Installing a Bassani 2-1 exhaust on a Harley Davidson bagger 

Thanks mom. It’s a lot easier for me to show than it is for me to tell. But it’s fun

Thanks man! I’ll order some up. That bike is coming back to me for a cam, I can sneak em on there lol

@@GilstrapGarage anytime. Lol nice, guess he couldn't handle all his buddies having the thump thump.

@@crackerjack42685 the thump and the power 🤣

And what did you use to wipe the exhaust down before you put on the heat shields

Thanks for watching! Your words are encouraging. I use SpytShyne on everything. They offer a lot of great products for cleaning and waxing. You can go to @Spytshynewaxcorp on Instagram and check out their full line of products. I also did a video on some of their stuff a while back

It’s a great exhaust! This customer is actually coming back to me for a cam install to give it that little bit extra

Lol man, I hate when I find stuff like that 🤣Thanks for watching

I got that from the Laughlin River Rally outside one of the hotel parking lots 🤣

Thank you 🙌

This is a customers bike, brotha! The standard is still waaay nicer than anything I’m rolling at the moment 🤣

Fast forward, I bought a used Bassani pipe, and it’s in great shape. The guy I bought it from said there is no bracket for the cone to attach to the frame. Just the head stud bolts, and where the cone itself bolts to under the saddlebags. Is that correct? If not I don’t want to start this project on this long weekend and come to find out I need a bracket, and now I’m fucked

Taking the time to line them up is all that was edited out, probably. It’s been so long it’s hard to remember. I also have to edit out a lot of interruptions from my kids and stuff 🤣

When I had a stainless pipe I ran it without heat shields and I destroyed every pair of pants I owned 🤣

But it looks cool

😂

If it didn’t bottom out in the case, then you will probably be okay

To be honest with you man, I haven’t installed a 2-1 on a twin cam bagger, but with 14” shocks you might be more likely to hit the bottom shock mount bolt than the axle nut. After I did the pipe for this guy he installed a crazy air ride set up on it and didn’t use the correct bolts, so the bottom one hit the top of his pipe when he aired it all the way up. It would probably be a safer bet to call the manufacturer and ask for someone’s opinion on the tallest shocks you could run with whatever pipe you want.

@@GilstrapGarage I appreciate the response. I wanted to make an informed decision before pulling the trigger on an expensive exhaust only to have clearance issues. I ended up going with a Trask Assault straight exhaust for the Twin Cam. It'll probably show up before my RWD shocks do at this rate.

I picked it up off of EBay, I don’t remember the brand name. But holds touring and fat tire softails without straps. But other bikes definitely need to be tied down

I had to purchase new ones. The only exhaust I’ve ever purchased that came with gaskets was D&D. But I use a small o-ring pick to grab underneath the gasket and pull it out

Ah ok, cool. Thanks for the quick response and the detailed video.

Yeah it’s always good to get it tuned. Otherwise your air:fuel could be pretty far off

I haven’t seen it happen to anyone running a shorty exhaust yet, but I imagine it could happen. I’ve noticed my luggage slightly warmer than normal sometimes on my dyna and I run a full length exhaust

You can get the flat style gaskets rather than the tapered style. But as long as they seal and you get get them torqued properly, they don’t necessarily have to be flush with the heads.

@@GilstrapGarage bassani said it won’t sit perfectly flush :) but my issue is the one nut when I try torque it to spec 120 ft lbs it keeps spinning but not getting tighter I’m scared to strip the stud

@@GilstrapGarage i even tried a spare nut and the same thing. Is 120 too much?

Nope, bolt on and rip!

I couldn’t clear it without it being angled.

@@GilstrapGarage Hmmm. I run my Harley clamps like that. They are not in the way of anything. Must be smaller.

Ohh yeah, Huge. I have another video of this bike from a cam install, there is a good sound clip in thete

I don’t remember off hand, but it is something like 60-80 inch pounds