2004 VTX 1300C - Before and After

Nice work and Mods- looks great! Hey do you know what type of pipes those are? I'm removing a similar set from my 2010 VT1300CR- they sound great but Im taking the bike back to mainly stock. Tks- Will

Will,
They're Cobra's (I don't know the particular model). It originally had slanted tips (and the ends are offset if that helps identify the model). The guy I bought the bike from had pulled the tips off and baffles out. I like the sound and the carbs are dialed-in correctly, so I figured I'd just leave well enough alone (I had issues with the tips working loose on my previous X, and that would change the backpressure enough to cause it to run rough). I will say, if you go back to stock pipes it's gonna sound "extremely" quiet. I always thought the stock pipes on the X sounded a little tinny (for lack of a better word). There was just this strange sound to them from vibration. Regardless, best of luck with your pipes!

Very nice clean job on the mods, looks fantastic !

Nice bike! Can you explain how you installed the headlight fairing? I just bought a similar one and the hardware makes no sense. I figured I would have to buy mounting stuff, but cutting down the trial and error would be greatly appreciated.

VTXAprilFool said:

Nice bike! Can you explain how you installed the headlight fairing? I just bought a similar one and the hardware makes no sense. I figured I would have to buy mounting stuff, but cutting down the trial and error would be greatly appreciated.

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So sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I ended up setting the fork mounted anchor points in opposing directions. The top one faces to the rear, lower one to the front. This brought the top of the faring down closer to the handlebars which aligned it up properly w/the light. Unfortunately this put unusual pressure on those mounts and I ended up losing a lower mount bolt due to vibration and couldn't find it on the road. Ultimately I went and bought replacement bolts and washers for the lower anchor points and bolted them directly on. No more vibration, the thing is on solid. I never was going to remove it anyway so the detachment function wasn't important to me. Hope you got your concern resolved, if not I hope this helps. Best of luck!