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Save money now. Install a Stage-One Air Intake Kit on your Harley-Davidson yourself.
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Make certain your Harley is breathing properly for optimum performance.
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Do it in your garage or on your patio right on the kickstand!
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Harley stage-one air intake on your Harley Davidson motorcycle. This will **save you money** by not having to take your Harley to a mechanic. You can do this yourself right on the kickstand in your garage or on your patio! This is a video by bikers for bikers.
One of the first things you can to to your Harley Davidson after buying it is to install a stage-one air intake. It is one of the cheaper yet effective things you can do to improve performance and horsepower. The stock air intakes tend to not allow enough air flow, which manufacturers of production motorcycles must do to stay within federal emissions regulations to sell these bikes.
After you make alterations to a motorcycle air intake system by opening is up and letting it breath better, you will need to re-map your electronic fuel injection (EFI) for the motor to run properly. You can really tune your EFI with aftermarket tuners. This is a great way to gain power and performance and you will definitely notice. We have tutorial videos and everything you need to know about EFI tuners and tuning your motorcycle.
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Exhaust would be the next logical item to improve upon, but can be rather expensive. Stock Harley Davidson and other motorcycle pipes have catalytic converters in them, again because of federal manufacturing emission laws. These “cats” as we call them really don't let things flow and rob you of power and performance. Many aftermarket performance head pipes come free and clear of cats and that will make a huge difference in performance and sound. Additionally, the cats cause a lot of extra heat where gases are caught up and restricted, thus putting the heat onto the rider. Your pipes in the area of the cats can get red hot, but they are usually covered by heat shields, so you don't really see this.
The stock mufflers also have very restrictive baffles in them that also hinder flow. Many after market pipes have smaller baffles, but remember that smaller baffles means a louder motorcycle.
I have the K&N Drop in filter on my 15 Street 750. Almost 500 miles and no issues. When I change the Muffler to a Firebrand Megaphone, The dealer told me, I May need the Stage 1 tune. But he wasn’t sure. At $200, I need to wait till I can afford it.
Chris, I would recommend a remap when changing intakes and exhaust. Being that you only changed the filter and not the intake you may be able to get away with out one. Check you plugs to makes sure your not running to lean…
Thanks Brother for this video. I have put a screaming eagle air intake on my 2014 SGS. However, after putting this on I noticed that the new intake did not sit flush. After further inspection I noticed I needed to take off a bracket that only holds one wiring harness. If you have time Brother to make a video on this type of intake. Unless of course you have all ready 🙂
We haven’t done one of these yet. We will put it on our to do list. Perhaps on my bike or Ryan’s bike.
Love you videos They have been a big help.
Have you heard of this problem? I have a 2014 Ultra classic I installed a Vance and Hines exhaust system and a stage one screaming eagle intake and now I’m getting an oil drip out of the intake . I did program the bike with the MP3.
Any thoughts would help
Thanks
Anthony,
This isn’t uncommon. It’s oil from the crank case breathers. You don’t see it from the stock intake, because it’s not open like the intake you have on now. It will come out when the oil level is high, or when the bike gets hot. You can run with a bit less oil in the motor (still in the acceptable range) to avoid this.
Thanks,
~Lurch
hi,can I install a vance and hines twin slash rounds mufflers on my 2017 street glide without stage one? thanks
Vinny,
Yes you can, buy you should always remap they system anytime you make an intake or exhaust change.
~Lurch
Can you furnish the part number of the stage 1 intake kit you used in the video?
I have a 2014 Street Glide Special and am having trouble identifying the correct kit.
https://www.harley-davidson.com/store/screamin-eagle-stage-1-air-cleaner-kit-texture-black
https://www.harley-davidson.com/store/screamin-eagle-stage-1-air-cleaner-kit-chrome
Thanks Ryan!
Great video Ryan, Thanks!
I just installed on my bike with no issues thanks to your tutorial.
Tech tip:
Use a little Vaseline on the O-rings to keep in place while tightening, works great!