[Scratch]

I need to benefit from the cumulative brain power from the people on this forum… so here goes!! Let me state for the record, I’m not a mechanic, I’m not afraid to take things apart but I’m not looking to do these mods for performance. I’m doing it solely to pimp my bike!

I want to get an exhaust; I’m looking at the Viper2. The Accutronix adapter for the intake, the D&M Spike Slotted Billet Air Cleaner and of course the Fuggin fuel controller.

This seems to be a fairly popular setup. I thought about a velocity stack, I like the look, but I’m not sure if it’s practical or a good idea.

The D&M spike is kinda pricey, but thanks to member x-tremephoto, he found them for a bit cheaper than most. Even still I can get a similar spike intake at half the cost on ebay. It’s clearly a knockoff, but I’m not sure I care. Has anyone bought one? Would I be disappointed if I bought it?


Lastly, I don’t want my bike to be obnoxiously loud and I don’t want to gimp it by doing an unnecessary mod (ie; air intake that I have to worry about when it’s raining). I do sometimes have a passenger, I hear that a loud ehaust ruins the ride for them… don’t know if that’s true or not.

What do you guys think?

 

[matt_adams66]

not sure about your intake questions but i have the Reaper exhaust from Fuggin Fab. its loud but the lady says its not bad when she's on the back. She says its a nice sounding loud. if that makes since lol.. I'm not a mechanic by any means either and putting the exhaust fuel controller on are very easy to do. also have they stealth brake light assembly from Raw Design looks great too.

 

[Scratch]

You hit the nail on the head, it's my wife I'm worried about. You didn't do the intake?

 

[matt_adams66]

i plan on going with the S&S intake i think but that will be a winter purchase i think. And maybe by then something else i like better will come out who knows. I liked the mayhem exhaust but i wasn't sure if the S&S intake would fit and i wasn't completely sold on the Spiked intake.

 

[rharold]

I need to benefit from the cumulative brain power from the people on this forum… so here goes!! Let me state for the record, I’m not a mechanic, I’m not afraid to take things apart but I’m not looking to do these mods for performance. I’m doing it solely to pimp my bike!

I want to get an exhaust; I’m looking at the Viper2. The Accutronix adapter for the intake, the D&M Spike Slotted Billet Air Cleaner and of course the Fuggin fuel controller.

This seems to be a fairly popular setup. I thought about a velocity stack, I like the look, but I’m not sure if it’s practical or a good idea.

The D&M spike is kinda pricey, but thanks to member x-tremephoto, he found them for a bit cheaper than most. Even still I can get a similar spike intake at half the cost on ebay. It’s clearly a knockoff, but I’m not sure I care. Has anyone bought one? Would I be disappointed if I bought it?


Lastly, I don’t want my bike to be obnoxiously loud and I don’t want to gimp it by doing an unnecessary mod (ie; air intake that I have to worry about when it’s raining). I do sometimes have a passenger, I hear that a loud ehaust ruins the ride for them… don’t know if that’s true or not.

What do you guys think?

i have the cobro exhaust and love it with and without the baffles i got my spike intake off of ebay and love it . it is in the shop today to have the powercomandor 5 installed and tuned i'll let u know how that goes later. if u want to get the lady happy install the sissy bar and a different seat. I have another bike for when the wife wants to ride.

 

[matt_adams66]

the sissy bar is a must !

 

[Scratch]

i have the cobro exhaust and love it with and without the baffles i got my spike intake off of ebay and love it . it is in the shop today to have the powercomandor 5 installed and tuned i'll let u know how that goes later. if u want to get the lady happy install the sissy bar and a different seat. I have another bike for when the wife wants to ride.

Is the intake of a good quality? Are you satisfied with it? BTW, I bought the sissy bar already! As far as the intakes are concerned, there aren't that many out there that I like. The spike looks cool but I thought the velocity stack also looks pretty nice. Although, none of them have realy knocked my socks off.

 

[springmaker]

I have the S&S air cleaner and the Cobra pipes on mine. Both easy installs.
I also have the Cobra fuel controller, again , easy. I like the setup. Pipes are not too loud unless I want them to be. They follow the lines of the bike, and cover that ugly swing arm, unlike most other pipes I've seen.

 

[Scratch]

I thought about the cobras but I like the shorter pipes, although I agree about the swing arm it is ugly.

As far as the S&S, I thought that might be the best bet as far as an intake mod. Although I like the D&M spikes, I'm afraid they are going to be too restricitve. Does anyone have any information to support or disprove that?

 

[VBALLER]

Spring, that was my thoughts too. The Cobras cover up the swing arm. Good point.

I left the org air cleaner on. Did you have the bike dyno'ed with the Cobras and the S&S?

I picked up 4.1 hps with the Cobras, Powecommander V and orig. cleaner.

 

[chopped]

I have the Viper 2's, accutronix adaptor, D&M intake, and fuggin fuel controller on mine. It is loud, but not too loud. Had the woman on the back and she said it is not too loud for her.

 

[Scratch]

That's the setup I'm going with, glad to hear the good news. Are you satisfied with the D&M? And is it a D&M or an ebay special? (not that there's anything wrong with that, cause I'm considering buying one)

 

[LARRYLEGEND]

Spike Spear Cone Air Filter Intake Motorcycle Harley :eBay Motors (item 180413808385 end time Sep-30-09 20:21:57 PDT)

I bought this spike intake a few weeks ago - it's a knockoff but it looks sick. I got it for around $120.00. Some of the D&M's are 4 or 5x as much. I guess there's a reason.



Larry
New York

 

[chopped]

That's the setup I'm going with, glad to hear the good news. Are you satisfied with the D&M? And is it a D&M or an ebay special? (not that there's anything wrong with that, cause I'm considering buying one)

I'm very satisfied with everything. The D&M looks sick and really works well (not an ebay special). You can hear it suck air in every time you crack the throttle.