Will I hurt my bike to change the exhaust pipes and air filter w/out remapping the efi?

Question

I just want to know if I will damage my 05 softail standard by changing the air intake and the exhaust pipes while I am waiting to remap the fuel injected carburator

Answer 1

No.  But it will not give much, if any power increase. To make more horse power think of your engine as a big PUMP.  You removed the restriction in the air intake and the output (exhaust), but never put more fuel in to make it work harder. It will pump out modest increases with out a new map for the EFI, but you need a Power Commander III(?) I think that's the current version, to remap the fuel at all rpms to really wake it up. and you need a dyno test if you are not using common pieces of replacement hardware fo r the intake filters and exhaust.

Answer 2

To accomplish what - more noise? Give the world a break, don't do it.