Harley Davidson Slip-On Mufflers

I purchased these soon after I took delivery of my new 2004 Sportster 883. I bought them to pay the Harley Tax, which consists of installing a less restrictive air cleaner, less restrictive mufflers and adjusting the carburetor appropriately. I chose these mufflers because, unlike the Screaming Eagle mufflers, these are much more quiet. I must be very non-typical Harley owner in that I do not like my Sportster to be loud. I also liked the looks of these mufflers a lot with the slash down ends and scripted “Harley-Davidson” embossed into the rear muffler.

The installation was very straight forward, although removing the stock mufflers was a bit difficult as they really mated to the header pipes pretty good. After removing the stock mufflers I slipped the new ones on using new crossover gaskets and new clamps. These items were included with the mufflers. I reused the bracket bolts from the old mufflers. That was pretty much all it took.

They sound similar to the stock mufflers but ever so slightly growlier. If you are looking for that Harley bark, you won’t find it here. The performance of these mufflers was ok. They provided improvement over stock.

Here is the picture of my bike with the Slip On mufflers.