the horns of ames

New Cobra Slashcut Exhaust Pipes

So I was all excited to try mobile blogging, but after 2 days and 3 attempts, I can't get a blog to post by sending an e-mail to my secret blog e-mail address. I sent a note to MSN Support, so maybe they can figure out what's wrong. Oh well, once that's going, I think it will be very cool.

So, I got my Father's Day present installed on Tuesday night. Eli bought me some used Cobra Classic Deluxe Slashcut exhaust pipes on ebay for $200 shipped. It took me about an hour and a half to get them installed on my 2002 Honda Shadow Sabre (it completely replaces the stock exhaust, they are the real deal, not just slipons.) If you want to hear what they sound like, check them out here: http://www.cobrausa.com/content/index.cfm?siteaction=Exhaust&bikeID=46

I have some serious 'popping' (backfire) when I decelerate, so I need to find the mixture screw and adjust it, but it's kind of fun to watch people walking down the sidewalk jump when I cruise by because they think they're being shot at. :-) Brad Hofer told me where he thinks the screw should be located, so hopefully I'll get that resolved. It's fun to watch me drive by at night though, because I'm shooting flames out my pipes whenever I let off the gas!

I highly recommend modifying your exhaust if you have quiet factory pipes. It's one more way to get cars to look at you, which keeps you safer on a bike when they know you're there. I attached a photo of my bike with the new pipes. I definitely like the slashcut look.

I decided to create a "Motorcycles" category in case people want to filter all of these blogs to just motorcycle related rants. Don't worry, I'm sure this novelty will wear off and the posts will become less and less frequent. :-)

posted by Aaron @ www.HornIT.net @ 9:42 AM