V&H Straightshots Impressions - Motorcycle-Journal Forums

fjm3rd · 07-22-2005, 11:59 PM

Decided to put on Vance & Hines Straightshots on my C50 yesterday.
My 1st impression was that they were much lighter than stock. As for the sound well I was hoping that they would be a little more quieter then they are, but wow they sure do have a nice rumble at idle. And when you really open it up it sure does get everyone's attention. I can't imagine taking the baffle's out but one day I'll try it for the heck of it. I do notice a slight increase in throttle responce. I did not use any fuel processor on it figuring I would wait to see if I needed it, and after riding it the past 2 day's I don't notice any problems.
One thing I like about them is the automatic car alarm detection that they have built into them, when I go down the street and crack the throttle open it's amazing how many get set off as I past buy. I also noticed that my engine noise quieted down with the new exhaust. The reason I say this is I had a noise in the front of my engine and I thought it was the valves and I was going to take it to the dealer to get checked out, but when I took the stock exhaust off I noticed the one pipe clamp was loose and that was the source of the noise I was hearing now the engine sounds nice and quiet, at least what I could here of it over the pipes. Over all these pipes do sound nice almost makes you think your riding a bigger bike.

robohopar · 07-23-2005, 05:46 PM

Hey Do You Got Any Pics?

fjm3rd · 07-23-2005, 08:56 PM

Not Yet but I think other people on here have some up. I will get around to it in the next day or so.

07-22-2005, 11:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
fjm3rd Seat Tester Joined: Apr 2005 Bike: c50 Location: Allentown, PA Posts: 98	V&H Straightshots Impressions Decided to put on Vance & Hines Straightshots on my C50 yesterday. My 1st impression was that they were much lighter than stock. As for the sound well I was hoping that they would be a little more quieter then they are, but wow they sure do have a nice rumble at idle. And when you really open it up it sure does get everyone's attention. I can't imagine taking the baffle's out but one day I'll try it for the heck of it. I do notice a slight increase in throttle responce. I did not use any fuel processor on it figuring I would wait to see if I needed it, and after riding it the past 2 day's I don't notice any problems. One thing I like about them is the automatic car alarm detection that they have built into them, when I go down the street and crack the throttle open it's amazing how many get set off as I past buy. I also noticed that my engine noise quieted down with the new exhaust. The reason I say this is I had a noise in the front of my engine and I thought it was the valves and I was going to take it to the dealer to get checked out, but when I took the stock exhaust off I noticed the one pipe clamp was loose and that was the source of the noise I was hearing now the engine sounds nice and quiet, at least what I could here of it over the pipes. Over all these pipes do sound nice almost makes you think your riding a bigger bike.

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07-23-2005, 05:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
robohopar Newbie Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 10	Hey Do You Got Any Pics?

07-23-2005, 08:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
fjm3rd Seat Tester Joined: Apr 2005 Bike: c50 Location: Allentown, PA Posts: 98	Not Yet but I think other people on here have some up. I will get around to it in the next day or so.

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