New Member Texas

JBryan91 · Jun 18, 2023

Hello, New member from East Texas. New to the VMax, but not new to riding. Bike is a 95' with cobra pipes and a jet kit. No other mods. Anybody else out there in Texas?

CaptainKyle · Jun 18, 2023

Welcome to the Forum. I am some Texas people will chime in. I was born & raised in South Texas But reside in TN now.

Dkid · Jun 18, 2023

Welcome Bud. Nice Max

Fire-medic · Jun 18, 2023

Welcome, give your bike a 15% boost in horsepower by replacing the Cobra exhaust with the stock system, and returning the jetting to OEM (DO NOT buy or use a 'no-name' set of brass off ebay!). The Cobras look cool but have no efficiency in proper exhaust scavenging which means your bike has significantly less power than with a stock megaphone or any slip-on system.

JBryan91 · Jun 18, 2023

Fire-medic said:
Welcome, give your bike a 15% boost in horsepower by replacing the Cobra exhaust with the stock system, and returning the jetting to OEM (DO NOT buy or use a 'no-name' set of brass off ebay!). The Cobras look cool but have no efficiency in proper exhaust scavenging which means your bike has significantly less power than with a stock megaphone or any slip-on system.

Thanks for the advice. What aftermarket do you recommend? Also ive thought about replacing with stocks because i miss the center stand!

Fire-medic · Jun 18, 2023

I actually like an OEM chrome dual megaphone system. Keep it waxed and the chrome lasts a long time. The header pipes will show pitting/corrosion long-before the megaphones will. Your hearing acuity will thank you for keeping it stock. The noise level of the OEM system is low enough you can run it hard without announcing your presence to every LEO within a quarter-mile.