,

 when I see a ghost pipe I liken it to a

toupee or a "comb over".

It does not fool hardly anyone (at least those with a little knowledge)

but the owner thinks it looks better.

[Twolanerider]

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but the owner thinks it looks better.

...and it gives them extra chit to clean and maintain to keep from rattling.