chucksters air kit install vaquero

[redjay]

I doubt the left side plate will make any difference to the right hand side intake noise ?

[fammdw]

Originally Posted by redjay

I doubt the left side plate will make any difference to the right hand side intake noise ?

No... I just want to hear the intake period. The decorative plate makes no difference to me.

[Win_surfur]

I'd like to hear it too. It's been raining here in Orlando for 2 days off & on. I doubt the plate will make a difference, though. I installed my V&H slip-ons this evening. I wanna start it up & hear it, but everyone in my house is asleep! Gotta wait til the morning. It sure looks good, though. Took about 2 hours, and I made a short video of the bike running with the stock pipes. I'l do another video when I can, and post pics & (if the site will let me) vids. I think I may be done spending money on my bike now. My wife hopes so!

[chuckster131]

There is added noise, being the intake is opened up. The performance gains mask the bit more noise.

[Win_surfur]

ok - I couldn't wait. Rode the bike to work and...WOW! not only does it sound better, but the horsepower is definitely up. Got up on the interstate (I-4 in Orlando) and with less than usual throttle, was up to 70. Certainly pleased wiuth the outcome. 1 minor drawback - it's doing the popping on decel again, only now it's a deeper popping sound. I can live with that.

The install took about 2 hours, and I was able to save & reuse the gaskets. The right side took only a twist back & forth as I slid it out of the header pipe and the gasket stayed on. The left side was a different story - The gasket came off with the muffler. I had to reinsert it, and clamp it down pretty tight, but not so tight that I couldn't wiggle the muffler. In a sense, I used the header pipe as a grip on the gasket, and eureka! The gasket stayed in the header. Before putting the saddle bags back on, but after instaling the pipes, I cleaned the new pipes real good with warm soapy water, so as not to leave any skin oils behind - the skin oils will stain the new chrome when it heats up. Not that I'm a greasy guy, but figured I'd follow the V&H advice. Looks good, sounds great, runs fantastic. Takin a trip over to Daytona (about an hour away) this weekend with my buddy who rides a '08 Heritage. He'll say my VV sounds like a Harley now. I'll say Nah, your Harley sounds like a Kawasaki. I'll get pics & vids on here sometime this weekend.

Oh, one last thing. I don't hear any strange sounds from the intake now.

[chuckster131]

Glad you like the power of the beast now my friend. Thanks for taking the time to do that write up..

Cheers

[redjay]

With Chucksters intake and the Cobra Powerpro I enjoy riding my Voyager much more now.

[Win_surfur]

Redjay - Put a set of V&H slipons on your bike, and you'll like it even more :)

[chuckster131]

Originally Posted by Win_surfur

Redjay - Put a set of V&H slipons on your bike, and you'll like it even more :)

Agreed

[redjay]

I do not like noisy exhausts, they get on my nerves after a while.
The stock 2010 Voyager mufflers are noisy enough for me.
The performance gains with Chucksters intake and Powerpro were what I was after.
The extra noise from the intake I can live with.

[Win_surfur]

I rode about 200 miles yesterday, and the bike did great. The drone of the new pipes is not too bad on the highway. At one point, I let the 2 guys I was with ride pretty far ahead on a long straight-away, then twisted her good & hard, got up to 95 mph before backing off and she ran perfect. I was aiming for 100, but I knew there was a highway patrol up ahead also, going the same direction & didn't want to attract any attention from him! She had plenty of throttle left, for sure though. Good times.

[BC RED VAQ]

Win_surfur,
did you get rid of the popping abd backfireing on decel or is it still there. When you geta chance wrap the head pipes you will be glad you did I am very happy with it.

[Win_surfur]

no, popping is there again, more so than before I put the pipes on. (It was less than stock with the air kit and Cobra Pro) But now with the new pipes, the popping is a deeper sound and sounds kinda cool, I think. Some folks may not like it. My wife riding with me doesn't mind it either.

[Win_surfur]

Here's a couple of pics of the pipes. I need to do this in the daylight, the pics would be better. Tried to upload a video but mac creates video as a .mov file, and I don't believe that's a format supported on this forum.

[king_arthur1953]

Originally Posted by chuckster131

Price is 115.00 shipped priority mail in the states

Joe are you still offering these?