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I installed the Vance & Hines Baggers and Power Commander III USB on my 2003 Nomad. Pipes went on easy, great quality, look great, sound great, substantially louder than the stock pipes and they give a nice throaty roar--I will definitely be heard. I actually prefer a quieter pipe--the stock pipes were fine--but I wanted to get rid of that heavy ugly catalytic converter and the Baggers were the best alternative. Also wish they came in tapered ends like the stock ones do.

I downloaded the proper fuel map for my bike and loaded it into the Power Commander. The 9 volt battery adapter I got with the Power Commander meant I could do that at my desktop: very cool. Power Commander was over-all quite easy to install, but I did get frustrated a few times cause I was working in some really tight places. Snaking the wires through the frame was tough, I accidentally pulled one of the wires out of a connector and had to resolder it.

But after I got it all hooked up and went for a ride the bike sounds great and runs like a charm. It seems to be faster and seems to have much faster throttle response. I say "seems" because I know that putting new loud pipes on your bike makes you FEEL like you're going faster....but I'm pretty sure about the throttle response. Noticeable difference.

I'm really curious to see how this will effect my fuel mileage. Does anybody know about that? I'll be riding from Philly to Alaska and back in May & June and I might even consider leaning out the Power Commander for the trip. At highway speeds my Nomad gets me about 125 to 135 milles between fill-ups and I'd hate to decrease that, especially on a 15,000 mile trip.

Thanks.