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[fxr4mikey]

Mikey-
If I use the Supertrapp 2:1 exhaust, does that exclude me from using saddlebags? Also, how do they compare against Thunderheaders 2:1, or other 2:1 systems?  Thus, my ultimate question is what is the best performance 2:1 ehaust system that allows you to use saddlebags for the FXR3?

James,
I really don't know the answers to your questions.


I decided, that instead of changing exhaust, that I'd just put in the V&H quiet baffles in mine.  They required a minor modification in order to get a real good fit, but the job was easy, fast, and the results are GREAT !!!


Thanks to Mike Redfxr2  for the tips and directions and paving the way with the mods and the quiet baffels  !!

[fxr4mikey]

did you get a new exhaust yet ??

[63SSRagtop]

I got sidetracked messing around with the Nova.. Hooker had also jacked the prices up again on the auction, they recently dropped back down to $99 bones for the pipes and $70 for shipping here to washington.. Went ahead and picked up these guys.. Phat performance lists the same pipes for $564+ shipping, so 100 bones is a good price!

Will post a pic once i get them on..

[fxr4mikey]

I'll be looking forward to the pictures ... GREAT PRICE !!

[63SSRagtop]

Here's a set on a sportster, i may have to weld a washer or two in for some back pressure.. won't know till i get em on though..
 

[63SSRagtop]

Wow, didn't expect the port sizes at the head to be so much different.. I gotta fab up a rear bracket though, be doing that in the a.m... May explain why alot of the sportsters didnt sound to bad with these pipes.. it goes down about 5 inches and steps out, then one more time at the end of the pipes..  These pipes are
big!

[63SSRagtop]

Holy crap this took longer than i thought it would but i'm kinda a perfectionist.. Finally got the pipes on, had to fab up both the rear bracket and the front bracket but after 10,000 put on, take off, put on, take off.. finally got it right.. I do have to shave some of the shiedling near the oil tank, 1/8" is not enough clearance apparently...  The video was taken by my iphone, its not nearly as accurate of a sound..  These guys are very throaty on acceleration but on the highway they flatten out to a nice low hum.. no noticeable loss in power, all in all i like em!

[fxr4mikey]

very interesting !!

Nice job getting them to fit !!

[neanderpaul]

As I just had a shop here in Phoenix (My new home thank you!) drop about 6 welds on my rear header pipe, it's about time I look for new pipes. I am hoping the V&H Straight Shots they make now, will still fit the sled.

Otherwise...I'm lookin' for a new brand.

[naitram]

what about shortshots?

http://www.vanceandhines.com/products/fxr-8794-shrtshts/shortshots.html

[63SSRagtop]

I'd tried some shortshots on my evo about a year ago, they were off the bike by sundown.. didn't care for the sound much, maybe playing around with the baffles some would have worked but they seemed really 'tinny'..

[naitram]

ive got big shots on a 113" S&S and they sound great 

[63SSRagtop]

Yeah having the extra 33 cubes would make a huge difference in the sound...

[lucille]

ive got big shots on a 113" S&S and they sound great 

My FXRs - 113" S&S with RBRacing .... 2", B style, slash cut......good pipe, much torque.
........... - 80" with modified 2 into 2.....also good pipes, many dyno runs to get these ones right.