that sounds nice. my vn 800 does the potato song writen by twin cam. i know it's a cover tune but it does it well. completely open drag pipes large diameter. it sounds awesome. i think a 900 with carb instead of f i would do the same. i have stage 2 on carb . drilled slide and shimmed needle .but stock jet. so it will idle correct. 2 5/8 turns on pilot. powerful. reliable .huge difference from stock. so much so , i was able to go to 19 x 39 drive sprockets for hywy speeds. wow ! no loss of power.
I would love to change my final drive. Seems I am always hunting for a 6th gear on the highway. I always play around with exhaust. slowly but surely it turns into short glasspacks or drag pipes haha.
@@mrawesome14b yep ! loud but with some tonal note quality. i think "Barron " sells a larger front pulley for the vn 900. gives you that " 6th gear" you want .but more . it broadens the power curve longer throu the gear so you don't have to run throu all gears so fast. around town , i sometimes never get out of above 4th gear. but on the interstate it's a whole new bike. it's the easiest mod to do for this. i don't think there is an alternative rear pulley available. i need to see if that barron pulley fits output shaft and space allowed before i buy the rest. i may go up on wheel diameter as they put this little skateboard wheel on the back and 21" pizza cutter on front. well see. i like your work. and the fact that you did those mods when folks say crap. f em' i say .do it how you want. i do.my mods always comes out good but i do more than most would . belt drive on suzuki was 350$ at most but plus my work. probably solid 16hrs of you know what. bloody knuckles and smoky shop! ha!
Enjoy seeing people learn about their bikes. You did a great job here and the thought going into this was noteworthy. However, looking back - and with consideration to the value of your time, do you think you could have achieved about the same sound by simply putting on Baron Hack and Slash slip-ons? It' s hard to tell from the video, but the results does comparable. Have a great evening.
The nice part about doing this is that it retained all the factory mounting locations and rubber isolators. I would assume you would have more vibration with a pair of slip ons unless isolated very well. I went this route more from a money perspective since I already had all of the tools needed. I would say slip ons would probably be quieter which may not be a bad thing. ITS LOUD haha.
there is something about making things a certain way yourself. sometimes the bolt on parts don't satisfy like your own custom mods or one off creations. i have also a 1997 Suzuki Marauder. diddle squat available for that model as far as quality bolt on anything. i hated the chain drive so much , i made my own belt drive .the bolt on " scoot works " is just garbage. go see it at my thumb nail. one of a kind .i love it 10 times more now that it's done. wish i did it 23 yrs ago when i bought it new. some bikes don't produce much chain noise but this one was terrible. went thru so many chains and sprokets. filthy grease .just sucked. now , perfect.
Its hard to tell. I always perceive a performance increase with the sound increase, but you would probably need a tuner to make noticeable additional power with this setup.
I guess it'd just sound like an exhaust leak if I took the heat shields off and cut a short section out of each header pipe and then hid it by putting the shields back on...
It probably wouldn't sound bad. There is a guy on RUclips that did that but left the mufflers off and reinstalled the shields. I would be concerned about heat. You may end up melting some stuff down there.
ALL that when you could have gotten cobra pipes like I did on my Vulcan 900 LT - and mine sound better, look better and give it more torque - for $350? Glad I classy my bike up and not chop it up.
@@danielpillow3624 used but not a scratch on them, take your time to build your dream bike, DONT TAKE SHORT cuts like this guy - everybody looks at my Vulcan 900 LT and says WOW thats a nice bike.
I just put a Vance and Hines drag pipes and sounds awesome
that sounds nice.
my vn 800 does the potato song writen by twin cam. i know it's a cover tune but it does it well. completely open drag pipes large diameter. it sounds awesome. i think a 900 with carb instead of f i would do the same. i have stage 2 on carb . drilled slide and shimmed needle .but stock jet. so it will idle correct. 2 5/8 turns on pilot. powerful. reliable .huge difference from stock. so much so , i was able to go to 19 x 39 drive sprockets for hywy speeds. wow ! no loss of power.
I would love to change my final drive. Seems I am always hunting for a 6th gear on the highway. I always play around with exhaust. slowly but surely it turns into short glasspacks or drag pipes haha.
@@mrawesome14b yep ! loud but with some tonal note quality.
i think "Barron " sells a larger front pulley for the vn 900. gives you that " 6th gear" you want .but more . it broadens the power curve longer throu the gear so you don't have to run throu all gears so fast. around town , i sometimes never get out of above 4th gear. but on the interstate it's a whole new bike. it's the easiest mod to do for this. i don't think there is an alternative rear pulley available. i need to see if that barron pulley fits output shaft and space allowed before i buy the rest. i may go up on wheel diameter as they put this little skateboard wheel on the back and 21" pizza cutter on front. well see.
i like your work. and the fact that you did those mods when folks say crap. f em' i say .do it how you want. i do.my mods always comes out good but i do more than most would . belt drive on suzuki was 350$ at most but plus my work. probably solid 16hrs of you know what. bloody knuckles and smoky shop! ha!
@@KevinFreist haha! Thanks man. If those pulleys weren't so expensive I would already have one. budget modifying sucks sometimes.
Scootworks makes an OD pulley for the 3:21 front and rear
Enjoy seeing people learn about their bikes. You did a great job here and the thought going into this was noteworthy. However, looking back - and with consideration to the value of your time, do you think you could have achieved about the same sound by simply putting on Baron Hack and Slash slip-ons? It' s hard to tell from the video, but the results does comparable. Have a great evening.
The nice part about doing this is that it retained all the factory mounting locations and rubber isolators. I would assume you would have more vibration with a pair of slip ons unless isolated very well. I went this route more from a money perspective since I already had all of the tools needed. I would say slip ons would probably be quieter which may not be a bad thing. ITS LOUD haha.
there is something about making things a certain way yourself. sometimes the bolt on parts don't satisfy like your own custom mods or one off creations.
i have also a 1997 Suzuki Marauder. diddle squat available for that model as far as quality bolt on anything. i hated the chain drive so much , i made my own belt drive .the bolt on " scoot works " is just garbage. go see it at my thumb nail. one of a kind .i love it 10 times more now that it's done. wish i did it 23 yrs ago when i bought it new. some bikes don't produce much chain noise but this one was terrible. went thru so many chains and sprokets. filthy grease .just sucked. now , perfect.
Thank you for the Nice Video,
Did you get any Performance Difference?
Cheers
Its hard to tell. I always perceive a performance increase with the sound increase, but you would probably need a tuner to make noticeable additional power with this setup.
I guess it'd just sound like an exhaust leak if I took the heat shields off and cut a short section out of each header pipe and then hid it by putting the shields back on...
It probably wouldn't sound bad. There is a guy on RUclips that did that but left the mufflers off and reinstalled the shields. I would be concerned about heat. You may end up melting some stuff down there.
Sounds good! What are those bags?
They are just some cheap amazon plastic saddle bags. the hinges and paint were worn out so I have since removed them, but they worked well.
ALL that when you could have gotten cobra pipes like I did on my Vulcan 900 LT - and mine sound better, look better and give it more torque - for $350? Glad I classy my bike up and not chop it up.
If I had $350 for exhaust pipes, I would have done that. This is a DIY cheap way to get decent looking straight pipes.
Where did you find cobra pipes for $350?
Ya, no kidding Cobra pipes for $350? What is it like 2004 prices? Dude, they're like 750 now minimum...
@@danielpillow3624 used but not a scratch on them, take your time to build your dream bike, DONT TAKE SHORT cuts like this guy - everybody looks at my Vulcan 900 LT and says WOW thats a nice bike.