Torq Loop Update?

[Hambly434]

+1 on the no more DRONE..
I don't have aftermarket exhaust but have 4, 7/8 dia. holes at the back of the stock muffler. The sound is fine with me but the drone was horrible.
When I talked with Jimmy about the loops he wouldn't give me a yes or no on of they would clear up the drone. They did a huge improvement.

Thanks Jimmy for a great product..

For the chrome part. That's not how I received mine. They came bare metal then I painted them with VHT paint. That may have been an option I missed in the ordering process.

[bobbyf6b]

I was looking for some sound if possible. And how you like them after you've had them for a while. Too loud? Just right?

It's really easy to take a video with a phone and load it up to the internets. Or maybe not.

I read your post when you installed them MSGT. It looks great! Are you still happy with them? Was it worth it?

[MSGT-R]

Jimmy couldn't say yes or no for the drone because he has a typical hearing loss that comes with too many years of racing bikes and dirt bikes.
I spent many years on a Marine Corps flight line, but I always wore my hearing protection; my hearing is still pretty damn good. I'd be the first one to speak up about a drone, and my first pipes had it (no torq loops). I put in the extra silencers to stop it.

The Torq Loops add length to the exhaust system, and re-tune it like a brass instrument (like a trombone), changing the harmonics. It's further tunable by two inserts. The long one can be moved forward/back inside the muffler can to create an expansion chamber, or moved forward to eliminate it. Forward is the loudest. The second silencer can be installed behind it, or exchanged for the longer one to make it even louder. My pipes currently have the long one shoved all the way forward, and it sounds reminescent of a Chevy El Camino. Just the right amount of rumble to know it's not your normal Goldwing.

I can't do a sound byte on You Tube right now until my new house is built. Right now I'm living in my RV, and I have 2GB of data on my phone per month. I'd burn it all up with a video upload. I think Jimmy has a sound byte on his Torq Masters website (?)

[srt8-in-largo]

I was rev'd up about the Vance & Hines exhaust until I saw a video dissection of one. The design of these is VERY complicated and restrictive, requiring the exhaust flow to double back on itself more than once in addition to flowing through a maze of chambers and little pipes inside the system.

I like these TorqLoops because they "look" like straight-through pipes... are they indeed just pipes? Other than the silencers, there's no restriction or weirdness inside right?

[BIGLRY]

I was rev'd up about the Vance & Hines exhaust until I saw a video dissection of one. The design of these is VERY complicated and restrictive, requiring the exhaust flow to double back on itself more than once in addition to flowing through a maze of chambers and little pipes inside the system.

I like these TorqLoops because they "look" like straight-through pipes... are they indeed just pipes? Other than the silencers, there's no restriction or weirdness inside right?

You are correct, there are no restrictions in the TorqLoops, they have nothing inside, just precision cut & welded tubing with all mounting tabs and flared slip on ends. the set I have are not chrome so I painted them with hi-temp flat black Bar-BQ rattle can paint

[MSGT-R]

Thanks for replying for me. I've had one hell of a time making this site work. I click on stuff and get connection drops or just time-out weirdness. This is the only site that does this, on mulitple computers.

[srt8-in-largo]

You are correct, there are no restrictions in the TorqLoops, they have nothing inside, just precision cut & welded tubing with all mounting tabs and flared slip on ends. the set I have are not chrome so I painted them with hi-temp flat black Bar-BQ rattle can paint

I'm not seeing anybody complain about the bike throwing engine codes after removing the cats. Is this just not a problem or is there an ECM flash that comes with this mod?

Thanks for replying for me. I've had one hell of a time making this site work. I click on stuff and get connection drops or just time-out weirdness. This is the only site that does this, on mulitple computers.

Browser issue? Google Chrome doesn't play well with some forums on my computer; I had to downgrade to Microsoft IE

[bobbyf6b]

I can't do a sound byte on You Tube right now until my new house is built. Right now I'm living in my RV, and I have 2GB of data on my phone per month. I'd burn it all up with a video upload. I think Jimmy has a sound byte on his Torq Masters website (?)

Thanks for the update! You're excused for now, carry on.

[MSGT-R]

The O2 sensors are before the cats, so it will not set any codes; you'd have to have an O2 before and after the cat for a comparison reading. The computer will continue to read the O2 voltage to determine stoichiometric fuel ratio so no reflash is needed.

srt8-in-largo, I have Windows Vista, and stay away from Google chrome.

[BIGLRY]

The O2 sensors are before the cats, so it will not set any codes; you'd have to have an O2 before and after the cat for a comparison reading. The computer will continue to read the O2 voltage to determine stoichiometric fuel ratio so no reflash is needed.

srt8-in-largo, I have Windows Vista, and stay away from Google chrome.