Viking Exhaust for my Roadster


Yes I thought as much, but does the Rocket really need any more power? A change in sound is certainly needed I think, probably cause my last bike was a Harley before falling in love with a Rocket, which really makes a Harley look like a bicycle now to me.
 

Hi there, great meeting you all Sunday. I've just purchased a Ramair to get the ball rolling, now trying to decide on the exhaust. I'll get your number from Mick so I can get in touch with you once I need someone to tune? I think you said a bloke down at VH is the best.
 

Yes I understand why you would say waste of time. I guess I figure the Rocket doesn't need more power and my objective is to mainly get a different note, reduce weight and maintain a similar look to standard. But yeah I do love the look of the full system and I guess we only live once.
 
BillyIndiana said:
@Rock It Just so you know this straight up @Paul Bryant is a member here, so what everyone is telling you is that he will be along soon.

Welcome to the forum. Great People here.
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Thanks mate, this is my first forum and I'm already having a great experience with the people on here helping out with my question.
 
Full System, Ramair and different tune is the way to go. I do have a bit of a challenge with dress trousers that I wear to work (melted a couple) but have ordered some heat shields from "Wish" for $10 that should fix that - they tend to flap more than my riding gear so get near the header. I love the noise with Pauls pipe. Crisp and businesslike.
I can see why you don't think that the Rocket needs any more power ....... most of us thought that once but over time you will get to full twist and wonder if any more can come. The good news is that there is plenty of capacity in these bikes so you can just keep going.
I do a lot of riding in central Australia and overtaking "roadtrains" can keep you on the wrong side of the road for extended periods but on the Rocket, approaching the rear of a "B Triple" (triple length semi) at 120kph, I find that I often twist to full on and back off as I pass the cab ...... usually at around 170 to 180kph with only a couple of seconds exposed time on the wrong side of the road.
Short answer .... get the full system ..... its made to go together. One day you will need all the power you can get ..... this is the first step. There will be more
 
Welcome Rock It, Paul has a good rep here as you can read. I ordered just the header which I should be getting soon. Others have said that the header is the heart and soul of the system. If you can tolerate more noise of course you'll have larger gains. I'm just hoping to gain my lower end torque, as others have and keep the loudness to a minimum. I de-catted the stockers and bought a different cross over pipe. Good luck.

Hoopla
 
Paul is also working on a 3 into 2 system. If you like the standard system this might be a goer.
 
As others have said "I'll be along shortly"

Well as I am the "seller" and Rock is looking for some constructive (or otherwise) criticism, I prefer to stay back and let others ("the market") have their say, who knows, I might learn something.

As Boony has said, I do have a twin muffler system in production now, this can either slip straight onto the stock header, or can be set up with my header.



 

Hi mate, you make a good point but I guess my objective here is to reduce weight & change the note. My riding is more about maintaining cornering speed than straight line speed. I recently did a road trip with the girlfriend and luggage and still had no problem overtaking anything. There is so much power in these Rockets. Thanks for you input though, you suggestion to go all out has been taken on board.
 
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