Crossbones

mike38

HI ALL,
I picked up the new CROSSBONES softail bike yesterday and It rides great.
The only thing I didn't like was the stock exhaust system , so I took out the baffles today and now it sounds great.
The thing I need to know is do I need to bring it back to the dealer to get anything adjusted?
the reason I'm asking is as everybody knows it's fuel injected so I'm wondering if the baffles might effect it somehow.
Thank .
Mike...

Hobbit

the crossbone is lean and the one i rode popped and back fired on decel straight from the shop, the O2 will adjust at cruising but will struggle everywhere else.
Also FI bikes seem to need the exhaust back pressure created by the baffles to run well, as least my nightster did.
i would look into getting a proper stage 1 fitted sooner than later with a fueler/slipons and air kit if its the Harley sound you want as a lean motor in the long run will suffer, you may also be able to get away with the down load but that will still be lean
nice bike by the way

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glider

Better off to leave the baffles in. They need back pressure to run right. You also loose bottom end torque with the baffles removed besides running poorly.

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mike38

hey Hobbit is there anything I can do to the stock baffles to get the Harley sound I'm looking for???

Hobbit

i have no idea what the baffle looks like out of a stock HD can as i have never opened one up, always just replaced the either full system or Slip ons (we need stock intact for mot's), got a pic of the stock baffle?
on a metric it is a collection of pipes and is seperated intp 3 sections removing the rear section closest to the outlet on a vstar resulted in the vtwin sound and did not really effect performance or running as the other 2 sections remained, gutting the 2nd section resulted in a mixture change and total gutting sounded rubbish and poor running with out a rejet
I would invest in either a set of Slip on exhausts, either Rush/SE/Vance and Hines pop to some meets and see what others are running so you can hear them before deciding.

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Franks the Bull

try smaller baffles, but remeber it's suck swueeze, bang and blow. You can't let it lose all that back pressure without taking in more air and fuel, resulting in needing more spark.

It sounds nice, but you just lose your bottom end. 9 out of 10 stock bikes will eat up piped bikes because thier not tunes right. Just an FYI..

also, Talk to your mechanic and read your service schedule on haveing that springer adjusted. I have heard thereis a break in period on it. It can get slopy from what I hear. Wouldn't hurt to ask.