To answer your original question: Do slip on cans really give more power?
I know your talking about C-14's and I'm bringing a C-10 into the discussion
C-10 is ancient tech compared to the C-14. It doesn't even have cats.
no cats have three dogs, give my love to PUSSY
That helps explain the fire crotch avatar pic Cuda.
That helps explain the fire crotch avatar pic Cuda.
Short of a full system installation the gains being reported will be the tune, not the can. But at least the visual is much better.Forget not that the Cats will still be in place with a can only. The only way to validate gain will be when Jim and Pokey do the flow/volume test.
If I was concerned about the weight of my bike, I would lose 40 lbs of my gut and get a lot better performance.
Forget not that the Cats will still be in place with a can only. The only way to validate gain will be when Jim and Pokey do the flow/volume test.
I think Bob (BDF) should supervise the test, similar to his fob soaking test.
FifyShhhhhhhh-Bob is bait to get Brian to join in the discussion as he was a major contributor to the first flow test...
What's a C10?
Its the bike that COG was founded on and the reason you now have C-14's. Its folks like Steve in Florida, myself, Ted, and many others that have experimented and made significant contributions to improving the original Connie.
Sorry but I had to defend my little buddy "connie rider".
Aaa ahh....
Gotta mention this. Back in December, I got my hands on a cf slip-on from ebay. I really wasn't after any mods of sort, and I like my bike exhausts OEM quiet. The one I found had a price that couldn't be beat - so what the heck.
I put it on, started the beast, and confirmed that the sound is quiet. Then, I went riding that weekend. My intention was to put the potato launcher back on the bike afterwards and save the slip-on. However, some favorable results were noticed while riding with the slip-on. Power? Didn't notice anything along those lines. I did notice that blipping the throttle for down-shifts that the engine rev'd better. The next best observation was the overall vibration was down - I mean seat, pegs, bars. Everywhere I made contact with the bike. Lastly, when I let go of the bars, the bike now tracks straight as an arrow in flight. The tracking has been check several times now, and I can rule-out any road crown or lack of.
Wanna know how straight it tracks? I'll tell you how straight it tracks. It tracks so straight I can unzip my tank bag, pull out the camera, shoot some pictures, put the camera back in the tank bag, and zip the tank bag closed. That's how straight my Connie tracks now!
Now, I have no intentions of removing the slip-on. That's how much I like what it did for my Connie.