So I just had exhaust, tuner and intake installed on my bike and I wanted to post here in hopes of helping a fellow Glide owner down the road if they were thinking about having the same work done, maybe this will help. Note: I have never been a person that will brag about stuff I have bought to make myself feel better about the decision. If I am not happy about an aspect of my bikes or things I have done I will always be honest lol.
I already had the V&H slash cut slipons and I went with the V&H Power dual head pipe, SE heavy breather intake and Dynojet Power vision tuner. The bike is running AWESOME. I put 300 miles on it Friday and Saturday with some mountain riding and all I can say is wow. This really seemed to make a difference in performance. I am very happy.
The good: Bike is running much stronger. Dyno showed 10 HP increase and 15 torque over stock (I think, might have to look again). I couldn't be happier with the way its running. I had them do Synthetic oil in it this time around too and for this 300 miles I rode this weekend I felt no heat on my leg like I used to. Yesterday it was lower 80's here, some town riding with no heat. I hope nobody thinks I am lying when I say this but the engine is SO MUCH quieter. Maybe I had an exhaust leak before or something I don't know. But the whole thrashing machine sound that my 103 used to make. It seems to be gone. My buddy even mentioned how much quieter the engine sounded.
The "meh": I probably could have gone with the cheaper HD tuner. I wont be out at the dragstrip with my glide but there were some aspects of the PV that I really like so I spent a little extra. The last "meh" is while the power duals made the exhaust note deeper, I still want a deeper sound at some point and I will probably go with a different set of slip ons.
The bad: Nothing... I am thrilled.
Final note: I know there are MANY combinations of pipes, tuners and intakes and I don't mean to start a debate here. All I am saying is I am very happy with this set up and very happy I did it and it works for me.
So I hope this helps somebody someday. I'm gonna go for a ride now! Take care, ride safe!
I already had the V&H slash cut slipons and I went with the V&H Power dual head pipe, SE heavy breather intake and Dynojet Power vision tuner. The bike is running AWESOME. I put 300 miles on it Friday and Saturday with some mountain riding and all I can say is wow. This really seemed to make a difference in performance. I am very happy.
The good: Bike is running much stronger. Dyno showed 10 HP increase and 15 torque over stock (I think, might have to look again). I couldn't be happier with the way its running. I had them do Synthetic oil in it this time around too and for this 300 miles I rode this weekend I felt no heat on my leg like I used to. Yesterday it was lower 80's here, some town riding with no heat. I hope nobody thinks I am lying when I say this but the engine is SO MUCH quieter. Maybe I had an exhaust leak before or something I don't know. But the whole thrashing machine sound that my 103 used to make. It seems to be gone. My buddy even mentioned how much quieter the engine sounded.
The "meh": I probably could have gone with the cheaper HD tuner. I wont be out at the dragstrip with my glide but there were some aspects of the PV that I really like so I spent a little extra. The last "meh" is while the power duals made the exhaust note deeper, I still want a deeper sound at some point and I will probably go with a different set of slip ons.
The bad: Nothing... I am thrilled.
Final note: I know there are MANY combinations of pipes, tuners and intakes and I don't mean to start a debate here. All I am saying is I am very happy with this set up and very happy I did it and it works for me.
So I hope this helps somebody someday. I'm gonna go for a ride now! Take care, ride safe!
