Anyone have some straight pipes or some hookers pipes for a 2005 Harley Davidson Softail(Heritage Softail).?

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1. rifleman01@verizon.net says:

   August 8, 2009 at 1:00 pm

   Don’t go with straights on a TC-88. It will be almost impossible to tune. And I think you mean "Hooker" pipes. A good exhaust system for the TC-88 is a set of SE II (Screaming Eagle.) pipes. I run a set of SE II’s with an S & S "E" model carb. My gas mileage ain’t the best, but she runs like heck and don’t need much in the way of adjustments between service times.

   Straight pipes are a motor killer today. At some RPM’s you run rich, (And get big time crap in the pipes, not to mention the oil getting washed off the cylinder walls from the excess gas.) and at others you run lean. (And heat is an H-D’s biggest enemy. Lean = heat.) Either way is bad. You should get a set of pipes that match how you ride. I had a set of drag (straight) pipes on my old XL1200C. I wasted so much money on dyno testing that I could have bought a new bike!

   You can also look at Rheinhart, and BUB. They make a nice set of pipes. There are many others out there that can fix you up with a minimum of expense depending on your riding conditions. I do local commute every day in the city, but hit the highway on the weekends. I need a set of pipes that work under all conditions. My SE II’s work just fine.

   Now, the S & S carb was an impulse buy. It gives me greater HP and torque than the Jap carb that was on there. Again, my mileage is in the toilet, but I like the throttle response. This is more info than you asked for, but I see it as better have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.

   If you are going to change the exhaust, think about a carb change also. The carb change will actually make more of a difference, and make it quicker to dial in when you change the exhaust. And it’s about the same price if you do it yourself as a pipe change.

   If you have any other questions, feel free to drop me a line. I’m not up on the new ones, but I know my older hog’s.
2. txhypnotist says:

   August 8, 2009 at 1:00 pm

   I have a set of 2 in 1 pipes, they are powerful. Softail Standard.