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Jul 18th, 2007, 12:53 PM
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#1 | | 200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Galveston, Texas
Posts: 332 Interests: ridin my harley Occupation: constuction
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so i am wanting to replace my pipes, on my 01 sporty. the problem is i can not find anything i really like. i cant stand that staggered look. i found a set of vance & hines sideshots, that i really like but the are for 04 -06, and i really like these pipes alot, what is the differance?? is there a way to make them work??
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Jul 18th, 2007, 01:33 PM
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#2 | | 200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Galveston, Texas
Posts: 332 Interests: ridin my harley Occupation: constuction
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here is a pic of the pipes i want...... | |
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Jul 18th, 2007, 06:15 PM
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#3 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Stanton, NJ
Posts: 1,298 Model: 04 Dyna WG (with a 240 rear tire) Interests: Harleys, drag racing, family, fishing, my rottweilers, the UFC Occupation: Carpenter/Builder
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Jul 18th, 2007, 06:23 PM
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#4 | | Newbie
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 7 Model: 2006 YZ125 & 1961 XLCH 900 Interests: motocross, mountain biking, and any with motorcycles Occupation: partsman at a motorcycle shop
| MID-USA offers a kit that has many different bent pipes so you make your own pipes if you have any fabricating abilities then have them cromed or leave them just as they but then you would have to clean them with wd-40 and scotch brite | |
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Jul 18th, 2007, 09:04 PM
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#5 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Alvin TX
Posts: 1,702 Model: 03 E Glide X cop bike Interests: My family Old Dodge truck's Riding My Glide Occupation: Retired truck Driver
| those look like they would burn your leg with the center controls  look at the pipes ladyharley has on her sporty i like her's better   | |
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Jul 19th, 2007, 04:58 AM
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#6 | | 200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Galveston, Texas
Posts: 332 Interests: ridin my harley Occupation: constuction
| i do have foward controls.......i just wanna know what keeps them from fitting??? show a pic of lady harleys bike, please cowboy.....
looked on here and could not find it.....
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Jul 19th, 2007, 05:22 AM
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#7 | | 200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Mankato, MN
Posts: 381 Interests: Motorcycles, Mountain bikes, guns, Hunting, fishing
| They may have changed the exhaust ports some with the 04 and up models. If I remember correctly, they did some head work and raised compression that year to bring up the horsepower a bit; along with the larger gas tanks and rubber mounts for the motor. | |
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Jul 19th, 2007, 07:59 AM
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#8 | | 200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Galveston, Texas
Posts: 332 Interests: ridin my harley Occupation: constuction
| thanks sea hag, thats what i wanted to know, if they bolted to the heads, i was willing to make or fabercate brackets to make them work as long as they bolted to the heads....sounds like they wont though...
i am looking for pipes that are'nt the norm, so to speak
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Jul 19th, 2007, 02:32 PM
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#9 | | Has posted 500+
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| I would call vance and hines and ask them the reasons they won't fit, is it exhaust position or mounting brackets, if it's the later then you can get the pipes and have a custom mount braket made up.
The first response is probably "they wont fit" but press on nicely to get the person to ask engineering why, tell them you will buy a set if it's only a mounting bracket issue and make your own.
Engineers are into stuff like that most bike people are into helping someone fix the problem. ::: Vance & Hines Performance Exhaust Systems ::: | 
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Jul 19th, 2007, 02:58 PM
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#10 | | 200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Galveston, Texas
Posts: 332 Interests: ridin my harley Occupation: constuction
| thanks roadking,
i actually called vance&hines with the help of your post, they (vance & hines) told me that harley made a frame change as well as engine changes.
so i will just keep those ugly stock pipes with the cross over tube, till i find somthing i like......
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