Night-Rod Break In

israguard

Hi,
Just purchased a night Rod. I want to change the pipes to some that give out a louder sound. However, dealer suggests that I do this only after approx 1200miles.
Wanted to see if anyone knew why & if this has merit.
Thanks

Dr. Doolittle

Probably because he knows that's when he'll have some pipes in stock to sell you!

Seriously, I have no idea why he would say this. Every dealer seems to preach a different break in routine and some of them are ridiculous.

Good info here:

Engine Break In For New Motors - Archive - Harley Davidson Community

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Chopper

Congrats on the new bike. Have installed 100's of new pipes on bikes before the customer picked up, never a problem, can't say why you're dealer is shying away, I would jump on the sale, especially this time of year. I would tell you (before you shell out 100's of dollars) that the stock pipes on V-Rods are tuned very well to the engine and it's hard to find a better pipe for the machine, but I run stright pipes on my EVO, I like the sound, it's the sound track of life to me, don't need no radio, so I can relate. I thing I have found the V-Rod engine is more like a race engine then a Twin Cam engine, you have to keep the rpm's up high for a proper break-in. Don't baby it, it takes more to seat the rings the the average bike, I have seen a few smoke for quite a while and have tried to get the tech dept. in Milwaukee to ok a teardown on one (under warranty) with a couple of thousand miles on it, still smoking. They would not let me touch it untill it hit 5,000, they said they have had a few take that long to get a good seat on the rings. I have a hard time swallowing that, but harley's tech dept. is usually right on. They said keep dino oil in it, don't up grade to syn till after complete break-in and tell customer to ride it like he stole it, try to keep rpm's above 4,000 when riding.
It's a great machine you bought, enjoy it.

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israguard

Thank you. Much obliged for your detailed responce. Straight pipes it is.

All the best

NEWHD74FAN

A less radical option is to put slipon mufflers on...that way you are not changing the tuning nearly as radically, and if you use SE ones, they are EPA compliant and may provide the slightly louder exhaust note you want while offering free'er breathing within the calibration range of the existing stock fueling and begin Stage I level mods which do not impact longevity just the enjoyment factor!

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Hobbit

im with chopper on this and he rides it like he stole it and added his pipes at the 5K service, he fitted remus slip ons these have a removable baffle in side but still retain back pressure so they can either be quiet or loud and the sound good open not raspy but more boom and you can tell its a vrod

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