When our buddy Scott started talking about getting a new exhaust for his 2001 Road King he didn’t really want to spend much money, but he wanted a set of true dual pipes that looked and sounded good. After we stated laughing at him for wanting the world for a dollar, a challenge of sorts was made. How can we get true duals and sweet sounding mufflers on a bagger without breaking the bank? A simple solution for the added benefits and rumble of a separated exhaust lies within the cost-effective Fullsac performance True Dual Conversion Kits. Fullsac’s two-piece conversion replaces the factory exhaust’s Y-pipe with a rear J-pipe, which directs 100 percent of the rear cylinder exhaust and heat to the left muffler where it belongs. A straight pipe on the right side finishes off the job eliminating the OEM Y-pipe altogether. 01. This is the Von Braun Roadster Centerline mufflers and Fullsac Performance true dual headpipe kit awaiting installation.01. This is the Von Braun Roadster Centerline mufflers and Fullsac Performance true dual Once we replaced the plumbing upfront, we bolted on a set of the uber-sweet Von Braun Roadster Centerline mufflers in black. The USA-made 4-inch diameter mufflers feature a sleek satin finish topped off with silver accents and domed mesh end-caps, which are made of compression formed from 550-gauge stainless steel. We banged out the pipe and muffler swap in less than an hour and found the newly separated pipes to work well in directing each cylinder’s exhaust where it should go. We really liked the upgrade in sound our Road King had once we installed the Roadster Centerlines. It was a low and rumbly tone at idle without being over-the-top loud at full throttle. All in all, this was a good exhaust swap that did as advertised and didn’t break the bank. 02. Our victim is this 2001 Road King with a stock exahst system. 03. We started the swap by removing the factory head pipe heatsheilds. 04. After spaying all of the hardware with penetrating oil we loosened up the muffler clamps04. After spaying all of the hardware with penetrating oil we loosened up the muffler cla 05. The stock mufflers were removed and the head pipes were checked for any sort of cracking or wear.05. The stock mufflers were removed and the head pipes were checked for any sort of crac 06. The left side rear pipe was removed and checked for any wear issues. 07. The right-side OEM cross-over pipe exhaust clamp was loosed and the joint was treated with some penetrating lube. We also loosened the y-pipe from the cylinder head07. The right-side OEM cross-over pipe exhaust clamp was loosed and the joint was treated 08. Fullsac says the factory y-pipe can be taken off by tapping it with a mallet repeatedly.08. Fullsac says the factory y-pipe can be taken off by tapping it with a mallet repeated 09. We decided to expedite things with the aid of our Porter Cable 12-volt Max cordless reciprocating saw. Can you say handy?09. We decided to expedite things with the aid of our Porter Cable 12-volt Max cordless r 10. One the y-pipe was cut in half it easily came away from the rear cylinder.10. One the y-pipe was cut in half it easily came away from the rear cylinder. 11. At this point the lower half of the y-pipe could also be removed with nary and issue.11. At this point the lower half of the y-pipe could also be removed with nary and issue. 12. The Fullsac straight pipe was then installed in place of the factory y-pipe on the right side of the bike.12. The Fullsac straight pipe was then installed in place of the factory y-pipe on the r 13. Once the straight pipe was in place we slid the Von Braun muffler right behind it.13. Once the straight pipe was in place we slid the Von Braun muffler right behind it. 14. We also secured the rear of the muffler to the bike with the factory hardware at the OEM location.14. We also secured the rear of the muffler to the bike with the factory hardware at the 15. The left side J-pipe was installed on the rear cylinder head and left loose so adjustments could be made.15. The left side J-pipe was installed on the rear cylinder head and left loose so adjust 16. The left side exhaust pipe was then attached to the Fullsac j-pipe. Both pipes are anchored to the transmission mount with the OEM clamp.16. The left side exhaust pipe was then attached to the Fullsac j-pipe. Both pipes are an 17. The left-side Von Braun muffler was then attached to the stock exhaust pipe and bolted to the rear of the bag mount.17. The left-side Von Braun muffler was then attached to the stock exhaust pipe and bolte 18. All of the pipe connections were aligned and snugged up to factory specs. We then installed the heatsheilds back on the pipes and it was time to ride!18. All of the pipe connections were aligned and snugged up to factory specs. We then ins Source Fullsac Performance fullsac.com Porter Cable portercable.com Von Braun vonbraunusa.com Mail baggersmag@sorc.com By Jeff G. Holt Enjoyed this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed, or use your favorite social media to recommend us to friends and colleagues!
