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this year, we told you about some of the great new products that SuperTrapp
is offering for the 2005 riding season like the new-for-Sportsters
Mean Mothers and SuperMegs, the Kerker Double Espresso, Phantom Pipes
and new X-Pipe accessories. We could go on, but we figured you’d
rather hear it from racers, customers and of course, dealers just
like you. So, what have these people been saying about SuperTrapp?
According to Joe Brown of Hourglass Racing, SuperTrapp
is the best-kept secret in performance exhausts. The secret must be getting out
though because in a recent survey of Harley owners by Motorcycle Industry magazine,
SuperTrapp was owned by 12 percent of the riders surveyed. More telling,
though, is the fact that of the riders surveyed, 21 percent plan to
make a SuperTrapp their next exhaust purchase. It seems more customers are
starting to find out about the performance gains SuperTrapp offers.
Wes Brown of Pinellas Park, Florida’s Cycle-Rama knows performance;
he is a well-decorated dyno-shootout champion. “For the dyno-shootouts,
the ‘hype of the pipe’ is not important, what it really comes
down to is the pipe that makes the number is the pipe that goes on our
bike,” Brown said. “We tried other exhausts, but in the
end, Cycle-Rama chose a SuperTrapp exhaust for the V-Rod that won the
Easyrider Dyno Drags and the AMA Horsepower Shootout.”
One of Brown’s customers, Dave Thomas, turned to him for performance
advice. “I had been using a competitor’s pipe forever because
I didn’t want to give up the performance,” Thomas said. “I
hated the looks of the pipe but nothing would perform with it. I had
Wes try out 12 or 13 different pipes before he got to the SuperTrapp.
I was just shocked with the results. I picked up 4 HP over the competitor’s
pipe by switching to the 2:1 SuperMegs. I’m up to 132 HP on my
Dyna Wide Glide III. I never let Wes take that pipe off of my bike.”
Brown said that once some of his other customers saw the dyno results
for themselves, demand for SuperTrapp increased. “People love to
see results like that,” he said. “When they see 132 HP,
they have to have the same exhaust system on their own bike.”
Tom Todd, whose 1989 Harley Davidson XL graced the cover of American
Iron magazine in February 2005, shares why he chose SuperTrapp for his
stunning bike. “There are two main reasons I went to SuperTrapp,” he
said. “First, they fit correctly, and second, they make good power.
As far as I’m concerned, they make more power than any 2:1 exhaust
system out there. The SuperTrapp 2:1 will gain you 15 percent and I’ve
proven that on a dyno.”
Be sure to keep an eye out for more of Todd’s
bikes, equipped with a SuperTrapp of course, in upcoming issues of American Iron.
SuperTrapp’s popular X-Pipes, shown here in black.
When it comes to performance, the bottom line is that nobody takes
it more seriously than racers. That is why the majority of AMA Grand
National flat track racers chose SuperTrapp. Bryan Bigelow, the 2001
SuperTrapp SuperTracker National Champion, is convinced SuperTrapp
is the best performance exhaust available. “As far as competitor’s product go, we
try everything else,” he said. “If there is a better product
out there, then we are going to use it, and that is a fact. We don’t
care how much they pay us, if there was something that went a little
bit faster, we would be using it.”
Racers appreciate the durability of a SuperTrapp. Jim Wagner of Doc’s
Harley-Davidson acknowledges that SuperTrapp’s quality of construction
helps his race team. “The construction on the Megaphones is wonderful,” he
said. “They are lightweight but built like tanks. A key for us
in the dirt track races is that the stainless steel components are
so durable that nothing really fazes them from a chemical standpoint.”
SuperTrapp was the pioneer of tuneable disc technology in the early
1970s, and the advantages of the diffuser disc system can still be
seen today especially on the racetrack. AMA Flat Track racer Willie
McCoy says, “I
have tried competitor’s products, but the SuperTrapp exhaust
is just so tuneable for each situation that I always end up going back
to SuperTrapp because it has always performed the best.”
It’s not just racers who can benefit from SuperTrapp’s tuneability.
Wes Brown of Cycle-Rama explains why his customers prefer the flexibility
of SuperTrapp. “With a non-tuneable exhaust, you get what you get,
but with a SuperTrapp, you can tune it to a customer’s preference,” Brown
said. “You can tune a SuperTrapp for maximum horsepower, but
not every customer is looking for that. SuperTrapp gives you the option
to pump up the torque as well.”
SuperTrapp's
V-5 2 into 1 system with 5" External tuneable discs
and chromed stainless steel.
Dave Thomas agrees, “The whole key to a SuperTrapp is the tuneability,” he
said. “Whereas other pipes work great on some bikes and not so
well on others, the SuperTrapp is totally tuneable for different applications.”
Not only does the tuneability of SuperTrapp offer riders a chance
to adjust to specific conditions, it also allows them to pinpoint
a motor’s
elusive “sweet spot.” Wes Brown explains, “In the
performance market, people want to see the big numbers. In this market,
pipes can really make or break you. The advantage of using SuperTrapp
is that they have the tuneable system so you can find the sweet spot
that the motor likes.”
Ton Pels is general manager of Zodiac International, the largest
distributor of V-Twin aftermarket products in Europe, and he has
seen a recent increase in interest in SuperTrapp’s Paul Yaffe Road Legends series. “We
see some customers who still buy the classic design of the 2:1,” he
said. “Recently though, we are starting to see more customers prefer
the modern designs of the SuperTrapp Road Legends series designed by
Paul Yaffe.” This popularity is also seen in the growing number
of custom bikes sporting the SuperTrapp Yaffe design.
Sound and style are merely the icing on the cake when compared
to the outstanding performance the SuperTrapp exhausts offer. Joe
Bisha, who turns the wrenches for the legendary Jay Springsteen,
pretty much sums it up when he says, “A lot of competitor’s pipes only give
you sound and style. Some pipes lose you 5 HP right away. If someone
is looking for performance from their exhaust, I recommend SuperTrapp
because I can guarantee them a performance gain. If they are only looking
for something loud, I tell them to pick out their own pipe.”
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