Straight Pipes
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From what I've been told, I guess a straight pipe would give you the back pressure you need in order not to harm the motor. Just headers is not the best idea. What have you found as far as pipes go? I just want a little shortie that dumps out right under or just behind my foot.
You'll lose performance on the street, but it will not be too shabby at WOT.
If you go with straight pipes, you should start saving up the money for a valve job. For street use, valves invariably get burned, and/or warped, and the seats get beat up in the process. This is not a factor for a race bike, as the motor gets rebuilt on a regular basis.
IMHO, stay away from them.
If you go with straight pipes, you should start saving up the money for a valve job. For street use, valves invariably get burned, and/or warped, and the seats get beat up in the process. This is not a factor for a race bike, as the motor gets rebuilt on a regular basis.
IMHO, stay away from them.
your bike is tunned for piepes so if you just take them off the tune will be out of wack
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Let's see if this works... Definitely too loud for the street in general, but definitely sounds bad ass.
-SQUID
Let's see if this works... Definitely too loud for the street in general, but definitely sounds bad ass.
-SQUID
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I like it too. It's funny though, those are Autozone specials... I think I paid $5 for the pair. With just a little baffling they'd be great. Like I said, just too loud for the street. That's coming from a guy that's built and ridden Harleys for 15 years; once in a while with straight pipes. Cops don't look at the Harley's as much as they would a Busa w/ straights. It almost sounds like a small block Chevy running open headers in person.
True but also note if you take the cans off and run street pipes, even wit a new tune you will be down 10-15hp
actually the "straight pipes" do make you a squid... (squids like attention, good or bad)
Part of the "squid" persona (or maybe side effects) is to bring down the wrath of the pubic on sport bikers as a whole..
Only another squid wants to hear you ripping by on straight pipes, so at least you get to ride with your own kind... (sport riders are going to avoid you as they want to have fun, go fast and be ignored)
Brock's makes the Alien Head and Street Megaphone which are very loud at higher rpm's, but have an awesome sound to them... I have the AH and love it...
~Attention Hungry Squid
~Attention Hungry Squid
My 08' just dyno'd @ 185 HP with my Brock's AH.. I don't think you will suffer 10-15 HP loss, maybe just 3 or 4 ??
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I'm more interested in the aesthetics than the sound. I can't stand the look of the huge cans. No pun intended... I actually love the sound of silence on the Busa. Very stealthy for the amount of power. It would be nice to be able to baffle them. I don't run them because I don't know how to make baffles.
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