Look at you Mr. Smarty pants.....pulling shrouds, puttin on loud pipes. I thought you said loud pipes wouldn't fly in your neighborhood? Well I doubt it's as loud as your Harley!Hey Hawaii,
After drooling over your Phantom Bikes exhaust pipe and listening to the wonderful growl, I went over there (Mira Mesa) and picked up a pipe, installed it and can't believe the BIG rumble!!! Thanks again!
Maxvision, I removed the shroud and backing plastic behind the pull starter (mostly for looks) and liked the result! The guys over at Phantom say that taking off that stuff will not result in an overheated engine (that is, if you don't sit at any lights tooooooooo loooooooong!). I think that the engine looks much better with the cylinder heat sinks exposed!! Not so much like a "Lawn mower" engine! Ha!
Hawaii, yep I told John and Sterling that you had referred me to them; they only increased the price by 15% when I used your name! Ha!
Scotto- I figured the growling 4 stroker couldn't be nearly as loud as the Hooker Header pipes on the Road King; so I went for it! The neighbors need a little excitement in their lives, too! Attached some pics of the Harley before and after the run to Nova Scotia three summers ago.
Ahhh....MUCH nicer look Tony. I take back half of all I've said about the 4 strokes...lol.Hey Hawaii,
Maxvision, I removed the shroud and backing plastic behind the pull starter (mostly for looks) and liked the result! The guys over at Phantom say that taking off that stuff will not result in an overheated engine (that is, if you don't sit at any lights tooooooooo loooooooong!). I think that the engine looks much better with the cylinder heat sinks exposed!! Not so much like a "Lawn mower" engine! Ha!
Ahhh....MUCH nicer look Tony. I take back half of all I've said about the 4 strokes...lol.
Actually, my only complaint about the 4 strokes was the lawnmower engine shroud. And after riding Scotto-'s 4 stroke I am very impressed with them. Took me a while to get used to not having to pedal to get going and Scotto-'s brake lever wasn't the clutch...kind of suprising to think you're pulling in the clutch for coasting and before braking but didn't take long to retrain myself.
And speaking of thanks........culvercityclassic ROCKS! The plate arrived today and I'll put it to the test........we'll see which one is stronger: billet or cast? What else can I say.....you're the best and don't forget it!I got an extra one if you want it...
Culvercityclassic sent me a cast plate made of aluminum as pictured below:Hey Scotto- did you build the plate in the above pics or is that the part from culvercityclassics? Nice work! Kinda makes my mouth water - 212cc on a BICYCLE!!!
Maxvision, you're the MAN!
Thanks Tony......the red one is machined billet aluminum anodized red. The one I made is steel and it weighs a ton.Scotto-
The red one looks like cast and the one you made looks like billet?
Your welds look great to me!
Thanks Dan.......they work well, got good penetration but that doesn't change the fact that they look like turds in a punchbowlI think your welds look fine as well. What they look like is not that important. How well they work is what matters.
Gosh Tony that looks good!! Any chance of a measurment of the outside diameter? Thinking bout slipping something like this over it: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Fisht...Parts_Accessories&hash=item2eb7ee761d&vxp=mtr Thats if the fishtail one the Phantom boys have is un-muffeled...Hey Hawaii,
After drooling over your Phantom Bikes exhaust pipe and listening to the wonderful growl, I went over there (Mira Mesa) and picked up a pipe, installed it and can't believe the BIG rumble!!! Thanks again!
Maxvision, I removed the shroud and backing plastic behind the pull starter (mostly for looks) and liked the result! The guys over at Phantom say that taking off that stuff will not result in an overheated engine (that is, if you don't sit at any lights tooooooooo loooooooong!). I think that the engine looks much better with the cylinder heat sinks exposed!! Not so much like a "Lawn mower" engine! Ha!