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David, congrats on installing the RSCV. I did the same at the start of this season without getting the CPU ref lashed - yet. I hope you enjoy the gorgeous sound that bike makes with that pipe between 2000-4000 rpm as well as the burbling when rolling off the throttle. This reminds me of the thread from a few weeks back that the ferret started about a bike having character or soul. The burbling on decels and throatier grunt under acceleration makes me feel something every time I hear them, which enhances the experience from the OEM pipe for me. Not obnoxious but looks and sounds bada**. My only complaint is that it scrapes easily if you get low in your right turns. I took a swipe out of it in an aggressive freeway entrance the other day. Pipe may only be here for a good time, not a long time!
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Also, an easy trick for the O2 sensor bolt is to take an angle grinder and cut a few millimetres out of the box end of a combination wrench, worked very well and got the idea from someone on this forum.
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I know what you mean! This morning I needed to take my car but I still couldn't resist starting up the bike for a minute or two to hear it. Made me smile.
Have you noticed the rear brake hitting the pipe when it's depressed all the way? I have a couple of scrapes there and I'm not sure if it's from the install or riding activity.
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I have not noticed any issue with the rear brake pedal touching the pipe while riding. With about 100 lbs of pressure on the pedal in the garage, I still have about a quarter inch gap between the pipe and the pedal. You might be right about it being a scratch from the installation.
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(08-01-2017, 12:52 AM)ManInBlack_imp Wrote: I know what you mean! This morning I needed to take my car but I still couldn't resist starting up the bike for a minute or two to hear it. Made me smile.
Have you noticed the rear brake hitting the pipe when it's depressed all the way? I have a couple of scrapes there and I'm not sure if it's from the install or riding activity.
I too installed this system and it runs great without a re-flash.
My exhaust has plenty of clearance between it and the brake pedal, so as stated already, it's probably a scratch that happened during install. Unfortunately, I have several of those "character" marks from positioning it.
The sound is def a major improvement from stock as far as I'm concerned. If anything I am shocked at how mild the full through system sounds. I was expecting it to be louder... esp at idle. It sounds so smooth that it actually did away with any of the harder edged mechanical sounds that existed previously and as can be heard from the 4:2 DLX stock exhausts or the even more pronounced sounds from the 4:2s of the factory 2017 models. Which I actually didn't mind. Oh well.... I'm a harsh critic of sounds so it was gonna be impossible for me to be perfectly satisfied. Haha.
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Yes, I agree, it is a little tame. I don't want my bike to sound obnoxious, but it could have been a shade or two louder. I installed a Cobra full exhaust on a Honda Shadow many years ago and I remember it being about right. It's bark was much bigger than its bite, though. I remember having the throttle wide open and barely being able to pass an 18 wheeler on an incline. Sounded great though!
