Hi Scott and Dave
First, I need to address Dave's question about my XC muffler mods. Regretfully I didn't document this mod as I proceeded, mainly because I didn't expect it to turn out as nice as it did. Also, since I am not getting popping or burbling on decel, no jerky throttle, and no surging at cruise, I decided to wait until I get my air intake kit from Loydz or Arlen ness before remapping. As far as where I drilled, the muffler end cap at the rear was drilled to look similar to the Vision Gatlin tip, then I replaced the stock heat shield cone at the rear and sealed it with a high temp silicone to keep any exhaust gas from migrating thru the cone gap up to the bottom of the saddle bag. Pretty straight forward. Maybe 20 minutes.
Now for Scott--- The first time I heard a CFR exhaust on a Victory, I fell in love. It was music to my ears. Do a Bing search or Google and you will have many sites that deal with CFR exhausts. You may want to spell it out completely "Cary Faas Racing" exhausts. You Tube doesn't do them justice. They are MUCH better in person, like most of the other exhausts are. I understand the family is into all types of racing, cars and bikes. They can certainly build an exhaust for you =BUT= I have found that many of the aftermarket manufacturers don't attach the lower saddle bag mounts to the mufflers and that is required on the XC/XR. Can turn into a headache if you aren't prepared to do some minor manufacturing yourself. I recently acquired a stainless steel set of BORLA performance slip on's, originally built for an 1800 (shhh--Gold Wing) and may be mounting them on my XC. I just didn't want to mess with the bag mounts YET. Borla was bought out by Thrust Master (or maybe it was Thrush) a couple years ago, but my son was talking with one of the former Borla engineers and it appears they are going to start manufacturing performance motorcycle exhausts again. I love competition.
This last statement, Diamond may want to shift it around somewhere else. My son is riding a new 1125CR Buell with several mods straight from Erick Buell. You can call Buell and talk directly with Erick if you want to. Anyway, my point is two fold. My son is running a Barker exhaust. Sounds like a 50 caliber machine gun and is the meanest crotch rocket I have ever ridden (Yes, this old man can still ride a crotch rocket). Now, on the Buell forums, the word is that Buell and, YOU GUESSED IT--""POLARIS""-- are in negotiations for a joint racing venture with the new 1190RR. A bad assed machine that is even beating Ducati in Europe. I guess Harley felt too embarrassed that Buell was tearing up their V-Rod, but they jumped out of the contract a year too soon. Not only that but Harley dropped the "No Competition" clause from their contract with Buell so Erick is now legally able to continue with the final developmment stage with the 1190RR. Jay Leno just ordered the first production model--$47,000. Victory may have a racing brother in the showroom in a couple years. YOU HEARD IT FIRST HERE!! NUFF for now PHIL
