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cannibal,
July is about the time when I aquired this pipe. I had just read a small clip in a magazine and called NCC about it. I was just ready to buy a T-Header but decided to go for it and get this pipe not knowing any hard facts other than Tom's sales pitch.
It is a well engineered pipe as you mention, the head pipes are equal length with a unique pig tail design on the back cylinder (which causes many people to stop and stare and bike events) and stepped as well and they are ceramic coated to retain heat inside the pipe which is known to help keep energy of the gases flowing out the pipe, the ceramic coating is a cool unique finish and it also helps keep the pipe a bit cooler on the outside so heat shields are really not needed for heat protection anyway. It then dumps into a collector and out a very nice 4" high quality muffler, the muffler has a baffle with a crossbar through the middle to provide some backpressure. The pipe has a very deep rumble and sounds great without being completely obnoxious. Seat of the pants feel on my basically stock bike aside from the usual stage 1 setup it feels equal to possibly only a fraction less power on the low end as my stock header with performance slip-ons were, on the top end it feels so much better and smoother. Not that I run high speeds with my bagger that often but you know how it is when your runnin with your buddies and your bringin up the rear all the time. My bike would seem like its really trying hard from about 80-85 and had no more than 95 tops. When I put this pipe on it feels like it could cruise all day at 90 plus without effort. More importantly it feels stronger when your passing traffic on those 2 lane roads. I plan on doing work to the heads and changing the cam. This pipe is the perfect option if you plan on doing future performance upgrades, I think it will really shine with engine upgrades. I wish was able to also bolt on the T-Header just for comparison sake. Installation was a breeze, they did there homework and designed a well fitting, good performing pipe. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Russ
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