Waddups guys! I installed my pipes today, but ran into what i think is a problem. First off, just so you know, I dont have torque screws, so i do everything till its nice and snug, or nice and TIGHT. This is where a small problem comes from: There is some air leaking from the connection point where the pipe clamps are. I'm not sure if this is normal or not, and im suspecting its not. However, i rode around with them on and didnt really notice a power loss, if anything i felt a little gain actually. And i love having some nice sound to the bike. They arent really loud, but they aint quiet either. I'll take pics in the mornin.

PS--They look fucking good!

 

haha well come on man post up some pics of the bike with the pipes on it lol

 

Hahaha, i was gonna ride 45 minutes from here and take pics of it on a cliff face, with a mountain backdrop. Its too dark now, and it would look poo

 

make sure the slip fit is all the way in. the slots cut in the pipe to allow it to compress need to be fully covered to keep them from leaking.

most slip fit pipes (that don't use some sort of gasket) leak a lil bit. some people notice it, some don't.

 

Well, after my fuck up the last time, i really took my time doing this. So as soon as they were on, i started it up to make sure there were no leaks. Now, I pushed the pipes onto the Y-pipe as far as I could get them to go. The slips had gaskets that came with it, and they are in there, but i still felt some leaking. Its not a drastic amount of leaking, but i just want to be sure that I'm not gonna fuck up the bike by not having not leak at all. Trust me when i say, the air pressure that i feel comes from the clamps is nothing like what i feel coming from the slips themselves, and while I'm not sure how much that can fuck up the performance of the bike, I dont really notice anything "bad."