How To Install A New Exhaust On A 2024 Harley-Davidson Road Glide

what is up guys and welcome to the thrash and Supply Channel behind me I have the boys Cole one we have our 2024 model Road Glide and uh ju what do we got over here we got an exhaust from bani thing up dude get waitting to see what this thing looks like got the pool got an exhaust for closed bike so while they're opening that box up here's what's going down today we're going to give you guys some sound clips of the 2024 model bike with the stock exhaust on it I'm going to go rip it up and down the road give you a couple views let you hear what it sounds like right out of the showroom floor and then we're going to do a quick install and we're going to show you guys how this exhaust system let's see let's see come on dude there it is bro that's a little shorty guy huh yeah that's going to sound mean we got a chrome midlength Road Rage 2 let's kind of hold up the bike get an idea what all right dude something like that yeah that's sick right so mine's a true duel over there so mine actually has like doesn't go into one collector okay what about W mine is a mine is Advan 91 but it it mine goes all the way to the end of the bag this is a shorty guy honestly this is what I wanted for my bike but v&h didn't have a short one and they're also my homies but these guys got our 24 set up with this one which I think is a good compromise I don't like the really really short ones cuz they make some that end up like right here and I think that's that almost looks too much like a dup Hye for this I think this looks like proper bagger but it looks a little more racy yeah doesn't look as so let's cut right into the chase right here I'm going to get my helmet on let's dial this thing up with cameras let's let the people hear exactly what this thing sounds like with this full stock dual system and then let's get the tools out and let's show them exactly we're going to show you guys exactly how to swap this exhaust out we'll call out the tools we'll show you exactly how long it takes us there will be three of us working on it we're going to get right into this thing let's get it here we go the bike has right around 1,500 mil on it we've been using it quite a bit let's hear how it sounds so this is the stock exhaust stock air filter [Music] all right all right hey I rode my bike that has the exhaust system on it to uh Arizona bike week for the last 1500 miles Cole I feel bad you rode this thing with the stock exhaust dude the whole time in the com you guys are clowning on me and everybody with a stock exhaust like there's nothing I can do about it AR's in the mail like I can't wait all right let's get this thing inside we'll let it cool down a little bit but let's dive into it one final sound clip all right that's it ladies and gentlemen that's the last time you're going to hear this bike with this exhaust all right guys so you just heard the stock exhaust that is I'm I'm very happy we're getting rid of this while that bike's cooling down a little bit we're going to open this beautiful Chrome system up yeah I'm excited to see what's inside the muffler see what bath yeah okay oh that's the tip of it at that little kick out dude straight through she's going to be pretty loud oh it's a shorty she a shorty it's interesting on the loud side but it's going to be cool all right what do we got over here Cole these is are headers and the heat shields right this is a heat shield system yep oh yeah collector heat shield nice and Chrome over a decade ago my buddy got a black exhaust system from somebody and he cut no all the things and didn't realize he cut through the plastic and scratched his pipe everywhere he cut nice so good so one thing that bani does is they do like an industrial Chrome on their header you can tell the difference in Chrome from the muffler to the header dude that looks good even without the heat chills dude call your bikes and sick so there it is ladies and gentlemen this is this is an aggressive like swoop right here it's going to look a lot a lot better well let's go compare it real quick I'll take these off we don't drop them I just want to see it all shiny what that's doing is giving you a equal length head pipe oh okay so now this system has the length that this has we are as excited as you guys so what we'll do is we'll start with tearing the exhaust off this thing we'll get you guys the weights of both systems how much weight savings we [Music] have all right so before we start going in and tearing apart this bike I'm going to show you guys what we pulled out so far that we know we're going to use 5/16 Allen then we have a 9 16 deep socket we have a/2 in socket we have a short extension 3/8 drive ratchet then we have a quarter drive ratchet quarter Drive Extension we have a swivel head/ in and then we have a swivel head 8 mm this will actually be for the uh heat shields then when I am doing a new exhaust install no matter how new the bike is and yes the exhaust only has 1,500 M on it I still like to put fresh exhaust gaskets as well as brand new retaining rings these are both of available on our website these retaining rings they are like once they go through a heat cycle they don't retain their spring that they are when they're like brand new so once you bring them off the stock system they won't clamp back so always go with a fresh set if you're doing this much work you might as well not have any issues so first things first I'm going to open up instruction manual whoa from bisani these are the basic tools that I know we're going to need they may recommend a couple other tools needed uh but I will call out the tools that we do use to get this done along the way so here is their instruction manual I have a really good idea how to do this so I'm not going to fully read through that myself but they do Supply you with the clamps those are going to hold on the uh heat shields this big clamp is going to hold on the heat shield to the muffler bigger clamp is going to hold the muffler onto the headpipe and then there's a couple pieces of Hardware that they Supply you with so these are O2 sensor plugs here's a couple pieces I'm sure for the brass bracket hold the muffler on and some washers for that so with that being said that is all we're going to need so let's dive into this thing we're going to take the bags off we're going to do it while the bike's low M's going to help me out with the uh right side bag look at that give you guys an idea as well we will keep track of our time 43 all right so 420 and uh we'll let you guys know what time it is when we're done all right so we do have the luxury of a lift so we're going to lift the bike up trust me I have done exhaust systems on the garage floor it is very well possible but first thing we're going to do is we're going to take the Mufflers off on the stock bike there's a left and a right so you're going to take off these two bolts as well as the clamps holding the Mufflers onto the head pipe so we have a half in and we're going to tackle this pretty fast I got one over there with a second half in we're going to get through this pretty quick hey Cole you want to undo the clamp on the muffler so while I am taking the muffler bolts off I may beat cold to the muffler clamp you're actually not going to be reusing this for this system but most other systems you would be reusing this so slide this out slide this out on this side all right I know that on this system we are not going to be using these pieces of rubber so I'm going to pull those out as well Muffler clamp is one size and then the crossover pipe is a different okay crossover pipe is a 916 this one but the one you're working on is bigger they say that the midpipe is that the muffler is just so happens to be like the same as a 13 or something so what you have a 13 15 that's a 15 other one is different so we're working on a american made Harley-Davidson but for some odd reason we have a 15 mm I don't know if these guys are hack jobs behind me no what had happened was it's bigger so he went to the next size which is I think with a 5/8 that's not a 58 it was wiggling I didn't want to strip it out it's a 15 I think it's a 15 and a 14 so we're going with a 15 loosen the right Muffler yeah it's a 15 and a 14 so you will need a 15 mm and a 14 mm deep socket to remove your muffler the confusion 14 and a 916 are almost identical side all right both Mufflers are off now we're on to the Cross pipe right here I would loosen that clamp and then we need to get rid of this okay so here we are using the 14 mm I'm loosening the cross pipe clamp but as you can see Juan's got his sneaky little fingers over here what are you doing over there ju loosening this support bracket that holds the crossover pipe we're not going to need that cuz we're doing the twoin one so this gets removed what size wrench are you using this is the/ in and then we're going to also remove this additional bracket I don't know if you can see up there so that's going to be gone as well again we don't need that this hanger yep we won't be needing that as well okay also just wanted to add the easiest way to think of all this is basically removing stuff from the back forward and then installing from the front back all right good idea there you go we definitely need to get the uh O2 sensors unplugged that's for sure so I'm going to remove this not break it don't want to do that looks like they're right here maybe so there's zip tie right here so we're cutting zip ties don't scratch the frame and that one is this one so you're just going to pull it off and now reo2 is off I think that's the back one this is the front one right here so then this would be the front and there's now a bunch more zip ties coal so I'm pulling that through oh man and yeah start cutting zip ties Cole is basically following the O2 sensor wire up the frame he's clipping zip ties basically kind of untangling it through what it's got going that when we pull the head pipe off nothing else is attached uh removing the two screws that hold that back what size tool are you using this one is a 3/16 Allen Cole basically has O2 wires all untangled and unplugged he's ready I think the next thing we're going to do is take off the floorboard Mount so we're going to do that by removing the Allens off of the frame that way when we're removing the exhaust it's not going to hit the floorboard uh so that way when we pull the system off it doesn't get trapped right there I do want to tell you guys something my boy Juan is a little bummed that he even started taking the bracket off because he's getting what he's maybe getting a eighth turn with an allen he can't get a ratchet in there ratchet in there I got one tight out it's just fighting but hey I want to make this thing as light as possible to give it a better chance against my bike all right so what size Allen are we working with here this is the 516 that you C up I know this is a little premature Kohl's over there are still working on the floorboard dude but we could put the left bag back on oh yeah I mean we're done on this side so this so left side of the bike's done we're never putting a muffler back on the left side the cool thing about the 2024 model bike is it doesn't have the extended bag so it doesn't look bad so let's grab that B that bag this will be the first time seeing this bike without a lefty muffler on it I'm all done on my side right here dude I'm literally flooding right now no left Muffler it already looks lighter lightens up the look of the bike visually y let's do it oh you got them off dude I think we're going to have to loosen the heat shields to get access to the two nuts that hold the the flange nuts so the easiest way to remove the heat shields or at least loosen them is an 8 mm swivel head that's what I always like to use he's already got the tool get it so Cole's got the 8 m swipple head Juan's got just an 8 mil Speedy [Applause] Gonzalez okay this is a great video to watch if you do get an exhaust because then you don't have to do the sound comparison we did it for you because then you won't have to work on your bike while it's boiling hot to scratch the frame now we have access to the two flange nuts and then this one on the uh engine it's holding that off so what size do we have cole tell me what size you just grabbed half inch brother all right half inch got half in swivel show me that thing show me that half in swivel you guys don't have a set of swivel heads in your toolbox it makes the job much easier okay so the front cylinder which is behind the frame you can see it right there uh this is where these swivel heads are really come in handy they make it toward it's not as much of a fight you can see I'm basically spinning it at an angle right now much easier removed all the Hardware off of the uh exhaust studs we removed the hardware off the center of the header everything is loose and if you remember we also removed the uh O2 sensor plugs that way the exhaust header will come off I'm using Rags because we did just ride it and it is hot so you're going to need to do a little bit of kind of wiggling and when you get to this point you're going to want to kind of go slow so you don't scratch your heads or your cylinders one more zip tie right there all right there you have it guys stock header system all right so before we go and weigh both systems we are going to take off the O2 sensors retaining rings and the clips that way the weight doesn't include those which also we're going to be reusing these pieces all right we're using the 17 mm wrench to uh get the OT sensor we will reusing this and putting it in the new header length okay yes all right next thing we're going to do is we're going to remove the retaining rings uh you could do this with pliers or rip it off I have a special tool get that off and we will be reusing these let's go get a weight comparison no no I already all right guys so we have the scale it's zeroed out and what we're going to start doing is loading on this system this is the stock system system heat shields Mufflers header brackets and wool wow 29 lb that's kind of a lot for all of the stock goodies but now let's go weigh the new one and zeroed out all right let's start putting some be gentle with the goodies be gentle with the goodies Cole just yeah why you on at me dude you know I'm just going to rest it on here so it doesn't one more he oh and a bracket there we go 20 lb for the system right there 8B less is it was it8 that's 30% it was 28 right 2899 okay 9 lb savings hey better than nothing all right let's go install this thing I'm just excited to hear it okay so before we go ahead and start dialing in the headpipe to throw it on the bike this exhaust system is held on by this bracket that hangs off the transmission so I'm going to go walk over the bike and show you guys what I'm talking about the previous stock system it goes so far back on the bag it hangs off of the kind of bag mount hangs off through this I removed all that hardware and now since this is short we are going to mount this bracket off of the transmission like so so one is going to go ahead what size do you have it is a/4 in Allen and we're going to remove these three bolts we will not be reusing the stock ones uh they supplied us with new hardware for this uh the reason why they Supply you with a new hardware is to add length to the bolt to compensate for the thickness of the bracket the difference so this is what we took out this is the bolt we're putting in and you can see that is basically to make up for the difference in the thickness of the bracket while he's doing that I'm going to get them ready going to put a little locktite going from the top almost there just going to get these started there we [Music] go always refer to your service manual for the correct torque spec for your bike bracket is tight and we're going to keep moving on let's get to the header use the supplied uh O2 bung reducers cuz these are the uh smaller ones right and you are going to use antise on both the adapter and on the sensor so da will do I'll do that with you make sure you put the right ones in the right location the front one is the longest one all right we're going to tighten the adapter first this is a 22 make sure it's nice and tight I'm going to tighten the sensor this is a 17 okay the front's done now he's going to go ahead and do that to the rear while he's working on that we are going to be putting the exhaust flanges on the headers and then we are going to be using the new retaining rings before we go ahead and throw the exhaust header onto the bike I personally like to put a little bit of anti-seize on the exhaust studs never fun when those things seize on you know maybe a year or two or three down the road and then it pulls the stud out or breaks the stud little insurance for later on all right we're ready let's do this all right here we go kind of Slide the O2 sensor where it should go so I'm not doing that later on all right let's do this let's take your time that way we don't scratch anything along the way okay so here is the stock Hardware that we used when we took off the exhaust or the exhaust studs again always nice to have the swivel head at this moment you're just kind of getting them started you don't want to overtighten anything right now want to get all the threads kind of going we got them all on all right so we have all of the exhaust stud nuts on you can see check this out the header is very loose and that's how much play there really is so you don't want to overtighten this until the muffler's on but I will get it a little bit more snug on there I will tell you this this bottom one is a little tricky to get to very thankful to have the swivel head right there also thankful that a Sil head on this one as well okay they all have a couple threads you can see now the header is much more tight still some play but I'm going to go ahead and install the muffler on it so that we can get everything lined up all right so I'm grabbing a latex glove I'm going to rub antise inside of the muffler and once you get that on your hands keeps going you're also going to want an anc's exhaust clamp the muffler clamp not only does this help it slide on but it's also so like preventative maintenance for when you ever need to take it off it helps it not seize together hence the name anti-seize afraid to do that there it is again I'm not going to tighten this clamp I'm going to get the bolts onto the bracket again the header is still loose and you can see how much play there is I'm going to get it going on here before I start kind of like when you tighten a wheel your lug nuts on a car I'm going to go in circle rotation but I'm going to get every Bolt a little snug right there all right so now I have the supplied hardware for the muffler I am going to locktite it better safe than sorry start this just get a couple threads go get the rear one and now I'm going to Snug it out is a half in socket I usually like to get the muffler a little more snug than the headpipes to kind of see really where the exhaust wants to sit rather than tighten the head pipes and then then pulling them off to the bracket uh that can cause unneeded stress on this exhaust system I'll still leave it like snug I'm not fully tight but as you can see the system doesn't want to move anymore this is where I believe the system wants to sit so now we can go ahead tighten up the head pipe but again you will want to do that in a in a rotation so I'm going to do a little bit on the top and a little bit on the bottom I'm not going to go full Max tight because it still does pull and put puts tension on the system and so you want to make sure that you're not pulling one side more than the other tension over here that to the bottom also one thing to keep in mind after a couple heat Cycles you are going to want to go and check these they could kind of settle into place especially with the new gaskets which is wise to do all right now that I've gone around the exhaust stud nuts a couple times made sure that they were evenly tightened down uh We've routed Ed the O2 sensors back in we're going to plug them back in all right so I'm going to go ahead tighten down the clamp this is a 13 mm now I'm going to go ahead and snug up the muffler to the bracket we're almost ready to hear it all we got to do is throw the heat shields back on the floorboards the bags a little electrical cover we're ready to go thr the heat shields on these are not fun to put on ever one of the biggest things when you're doing the heat shields is like preparing to see where you're going to be able to clamp it right so if I put it this way it'd be hard to get to but I'm going to have to put it this way we'll be able to get to that one there to that one there so they're in the right spot you know just enjoying putting some heat shields on stting pipe clamps and areas you can't fit your fingers in y can I can I bother you or should I let you finish I go for it all right water's great sir this is a even just getting it on is kind of a struggle all right Cole I got a couple more for you to start probably St we are nearing the final completion van is just snugging up the heat shields right now on the exhaust and I just overheard Cole saying what' you say dude that looks so much better than stock wait do you hear it actually I've never heard this new bike any of them with an exhaust all the ones we've ridden have been stuck yeah I was just pissed the whole time we were in Arizona Bike Week you guys could hear you the whole time one would even ride up I didn't he didn't even say anything I can just hear his bike over mine Cole we can get this floorboard on we're going to double check for exhaust clearance against the floorboard sometimes the aftermarket exhaust systems will protrude more than stock so we want to make sure that there's no rubbing going on yeah so you can see it's going to want to rub right there and so basani supplied us with a spacer oh that's what that was for uh supplied is about looks like a/4 in spacer keep in mind we are reloc titing these onto the frame this is an allen head what size Allen head are you using 5/16 516 Allen to put the boards back on should already have that tool out because you took them off all right now while Cole goes ahead tightens up these floorboards gets them back on the bike time for Juan and I to throw the electrical cover on and the saddle bag let's do this slide it back a little bit you all snugged up call [Music] Sir all right we're good all right so before we start this thing up we have to clean off all of our greasy paw prints off of the exhaust little uh brake parts cleaner brake parts cleaner all right suspension clean compact cleaner pretty much all the same stuff right all right yeah if you don't clean these off these uh fingerprints will be kind of stained into the Finish like look at those fingerprints right there so we started this at 4:20 what time is it ju is 5:49 all right so about an hour and a half we did take the exhaust over to the scale we did burn a little bit of extra time there was three of us working on it but I would say in your garage by yourself I would allow myself to have about 2 to 3 hours to successfully and calmly yeah go slow do it right have all the right tools laid out not rush it should be pretty fun to do it on your weekend or something and you'll be stucked on how it comes out we did not tune this bike don't have knowledge yet of anybody that is able to tune these bikes yeah this is a brand new24 I know there's people working on it yep but we have not heard somebody successfully tune it um but like you saw when we did the CVO on your bike it ran okay with without the tuner yep bike will always see more performance and it will run better probably better MPGs better temps if you do get a full custom tune for your exhaust for your new exhaust we do plan on putting a intake on this and possibly a cam and building it so you know we're not ready to take it to the dyno and fully Dyno it today like you saw when we had my 117 with the exhaust there and no tune on it it was still in the safe range to ride it wasn't the best but it was safe to ride so we feel confident that throwing this system on and you know riding it for a little bit will be okay yeah the computer has the ability to recalibrate within a certain parameter this change we feel like the computer could learn itself a little bit and not be too crazy out of whack so yeah we're pretty uh good with this and I'm excited to hear all right well here we go ladies and gentlemen I'm about to turn the camera around show you the full system Cole are you almost ready here it is so good dang looks so good if you guys remember the old system used to go past the bag used to also cross over go under the bike there was a dual Muffler so now you can see pipe side ched out equal length head pipe super shorty Muffler b side of the bike no more Muffler let's get this thing lowered and let's hear this thing getting excited look how excited you are I'm so excited get on that thing let's hear it well let's P off the LI push the Moment of Truth woo it's we get on it out on the road I want to let her warm up a little bit before I crack the throttle sounds good it's not like too too loud and it sounds like a Harley again yeah finally sounds like a Harley [Music] [Music] she's alive well there you have it in about an hour and a half the three of us threw on this new exhaust and this is just the beginning I think of our uh performance upgrades on this 2024 bagger if you guys enjoyed this video thank you so much please hit the like button please subscribe follow along as we keep building this thing up throughout the next how-tos and our Vlog so with that being said we'll see you guys see you later on the next one there been more like about it you guys well going to 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Length: 32min 31sec (1951 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 25 2024