Rinehart pipes offer great looks and outstanding performance.

Rinehart staggered-dual pipes are now available for the new Sportsters.

he overwhelming acceptance of Rinehart Racing pipes has been nothing short of phenomenal. Chalk it up to the endorsement of Harley-Davidson guru Don Tilley, or the NASCAR connection of Gerald Rinehart himself, who for years has built exhausts for virtually every front-running team, or the reputation for quality at BUB Enterprises, or maybe just the right timing or even the right alignment of the planets. Whatever the reason, Rinehart Racing exhausts have taken the Harley-Davidson marketplace by storm and no one could be happier than Gerald Rinehart himself who designed these V-twin exhausts, Denis Manning at BUB Enterprises who produces them, or Drag Specialties who is the exclusive distributor. And you better believe that with their almost immediate acceptance everyone involved is doing whatever’s necessary to keep these pipes available. Production has been increased and distribution’s been fine-tuned to make sure Rinehart Racing exhausts are ready and waiting when you are.
     Right from the start, the original step-header Rineharts have been available for Softails and Dynas, with full systems for the dresser bikes following hot on their heels. That product line expansion made good sense, too, considering that dressers are now the best-selling models in the Harley-Davidson lineup, more popular than even the Softails. Everyone’s products for these bikes are going great guns this year, with the Rinehart Racing pipes—which, by the way, fit directly onto even the Screamin’ Eagle models without a hitch–leading the pack. And talking about hot-selling models, have you noticed just how well the V-Rod is doing, and the all-new 2004 Sportster? Sales for both of those Harleys have taken off like skyrockets and that hasn’t gone unnoticed at Rinehart Racing, either. V-Rod Rineharts are in your 2004 FatBook, and staggered-dual pipes for the new Sportsters became available in the mid-year FatBook supplement. Both of those systems are every bit a Rinehart, too.
     What makes all these Rineharts shine—whether it’s a Softail system, pipes for the Dyna, the dressers, the V-Rod or the Sportsters—is how they back up their looks and tone with serious performance. These pipes build power almost unheard of from a set of bolt-on exhausts. It started with a set of prototype pipes for Gerald’s buddy, Don Tilley, pipes that bumped his road racing Buell by 12 horsepower. “And that was before I seriously started looking into what was hidden in a V-twin,” Gerald says. There was a lot to be found. Rinehart pipes, whatever the application, can pump a stock Harley’s horsepower and torque by 25 percent, taking a bone-stock Twin Cam clear up to 72-plus horsepower. Of course that includes carburetor jetting or injection mapping, but any exhaust swap requires that.
     Morel of all this: If you want to make a customer happy make sure he knows all about the Rineharts. They’re drop-dead gorgeous, there’s a NASCAR-inspired sound guaranteed to turn heads, and it’s all backed with serious performance. Rineharts are offered for all the best-selling Harleys, too—Softails, Dynas, baggers, V-Rods and Sportsters. The only source is Drag Specialties, so call your rep.