can you make exhaust from an older harley fit on an 09 softail?
exhaust i have does not have o2 sensor bungs
You can order O2 sensor fittings and have them welded onto another set of pipes. It will also depend on what year the other system is off of. If you change the exhaust, you can get away without remapping the ijection, but if you add an air cleaner of any type, you HAVE to have the injection remapped….I would HIGHLY recommend the Screamin Eagle Super Tuner PROPERLY set-up on a dyno.
Obviously "lil thumper" doesn’t know jack about HD’s….you CAN NOT disconnect O2 sensors on you bike!!!….IT IS FUEL INJECTED not carbed….so…IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO REJET IT!!!!……also, 07-08 bikes, Power Commander does make an O2 sensor eliminator, but it is not possible to eliminate them on 09-up. Not only that, you don’t want to eliminate them!!!……the O2 sensors are there to help with performance and fuel economy when running in closed-loop mode during steady cruising speed. THEY ARE THERE FOR A REASON!!!!!
ALSO…..STRAIGHT pipes are the WORST thing you can add to your bike!!! Straight pipes WILL cause a loss in power!!!….you will lose about 15-20% of your mid-range hp & torque…..this is the rpm range in which you spen MOST of your riding time and wehre you NEED the power the most!!!
Lil Thumper obviously doesn’t know much…..If he doesn’t know these simple FACTS, I highly doubt he a actually building choppers, if he is, I feel SORRY for anyone who buys one.
EDIT: I stand corrected…..SHE doesn’t know much!!!
By the way, 42yo, riding since 4, first HD at 16. first NEW HD at 18, working on them since 19 (professionally since 22) with numerous ground-up builds including 2 Best-Of-Show winners
what are the best exhaust systems on a 2006 harley street bob in terms of sound and performance?
You can order O2 sensor fittings and have them welded onto another set of pipes. It will also depend on what year the other system is off of. If you change the exhaust, you can get away without remapping the ijection, but if you add an air cleaner of any type, you HAVE to have the injection remapped….I would HIGHLY recommend the Screamin Eagle Super Tuner PROPERLY set-up on a dyno.
Obviously "lil thumper" doesn’t know jack about HD’s….you CAN NOT disconnect O2 sensors on you bike!!!….IT IS FUEL INJECTED not carbed….so…IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO REJET IT!!!!……also, 07-08 bikes, Power Commander does make an O2 sensor eliminator, but it is not possible to eliminate them on 09-up. Not only that, you don’t want to eliminate them!!!……the O2 sensors are there to help with performance and fuel economy when running in closed-loop mode during steady cruising speed. THEY ARE THERE FOR A REASON!!!!!
ALSO…..STRAIGHT pipes are the WORST thing you can add to your bike!!! Straight pipes WILL cause a loss in power!!!….you will lose about 15-20% of your mid-range hp & torque…..this is the rpm range in which you spen MOST of your riding time and wehre you NEED the power the most!!!
Lil Thumper obviously doesn’t know much…..If he doesn’t know these simple FACTS, I highly doubt he a actually building choppers, if he is, I feel SORRY for anyone who buys one.
EDIT: I stand corrected…..SHE doesn’t know much!!!
By the way, 42yo, riding since 4, first HD at 16. first NEW HD at 18, working on them since 19 (professionally since 22) with numerous ground-up builds including 2 Best-Of-Show winners
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20yr HD Tech. MMI Grad 1991 and 2009. Factory trained by HD (Buell Certified), Big Dog, American Ironhorse, Titan, and Indian
Apart from what vtwin_doc says, I just want to add that you don’t mention the year of the exhaust you want to use. You don’t want to go to old because the style will not match and people will snicker.
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first off, I’m a woman, second, your a wanna-be, and third I run upsweep drag pipes, and I’ll smoke your tail off, young man !!!
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"hey V-Twin, you tell’em !!!" and congrats on your knowledge…..