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[Fired00d]

ask and you shall receive

Thanks.

no     Fired00d  don't ask about my other pics lolololol

I was thinking if I ever make it to Pompano Beach Florida I meet you somewhere and I buy the first round.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[FUNGOUL]

and take more pics but on yours !!!!!

[jarica]

no     Fired00d  don't ask about my other pics lolololol

I like to do a hot check of the engine oil.  How easy is that with the Rinehart Xtremes, without your right hand hitting the pipe (if you're right-handed)?

[Fired00d]

and take more pics but on yours !!!!!

Yessir!!!!! You read my mind.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Limited Lou]

Got my Tune done by Doc this weekend. Very good running bike. Good response, and my best discription is less effort on motorcycle.. After the Tune the rain came so I've been checking this thing out Sunday and today between rain drops.. Very pleased.. Just wish I could of done a cam.. Maybe sometime in the future...  Thanks again Doc..

[grc]

I like to do a hot check of the engine oil.  How easy is that with the Rinehart Xtremes, without your right hand hitting the pipe (if you're right-handed)?

You must be a masochist.  Why not figure out how much difference there is between hot and cold on the dipstick, mark the dipstick with a new full (cold) line, and keep your skin intact?  That's how I've been doing it for quite some time now; it's much less painful and I'm less likely to drip oil all over the place.  It's also the same method I use on my cars, my lawnmower, my snowblower, and anything else that requires checking fluid levels. 


Jerry

[duffey11]

...I told him to remove the heat wrap from his pipe then come back....I want to cool the pipe down to stop the popping and the heat wrap was keeping in the heat. He will be back this week to remove all popping.
No, I don't let those things leave the dyno but this case is much different....this is the ONLY time popping has left my shop after a tune.

Doc, I did come back and you have not resolved the poor gas mileage or the popping. Where do we go from here?

[Rooster]

I have a Jim's 131 with a Boarzilla pipe and the only hot spot was the pipe off the rear cylinder. I took the heat shield off and wrapped the rear part of the pipe then put the shield back on. The hot spot is gone and the whole thing is much cooler than my 110 motor that had head work but still stock cams. I had a small amount of popping before the wrap and it is exactly the same after the pipe wrap. So am curious how the wrap makes any difference. In my case I will keep the wrap.

[SBB]

I have a Jim's 131 with a Boarzilla pipe and the only hot spot was the pipe off the rear cylinder. I took the heat shield off and wrapped the rear part of the pipe then put the shield back on. The hot spot is gone and the whole thing is much cooler than my 110 motor that had head work but still stock cams. I had a small amount of popping before the wrap and it is exactly the same after the pipe wrap. So am curious how the wrap makes any difference. In my case I will keep the wrap.

Rooster

I'm guessing he meant the wrapping around the baffle inside the pipe.

 

SBB

[Rooster]

Oops sorry

[jesse111]

You were correct in your original post rooster. It is the ceramic wrap around the header pipe. The temperature of the exhaust will effect the velocity. Exhaust velocity is apparently part of the efficiency equation.

[Steve Cole]

Depending on who calls what, a little popping or a lot of popping there are just some combination's that pop no matter what you do. Depending on where and how much sometimes all you need to do is pull the clutch in. Riding style plays a big part in it and a simple change in that riding style can be why one get's a pop while others do not.

[jesse111]

Riding style can hide popping but doesn't address the cause. Somehow or somewhere there has to be a fuel/air mixture that is out of harmony with the configuration of the engine, or a leak. It's a matter of finding it I believe. Could also be a malformed pipe or defective head or something. But something somewhere is not right if there's popping.

[Steve Cole]

Popping is mainly caused by low back pressure exhaust. This allows oxygen to enter the pipe and cause the popping noise. The wrong mix of parts can and does cause popping and you cannot always get rid of all of it. A camshaft selection along with an exhaust that doesn't play nice together along with head work all plays a part. That is just the way it is sometimes

[Hotrod50]

Doc, I have a FLTRSE3 with  cat removed, fullsac 2" baffles in stock hd slipons, TTS MasterTune with fullsac map.   My dyno numbers are 92hp and 107 tq.   What can you do for me?   I am willing to change cams and have headwork done and am really interested in the Vance and Hines High Output slipons.  I like how they look.  Do you do the cams and headwork, and is the stock harley headpipe okay to keep with the cat removed, or is there something better?