American Dreams 2-into-1 Exhaust

[darkdrifter]

looks awesome!
wish it was a little cheaper, but sometimes you gotta pay for rare.

[Nazarene]

Thanks Slick,
The Bellows are show only and do a good job of hiding any bluing that will inevitably develop on the pipes underneath.
And this goes for everybody: BELLOWS ARE NOT INCLUDED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THEY THEY ARE AN ADD-ON I REQUESTED SPECIFICALLY AND ARE THEREFORE "SPECIAL ORDER".
As far as being tunable- this system will accept any slip on you wish to add with the specified pipe diameter. Don't know if this answers your question or not, sorry.

[slickandrews]

The exhaust is BEAUTIFUL! It's similar to what my brother and I fabbed for my '99 800, about a year after it was brand new.

We ended up with an actual '51 Chief front wheel and drum brake, an original front fender, a set of "Hollywood" handlebars, some original Indian hand controls, lights and windshield, and also the old Chum-Me seat and Chieftan saddlebags on it... By the time we were through, it was ALMOST a complete '51 Chief!

Say Nazarene... Are the flex bellows just slipped over your headpipes, or are they a fixed part of the exhaust system?

Also, is the muffler "tunable"?

Congratulations on a BEAUTIFUL scooter!

Cheers,
Slick Andrews

[Nazarene]

Pilgrom, if you're referring to the exhaust, they came at right around $700

[Pilgrim]

They do look good, i was going to suggest a custom paint job but I see your already leaning that way.
How much did this set-up wind up costing you total, may I ask?

[kw-retrorider]

Nazarene: nicely done....those look great. I guess you had no problems with the install. Glad you are happy with the exhaust note after all that. IMO, you described it...louder than stock, but not too much.

Thanks for running it to ground for all of us. Again, IMO, good price for all stainless otherwise custom exhaust that looks right on the machine. I like it!

[Mr.Hanbar]

Nazarene, i want to see how is mounted to the drifter and possibly the bracket or parts that came with the exhaust.
Check your messages i just sent you an email. thanks.

[Nazarene]

Ratman,
I still have the stock (black) covers, which I could paint to match the ivory and black I plan for my paintjob.
That way I could have the best of both worlds- thanks for giving me the idea 

Mr. Hanbar, what would you like to see specifically?

Naz

[Mr.Hanbar]

Nazarene, can you post more pics of the exhaust on you bike?
cheers!

[Troll]

Nice.....I guess I'm wondering if they make that for a 1500...I'm thinking no....

[CDNRatMan]

 Are you going to leave them chrome or paint them to fit the bike is my question. But the bike does look good.

[Nazarene]

Very nice looking and those serrated heat shields do look so good, now what are you doing to the side covers?

Side covers are aftermarket chrome jobs-

[greenbarn]

Looker for sure...

[CDNRatMan]

  Very nice looking and those serrated heat shields do look so good, now what are you doing to the side covers?

[Nazarene]

OK Boys, let's try this again-

Again, kudo's to Mr. Singh for my new all-around leather. I think she's a looker.
(But I am slightly prejudiced on that matter)

Next project will be RivCo air horns, and then paint. Custom job to turn the silver and black to Ivory and black. And that's gonna ouch $$$ wise.

PS- I don't think the sound would disappoint anybody- they're just not loud. Throaty, yes, great "note", yes- louder than stock, way yes. But tooth grinding loud-no.

Cheers,
Nazarene

[CrshOverride]

Glad my hard work paid off for somebody. Personally, I think that's worth at least sending me your old Hard Krome pipes as a thank you. Haha.

Unfortunately it doesn't look like I'm going to have the money to order these this year. I had to go the ghetto route and remove a baffle and do a little drilling to my stock setup to hold me over.

Hopefully they'll still be around when I'm ready. I'm definitely excited to see the pictures. If you have a chance, it'd be awesome to have a decent video to judge the sound off of as well.

[Nazarene]

I will try again after work with the pics guys, sorry-

[pcarrell]

Nope, no pics......

[Nazarene]

Guys,
Sorry for the long delay getting word back on the pipes.
Just installled the day before Easter.
Took awhile to get the folks at Webike to understand about the bellows, but they finally got it.
Took a few "glamour shots" with Singh's leathers.
Installation was straightforward, no issues.
All mounting hardware was provided as promised.
Sound is slightly softer than my Hardkrome American classic straights. Nice note.
Low-end power is now noticeably stronger.
Trying to upload photos; hope they show up.
I'd like to thank crash overide for bird-dogging these for me, I love the pipes.

[Nazarene]

Crash,
Strange you use the term "Dream Exhaust". I have a .jpeg on my desktop of a nearly identical system to the one I am buying and and I entitled it "My Dream Exhaust".
Great minds think alike, I guess...........

I ordered mine from Webike, but- here is where things become a little unconventional: I had to have a lengthy e-mail exchange with them proving that American Dreams offers a HEADER for the Vulcan 400 with bellows. I insisted that they should be able to ask A.D. to cut a complete Gordon Fishtail with the same bellows. They kept saying, "no can do".
After alot of "no, we cannot do so" they finally announced that A.D said they could do it- for $223 extra. I didn't care about the extra $$$ because, as we have already discussed, this would be my "dream exhaust". Had to pay the extra $$$ in yen through paypal. In any case, they said three weeks to manufacture and ship, plus whatever time it takes to get through customs. Hoping to see them by end of Feb/ early March.
Hope this answers your questions...........

[CrshOverride]

UPDATE:
They ARE in fact available with serrrated headers (called "Bellows" by the manufacturer) and I will be experiencing a delay in delivery time since I chose this option when I found out it was available. LOVE the sound clips above, boy am I excited now!

Did you order from Webike or did you order straight from the manufacturer? I didn't see anywhere on the Webike page to select an option like that (as it would pretty much be my dream exhaust). I'm definitely excited to see how this turns out so I can take the plunge as well.

[darkdrifter]

UPDATE:
They ARE in fact available with serrrated headers (called "Bellows" by the manufacturer) and I will be experiencing a delay in delivery time since I chose this option when I found out it was available. LOVE the sound clips above, boy am I excited now!

subscribed!!!
thank you for posting about your find!  I look forward to seeing your results.
The stock exhaust on drifters are the only thing I think does not look good at all.  I don't care for the  ones you see on ebay for the vulcans either

[gdrudd13]

I really like the way the serrated headers look on mine. That's awesome that you can get them for this exhaust system. I'm interested to see how they turn out.

[Nazarene]

UPDATE:
They ARE in fact available with serrrated headers (called "Bellows" by the manufacturer) and I will be experiencing a delay in delivery time since I chose this option when I found out it was available. LOVE the sound clips above, boy am I excited now!

[gdrudd13]

I would agree that the 800 with the roadhouse has a deeper sound to it but it definitely isn't louder. Or if it is, the difference is fairly negligible.