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Article #210: Choosing An Aftermarket Motorcycle Exhaust System - Loud Pipes Safe Lifes!

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One of the first things most riders do commander to make the adjustments needed
when they first purchase a bike is change to accommodate the new exhaust. When
out the stock exhaust system with an figuring out the cost of getting a system
aftermarket motorcycle exhaust. If you make sure you figure this in to the
have a sport bike you may just opt for equation. I recommend that you have the
some slip-ons. A cruiser will usually system installed and the bike tuned by a
require a full exhaust system. The reputable motorcycle shop.
benefits of aftermarket systems is an OEM Exhaust Systems on Sport Bikes have
increase in power as well as that it will become fairly decent, however many
improve the sound of the bike. When you restrictions are still put in to the OEM
get your bike from the factory the baffles systems due to laws that have been passed.
usually restrict the sound of your bike so For a sport bike you will tend to have a
much that it can be barely herd as well as choice of just replacing the Cans or
restrictions in exhaust flow are in place replacing the whole exhaust system. This
which restrict the horse power. The other is really a matter of how deep you want to
most significant factor especially on get in to it. Re tuning is going to be
sport bikes is the weight reduction a full needed either way, the only real question
race exhaust system can offer. is if you want to spend a few hundred
If you are the proud owner of a Cruiser bucks or a thousand or so. Usually their
you are most likely to replace the stock is significant weight reduction by going
exhaust system with an aftermarket system. with a full system replacement versus just
Their are many manufacturers available for the slip-ons. The Slip-ons are the cheaper
cruisers. Cobra, Vance and Hines and way to go and still get the most bang for
Samson are just a few. Most of these will your buck. You will definitely need to get
reduce the weight of the stock exhaust a power commander to remap the fuel
system by about 15 pounds, increase the injection. A lot of the newer liter bikes
performance of the bike and will make it that are coming out already have a full
louder. A new system will run somewhere titanium exhaust system on them so all you
between 300 to over 1000 dollars depending need is to replace the cans to take out
on the system you choose. Cobra makes some the restrictions. Their are lots of
nice exhaust systems at a very affordable manufacturers to choose from when picking
price. If you have a V-Twin whether its a a aftermarket exhaust for a sport bike.
American or metric bike a new motorcycle Here are a few: Cobra, Vance and Hines,
exhaust will make the bike sounds ten Two Brothers, Yoshimura, Jardine to name a
times better then any stock exhaust. If few. Choosing one is just a matter of
you do decide to drop the OEM pipes and go taste.
with an aftermarket system you will need Remember not matter what system you decide
to adjust your carburetor or have someone to go with it is important that you get
remap your fuel injection system in order the bike tuned to it to get the best
to accommodate the new pipes. If you do performance form your bike. It is
not you will find that the bike will not recommended that you have the exhaust
perform properly or it may even cause system installed and the bike tuned by a
engine damage. If you have a fuel injected reputable shop.
bike you will likely need to buy a power






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