Yes, exactly... stock muffler has great torque in first!

Stock muffler has trouble starting though, needs choke...
it also has some lurching in the first few minutes of riding,
but once past that, it runs fine.

Now my custom exhaust has virtually NO trouble starting, no choke used... it also doesn't lurch, ever...
but that first gear is toast, second is at least serviceable, and everything higher seems fine.

As mentioned... so close, yet so far.
A thumper without low end, is just a scooter.



P.S. Heading over to the HD dealer dumpster this evening...
see if I can find myself something to play with! hehe!

Well, no luck at the dealership dumpster...
lots of empty boxes, and it started to rain (no way I'm climbing in a wet dumpster!!!)

Anyway, 1st gear with 'stock' muffler pulls hard up to 20mph, at least...
it's peppy, feels like it's got some guts (it just doesn't sound like it thanks to the stock exhaust!)

Now, 1st gear with my 'custom' pipe pulls slow and sounds like it's topping out just over 10mph...
that's why I mention it's a "rush to 2nd"... 1st just doesn't sound good (or work well).

The rest of the powerband isn't perfect with the custom pipe, there's a power loss...
but it's not nearly as pronounced as the 1st gear, which is where all the FUN is!!!

It's driving me crazy... but I guess I'll just have to get my hands on a Dyna and see for myself... that may provide some perspective.

I'm just a little tired of spending money on mufflers...
I've got three atm, and multiple baffles, fiberglass cloth, insulation and stove gasket rope...
apprehensive to buy yet ANOTHER muffler! haha!