dont know if anyone can help me ,the wife wants a set of drag pipes or similer for her 2008 sporty .

is there any tuning required after pipes are fitted or not

 

ditto
some like the look of them, which is fair enough
i dont think they work well at all, and present a poor power option for street riding

so maybe she`ll have to settle for a set of after market slip ons

My mate runs a set of drag pipes on his 04 softail. And i thought my bike was loud. Don't know how he rides without ear plugs.

Agreed. I have a neighbour with drag pipes on his Fatty....you can hear the friggin thing coming from miles away, sounds like a tractor with holes in the exhaust, and definitely blows a lot of your oomph out the pipes. It takes ya beyond the Harley sound everybody appreciates into "what a wanker' territory!!  And on a long ride it would become tiresome listening to the racket. 

A good set of slip ons with removable/replaceable baffles will get the Sporty a good deep note.  I'm saving for a V&H 2-1 meself (dammit should have bought when the dollar bottomed out earlier this year, they were about $600 delivered from the US!)   

brother...the wife has a set of slip ons on her 883 sporty and its sounds ace...different note to a big twin but sounds hot..and agree when pipes are too loud they sound shit.

 

Dont wast your time or money, Drag Pipes have no Baffles, The Bike Needs Baffles for Back Pressure , I tryed my Hooker Trouble Makers once without the Baffles, The thing wouldn't Rev over 3500, It was dangersly Lean,
Look for somthing else there are lots of Great Systems on the Market

Hey there. I know they aren't drag pipes but I have a set of hooker troublemakers with 02 sensor ports in them that im looking to sell. Came off 06 XL 1200C. Will only fit bike with forward controls. Let me know if your interested. Hayden.

I had drag pipes on an evo, 110db at idle, yes they are loud......

i had a set of straight through upswept pipes on my fatboy , no -one would let me ride in front of them, noise use to drive them mad, mmmmm noise . does get annoying on a long trip though.