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If I Had A Hammer.....catchy tune
If I had a Hammmer AND Ness pipes installed I would take off the lower belt guard. Victory has had 5 of them break off with those pipes and cause a lot of damage to the rear componets. This has not happened on bikes with the factory pipes as those were tested for many miles.
If you has this set up contact your dealer and question them. Victory I think had covered the damage so far but that might change as it is not their pipes.
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Is it the belt guard that is breaking off? Is there a bracket that gets removed in order to install the Ness pipes?
Or does the heat from those pipes being discharged in the belt guards direction that does something? Fill us in Sparky....inquiring minds want to know! |
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It would seem to be something related to the pipes dumping down right next to the guard.
My pipes are Santa Rosea and they dump out to the right (so the car next to you can really hear them! ) but the Ness pipes dump out straight down. The Bike that Outlundor has been riding from Mies has this Ness Pipe Set-up on the Hammer. Otlandor, have you heard of this, and have your removed your belt guard? Sounds like you should. |
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I checked with Vic Corp, and they said that they have heard that Ness is telling their dealers that they should remove this guard, but since these pipes are not from Victory, they have no recommendation......
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ness pipes on a vegas
Has any one heard of this happening on a vegas with ness pipes ?
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We had heard of this problem, so we removed ours when we installed the ness pipes, We dont make any recommendations, but if we took ours off you can guess what we think. I have not heard of any problems with the vegas, but we have been putting on santa rosa ace pipes.
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I asked a Vic engineer about this at the Open House today. (Actually he brought it up). He said that the air pressure coming out of the pipes caused the belt guard to move back and forth, which fatigued the metal, and cause it to break. He said it also happens with the Santa Rosa pipes. I asked him about the Vegas and Kingpin, and he said the same problem could happen. He recommended removing the belt guard when putting on any of the real short pipes.
Of course, this isn't an official recommendation.
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The Ace pipes don't point anywhere near the belt guard so I don't see it having any effect on the belt guard at all.
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