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i have a 2005 dyna wideglide i currently have screaming eagle pipes..i want louder and the best looking pipes can anyone help thanks

looking for the loudest and best looking pipes on the market

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I have an 02 flstci that I haven't ridden for about 8 months and it just sat in the garage.

I have time to ride now and so I bought a new battery, changed the oil and filter (3 quarts) of HD 20 - 50.

Had about 1 or 2 gal of gas left in there and added new Shell 89 octane in. As I was riding everything sounds great at normal takeoff, and normal shifting BUT when I give it a little more gas it sounds like the front of the engine is about to throw something out. It is such a loud rattle. Kinda sounds like if your old car when you were 16 and it was low on water but you didn't care cause you were going to smoke that stang but instead you pooped out and died..... or you have crappy gas in your new car and you get on it and you hear that knocking... but this...

Hello, Al Bullard here. I recently bought a 1985 Sportster. I also have a 2001 Road King. I got the sporty just because it was pretty and price was good. It is the last year before the evo. Any way. it passed emisions just fine after
Blue sky tuned it a bit. My problem: I have not installed a tach yet so I do not know what rpm it happens at. Top speed for this bike is 72 to 73. The enjine then sputters coughs backfires. I let off and it mellows out but just wont cruise at highway speeds. I am probably asking this too soon as I have niot counted my teeth yet and do not know if it has 47 0r 51. I have had a 1974 and a 1976 sporty and they both would do 90 to 95. Any info or reeply would be appreciated

http://www.houstonpress.com/Issues/2005-10-20/news/feature.html

Actually, I found this article spot on, and I'm an experienced sport rider. It's not about limiting the bikes, but about young, inexperienced kids getting sport bikes and how they can get in trouble with 'em. I've been yelling on the HSN board and other places for years about this, how I thought there should be a tiered licensing scheme in Texas for motorcycles. Now, that would hurt Harley sales if it were based on displacement. I think, perhaps, it would save a few lives, though.

While cruisers aren't powerhouses, they are heavy and steer a bit slow and need some level of skill to control by beginners. We've all seen the posts about new riders being scary. Then there was the "training wheel" post....