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[bubtrauma]

Hi Guyz,

I am from Canada and bought a 2014 FLHTK USA bike. Will it have a cat converter?

aaand can they be removed?

Bub

[remington007]

Yes, its in the collector area. Yes it can be removed.

[bubtrauma]

Know of any links to the removal process. I imagine there must be some cutting and welding involved.

Bub

[GregKhougaz]

You can cut the collector pipe, dig our the cc and reweld the pipe.  You can also drill through the cc removing only the right muffler:  Removing a Catalytic Converter form 09 CVO Road Glide.

If you're doing further work or changing cams you probably want to cut and weld.  Drilling will work for a stage 1 project. 

[AMEDD_SFC]

Or you could get a Fullsac X-pipe and save your environmentally compliant factory pipe just in case.

However you do it, removing the CAT really cools down the right side.

Cheers,

Mark

[RonandJanet]

Would drilling the Cat out like this work on a 2014 CVO Limited?

[RedEagle]

Be advised that removing the cat will require a retune!
I recommend going the FullSac header and muffler core kit with a tune from FullSac that they email you download and install works Great!

[GregKhougaz]

Would drilling the Cat out like this work on a 2014 CVO Limited?

Yes.  Not the ideal as noted above, however. 

[grc]

Would drilling the Cat out like this work on a 2014 CVO Limited?

It doesn't matter what touring model or year (since 2010), the headpipes with the catalyst in the collector are the same.  Drilling isn't the method that will do the best job, it's just the quick and dirty method.  If it were me, I'd just buy a replacement without the catalyst and store the stock part for that day in the future when states start doing real emission system tests.  I have little doubt that day is coming in certain states.

Jerry

[bubtrauma]

I already have thunder cones and need to do other mods. I also have  power vision and will be able to tune. I now am looking for how guys gutted them.

[Dan_Lockwood]

I did my '09 SERG a bit differently.  First off though I bought 2" Fullsac baffles and the TTS Mastertune with their dyno proven map.  Believe me, they did lots of the '09s when they first hit the streets and I've not had any issues with the tune or performance of my SERG.

Back to the CAT.

I put my bike up on my table lift and pulled off the heat shield to reveal the collector area.  I then took my plasma cutter and cut a rectangular hole in the side of the collector that was slightly longer than the CAT.  Once I peeled out the tin, which was still connected to the CAT, I used my air chisel to hammer out the rest of the CAT and smooth things out.  After that I MIG welded the plate back in the collector and installed the heat shield.  This was all done with the header pipe still installed on the bike.  This whole process took me about an hour of fiddling and was not hard at all.  But..... the CAT is very hard and does not just fall out.  It has to be chiseled out.

It really did reduce the heat and the sound was just a "bit" louder, not really noticeable if you didn't know it was out.

Cutting the pipe in half and digging out the CAT requires a complete removal from the bike.  Of course a new Fullsac X pipe does too.

If someone only had a MIG welder, you could cut the rectangular plate out with a cutoff wheel.  Just about the same either way.