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Message started by toddsls650 on 07/25/13 at 12:55:01

Title: 2012 fatboy muffler swap
Post by toddsls650 on 07/25/13 at 12:55:01

I just did the muffler swap using my leftover stock fatboy muffler...
http://https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-mB-chGDfyW8/UfF_RhH1I3I/AAAAAAAAFv4/ILJ9K0cmz6E/w819-h614-no/20130725_134616.jpg
http://https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5N79tKajorc/UfF_CEvYHiI/AAAAAAAAFvg/_N4oCwlBhhA/w819-h614-no/20130725_134549.jpg
Thanks to this helpful site.

Title: Re: 2012 fatboy muffler swap
Post by paulmarshall on 07/25/13 at 14:06:24

Pipe looks good but dude don't silicon your tyres. Thats a accident waiting to happen.

Title: Re: 2012 fatboy muffler swap
Post by toddsls650 on 07/25/13 at 14:46:28

1001150C0D01121308010C0C600 wrote:

Pipe looks good but dude don't silicon your tyres. Thats a accident waiting to happen.

Yeah, I just did it to get some good pics of the bike. I washed it off afterwards.

Title: Re: 2012 fatboy muffler swap
Post by HondaLavis on 07/25/13 at 16:13:43

62797272657A65202326160 wrote:

[quote author=1001150C0D01121308010C0C600 link=1374782101/0#1 date=1374786384]Pipe looks good but dude don't silicon your tyres. Thats a accident waiting to happen.

Yeah, I just did it to get some good pics of the bike. I washed it off afterwards.[/quote]

Ride gently for a while. You may have washed away the sheen, but there's plenty of slippery stuff there. AND, now you've likely washed it into the center of the tread. Good luck, and be safe.

On the other hand, your muffler looks great!

Title: Re: 2012 fatboy muffler swap
Post by WD on 07/25/13 at 17:01:17

Ditch the heat shield if you can scare up a spare Harley one.

Silicone on the tire? No problem... park your truck in the grass, place front tire of running mc against the truck's tire. Get the rear tire up to roughly 15 mph on the grass, when it starts really steaming, you're good to go. Cooks the silicone and the grass/dirt wipes the dried remnants mostly off. I usually dig it in close to 2 inches, never had a problem from mold release or tire dressing that way.

Title: Re: 2012 fatboy muffler swap
Post by Gyrobob on 07/25/13 at 19:23:21

Go find a large empty parking lot, paved with old gray asphalt (not shiny black new stuff) or rough-surface concrete.

Ride around at about 15 mph in a gentle circle (not leaning over very much) five times to the left, then five times to the right.

Do all that again leaning over a little further. If you keep it at 15 mph, the circles will be smaller.

Do it all again, leaning over far enough to occasionally scrape the pegs.

Any coating on your tires will have been scuffed off.

Title: Re: 2012 fatboy muffler swap
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/25/13 at 21:54:41

If not, any coating on yer butt will be/..

Title: Re: 2012 fatboy muffler swap
Post by 87 savage on 07/26/13 at 07:08:06

283731362B2C1D2D1D25373B70420 wrote:

If not, any coating on yer butt will be/..

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: 2012 fatboy muffler swap
Post by Nailz on 07/30/13 at 15:11:03

I have the stock exhaust from my 2013 Fat Boy. Is there any difference between the stock Ls650 exhaust sound and the Fat Boy exhaust? My Fat Bot exhausts have the CAT. in them so I would assume it is fairly quiet.