: With the new bike though, I'm trying to keep it
: stock. The pipes are pretty throaty but
: there nothing like the cycle shack straight
: pipes on the Shovel. I will see how well
: they work. I'm pretty good at keeping myself
: seen, the pipes help a lot though.

Typical American boy, Mark.

Manufacturers, Harley, GM, Ford, etc. hire brigades of engineers with degrees out to here. They pay them zillions of dollars to design and build machines made of precision parts that work in harmony with one another to make the best possible product for their customers.

First thing we do is take it apart and replace as many perfectly good parts as possible with other parts that may or may not work. Makes sense to me.

I decided to wait a year before messing with mine, but it's not gonna make it thru this year unscathed. First, I've got to make it look different enough that I don't climb onto Shakey's bike by mistake.

Bob