Hmmmmmm ....interesting to look back in time to before I was 'converted' .......or should that be 'corrupted' to the .495 Cams and Big Bore:devil
I'm certainly corrupted now and hopelessly so:grin
The proof of the pudding is in the riding :ride:
When I first rode the Vegas home on the 1200 mile trip home up the east coast road, I revelled in the Power and Torque of the Victory V-Twin, 100 cube , stock save for Freedom Performance Slash, I.A.V. and a flash.
I loved those pipes, got scornful looks and comments on the many dealership runs I went on, got asked to 'tone it down' when leaving their premises! hehe!:devil
Well now it seems with my latest mods, re the extra cubes and cams, well I have it on good authority that my new combo will be stifled by my FP pipes:crying
At the moment its pulling like a freight train on heat and that's with a fat tune (rich) which
@kevinx kindly sent methumb up
thanks mate!
So I'm now researching pipes, I'm booked in for a dynotune this coming Friday and I'm tempted to go ahead with it despite my FP pipes are gonna curtail power around 115hp.
Gonna run the quarter mile on March 10 'Friday Night Lights' regardless of pipes, should get in a good half dozen passes, hopefully more:angel to get a good average.
Had a few practice launches from stop areas on the freeway in the lower gears and she 'hauls arse' just the way she is!
A normal person would be content with the package...but..I'm not 'normal'
I'm still undecided between RPW Slash, Big Slash, and Thor...though kevinx assures me all of those will do the job at the top end, naturally the 2-1 systems would give a better midrange...but hey shes lacking nothing right now!
But from past experience and reading the above old comment, I can see times change, perception changes, situation changes....change is part of life.
My other option is a local guy
Pipework Techniques Gold Coast Motorcycle Exhausts
who has very successfully modded a few mates bikes exhausts for better note and presumably power.
I have an appointment to have him look my bike over tomorrow, Monday arvo.
The way we are both thinking is that both the Freedom Perf. and the RPW Slash are similar in shape, the RPW Slash having a start size of 1 3/4" going up to 2 1/4"
whereas the FPs go from same 1 3/4" to 1 7/8" to 2 1/8"...the bends are almost the same, there's no getting around the rear S shape, pipework on a Vic is locked in to a degree at least in the primaries.
What I can see up my FP pipes is a spiral louvre baffle, but without cutting a set up, or getting an endoscope up there I have no idea how far up the baffle goes...OR what type and size baffle the RPW Slash have???
anyone here seen inside either or both???
See my third option, the local guy doing free up surgery on my existing FP pipes would most likely be a cheaper option as in AUSD the Slash is $1225 delivered, the Thor $1319 ....plus a wait of 2-3 weeks for them to arrive..
I'll know more on Monday arvo when I talk to Noel in person, plus I could run at the strip 'test n tune' this wednesday night on kevinx's fat tune with my pipes and bike just the way it is...tempted to..
That'll give be a 'before' for both the tune and the pipes in real world scenario of the 'Black Dyno'
plus it'll give me a 'feel' for how the bikes gonna behave on the strip, as Ive only had a couple of untimed passes when I rode up there with my car club for a session we had booked,.. but the rats had chewed the fibre optics for the xmas tree and timing... so we got flagged off and no times (still fun though)
I'm thinking aloud here and doing research, that's how I ended up back on my old post.
there's tons of sites on exhaust theory online , with pressure waves, reversion, pipe lengths etc but the bottom line is different systems perform differently at different revs...and sound different!
To most people it comes down to looks and sound...feel free to comment on my ravings...
Your opinions may be taken into account