Yeah, you can reduce the decel pop with a tune. They make tuners now for the Sportster S. I like the decel pops though. The cats and noise suppression in the stock muffler also masks a lot of that stuff. This is essentially a straight pipe with some resonators in it. The insert adds a bit of back pressure, if you want to make the bike even louder and remove some of the characteristic "vacuum cleaner" sound from the rev max you can remove that baffle from the TBR. I have a video on it. For me, it was just too loud to have it out. Mostly out of respect for my neighbours.

@@DrFearCo thank ya for the input my friend. Baffle is out as well. Love the sound just wanted to make sure it wasn’t detrimental to the bike.

@@BONJODOPE a tune isn’t required, but there are tuners available for the bike now if you want a tune.

@@ozzydr the baffle comes installed in the TBR exhaust when you buy it.

So is the one it comes with the same as the one you can buy seperately for it?? For like $50​@DrFearCo

The bar bag is from Thrashin. They make lots of Harley accessories.

I keep the baffle in. But I have tested without and it’s significantly louder.

I got the NIX inserts last season. I’ll make a video. The rear shock is next.

I wrapped over the whole thing. It looks pretty clean even without removing the heat shield. My recommendation is to use LOTS of plastic zip ties while putting it on and then a few strategic steel ones at the end.

No check engine lights

Unless you do a tune you won’t really see too much of a performance improvement. Ask for fuel economy… with the way I ride it’s not really a concern, but I haven’t noticed anything. I’ve sold the bike unfortunately so I won’t be able to do a video with a tuner. I’ll be clear it’s not because of the bike in any way. I’m just addicted to buying new bikes ;).

Just buy the specialized wiring harness kodlin USA makes. I’ll see what I can do video wise as well.

I wrapped the exhaust as I burned myself a couple times sitting on it with shorts. If you ride with jeans it’s fine.

What I should have done is ordered a new jst connector and wired everything up together so it could plug into the factory harness. At the time I couldn’t find the connector but now I know where to get them. Posi tap might have worked but the wires are very thin. I think the best way to do it is what I mentioned above.

Will take a look thanks!

Hmm - I wonder who the actual manufacturer is. They're both German so I am not sure. I can tell you that Wunderlich is pretty nice to deal with in USA/Canada.

@@DrFearCo - I went with Wunderlich because they had yellow :) Have not arrived yet but excited to install them. Have the 40th so also ordered the rear fender kit, rear rack and solo seat all from Wunderlich.

@@NorCalSaint Nice, they make good stuff. Make sure you have a torque wrench as the engine guards use important engine mounts.

No, they warned me it might but then would go away. There was no CEL related to the exhaust.

Answered in a different thread

I used to have occasional check engine lights on startup (probably because of my aftermarket exhaust and cat delete). BUT, recently Harley released a new software update and for most of this summer I have had zero issues. On top of that, the bike never failed to start as shown in earlier videos and never ran weird. I would just rev low for the first 2 seconds or so of a cold start. But again, those issues went away after the last major software update. Since I bought it, it was at the dealer 4 times. Once for first service, once for a dripping coolant line, once for this software update, and once for another software gremlin where the bike was displaying a “vin error” which the dealer had a fix for. I’ve put about 5000KM on the bike. So not a huge amount. I haven’t made a video about this yet, but I just sold the bike due to issues with my low back after having back surgery. The clamshell riding position rolled my low back a little too much for comfort and I wanted something a little more ergonomic. But I do still have a huge emotional attachment to the sportster. If you want to buy the Kodlin front turn signals from me I can make you a bit of a deal.

@@DrFearCo Hey man! Thanks for the really detailed response! Glad the software update seemed to fix things as it has for many people. I'm hoping I just don't run into much of anything beyond routine stuff. Too bad you had to sell the bike because of the back surgery! I've had some back issues myself close to my shoulder blades that took months to recover but fortunately never had to get surgery. I'm sure you will love whatever the next bike is! No turn signals for me at this time (same for the exhaust I just have that on my future hopes and dreams shopping list) I live in fear I will wake up to my wife chopping my balls off for daring to even buy the bike itself! So mods will be slow and steady. Haha! She is actually really great but this bike caused a bit on tension. But we will get over it! Thanks for the response!

​@@DrFearCodo you still have the signals?

@@DrFearCodo you still have the aftermarket signals?

They are good mirrors, but they come loose. My friend lost his and mine fell off on the highway. I caught it. I haven’t had many issues since I added a bit of loctite to it. It’s a nice bike and I am happy with it.

They are Kodlin USA. No the codes are not related. Harley pushed out a big update recently and the bike has been perfect since then. I haven’t seen a code since.

Kodlin now sells a special wiring harness inspired by this mod.

I feel you, but you won’t get any of the advantages of this platform (high rev limit, no valve adjustments, performance etc). All trade offs.

@@DrFearCo I got that in my xr1200 and it actually sounds incredible.

I haven’t done a tune because up until very recently, one wasn’t available. However the bike runs fine without it for now.

Yeah… it sounds a bit like an L twin Ducati maybe? It definitely doesn’t sound like a Harley and that’s probably the worst part for a lot of people. I think the mechanical chatter goes away a bit when you remove the exhaust baffle (like I did in my recent video) but it’s still not the same. I will tell you that this pulls harder than a pan am. 150HP would probably mean just a higher top speed.

@@DrFearCo I check out every exhaust vid i can find on the new sportys but so far, nothin even close to acceptable. shame they are a very sharp lookin bike with lots of performance.

I’m planning to keep all the stock parts for when I sell it in the future. Sorry!

This bike is faster and more fun than any other bike Harley has ever sold. You’re in the <1% that thinks this bike is ugly. Every time I take it out I get stopped by people commenting on how beautiful it is. Second, your ladies bike comment reeks of small dick energy. Have a nice day!

This comment is way too negative for no good reason. This bike has had amazing reviews, people love the looks, even sports bikes guys are like 'what the hell, this is amazing! How does this thing exist?'. It is like a Muscle Cruiser, brute cruiser looks and sports performance jammed together. It looks modern and futuristic at the same time. Aftermarket exhausts exist for a reason, people get them on traditional bikes anyway, but new regulations forces manufacturers to put on the OEM style exhaust. Even with that, I don't care, HD is finally modernizing their bikes get away from stagnant decades of vbikes the looked and performed like they were from the 1950s.

Check out an Indian FTR for an ugly radiator. it happens. I have never seen a video where the owner says "i wish it had dual rotors". Sure the tail light mount is the 1st thing to go, but what sportster owner never mod'd their ride? I'll mark you down as a "maybe" !

I have a proper recording (in another video) using a better mic but it still doesn’t really capture it.

Well, I can tell you that removing the baffle makes it obnoxiously loud. Either way it sounds good. I just don't want my neighbours to hate me.

Okay je pense retirer le db Killer j'aime quand sa gueule 😂 ✌ de France

Gona do mine tonight, surely it cant be louder than some harleys i hear..

@@WTF-rm7lv it’s definitely not louder than the loudest bikes. Just a little too loud for me. Let me know what you think.

@@DrFearCo pulled it out tonight, i love it. Mostly i like that cars have more chance of hearing me but in general it does sound a hell of a lot meaner. I will stick with it for a few rides and see how i go.

@@WTF-rm7lv I noticed you can no longer hear the valve chattering when that baffle is out. It drowns out some of the undesirable sound of the rev max.

Will I need to get a tune up after I take mine out???

When I get one, I want mini apes and mod controls for starters. I’ll see what Vance and Hines has for pipes.

@@bothetinman772 I’ll try to get something filmed this weekend! Got some updates.

First oil change is all fluids and full inspection. A Harley’s first service is always expensive to check that the break in went well and if it needs adjustments anywhere.

I'd ride both. The sportster is lots of fun. The ducati will almost certainly cost more to insure.

@@DrFearCo yeah I got to ride a ducati hyper last weekend I took the DP on the sporster back lol my focus is on getting the 23 hyper now lol 😆