Fishtails

[Guest cwil2988]

Anyone got fishtail exhaust on their ride? been playing around with putting em on my TD, and was also wondering if anyone has replaced the stock tips with any aftermarket to any degree of success

[cecdoo]

Yep, had the samson fishtails on, I really liked the way they looked, cool kinda retro, but a little too loud for me, I just put a set of slash cut harley pipes on, look pretty good, sound much better. Craig

[Gary N.]

Yes, but I have them on my Bub's.

[Switch]

My '97 had fishtails on it when I bought it . Nice sound but I get a lot of backfiring on deceleration and wondering if the closed down opening are retaining gas pressure that is causing the backfiring. Been thinking of taking them off and see if it still backfires.

[BradT]

My '97 had fishtails on it when I bought it . Nice sound but I get a lot of backfiring on deceleration and wondering if the closed down opening are retaining gas pressure that is causing the backfiring. Been thinking of taking them off and see if it still backfires.

 

Have you synched the carbs lately. Mine nike only backfires when they carbs are off, and when I was high in elevation.

 

Another option was to remove the AIS

 

BRad

[nkbjones]

Yes, but I have them on my Bub's.

 

Gary, what tips did you use for the bubs? Mine are flaking bad and I would to add the fishtails. Anything special for mounting and how much did they cost.

[Gary N.]

Gary, what tips did you use for the bubs? Mine are flaking bad and I would to add the fishtails. Anything special for mounting and how much did they cost.

If you follow this thread http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=11648

you will find all the answers to your questions.

[cecdoo]

My '97 had fishtails on it when I bought it . Nice sound but I get a lot of backfiring on deceleration and wondering if the closed down opening are retaining gas pressure that is causing the backfiring. Been thinking of taking them off and see if it still backfires.

 

Mine also did alot of backfiring, not so much with harley pipes, Craig

[Guest cwil2988]

Found this place Jirehs that offers a slip on fishtail muffler for 49.95, and was wondering if anyone had any experience. also, was curious as to the diameter of the head pipe on the 06 TD. these mufflers are 1 3/4 I.D.. I was hoping someone could tell me the size of the headpipe without me having to tear it apart to measure it- heat shield and all right in the way like it is. I figure that with all the Harley conversions going on, it had to be a fairly common size, and 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 seem to be the most common that i run across.

[Guest cwil2988]

Jirehs' web page for the fishtails

http://www.jirehmetric.com/servlet/Categories?category=Exhaust&searchpath=4434&start=41&total=46