Has anyone seen or heard these in person?
Freedom 4-1/2” Slip-ons
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Not yet but they look great. That 4.5" stuff is phat.
Houston Bagger
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I've only seen videos. however, I still decided to order them. 6-10 weeks wait time according to freedom
Ulrich
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This is exactly (even the same color scheme) what I have .. I love 'em, got a nice 'growl' to them
Is the fit up to the fit and finish of the R18?
By that I mean no awkward looking gaps on the heat shields.
Ulrich
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Not that I can tell ... mine is a FE .. so I needed to get the shields from the 'Classic' mine did not come with them and the FE (with 'Fish Tails') did not have the shields ... the ones you see in the picture are the ones from the 'Classic' ... i sure hope that made any sense 
I have a Pure and I would not have the bags. Is there any reason why they would not look appropriate on a bike without the bags? And exposed brackets or anything that would look out of place?Not that I can tell ... mine is a FE .. so I needed to get the shields from the 'Classic' mine did not come with them and the FE (with 'Fish Tails') did not have the shields ... the ones you see in the picture are the ones from the 'Classic' ... i sure hope that made any sense
Ulrich
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Hmmm .. good question, I am taking my bags off this weekend because I want to measure for a luggage rack I am about to build ... I can take some pictures and post them here. These slip-ons do have a different bracket than the original mufflers .. but there isn't much sticking up from what I can remember.
Anyway .. pictures will say more than words .. I will post them as soon as I have them.
That would be great, thanks!
Ulrich
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Here you go:
You won't have that bracket ... that one is for the saddle bags
One more thing ... well actually 2 ...
When I bought them from 'Freedom' this shield did not come with it:
I had to get that separate .. it is from a 'Classic' and was not cheap (you will need one for each side) you may want to call the folks from 'Freedom' and ask .. I had no problems getting through to them
on the phone.
And the second one .... paint the baffles with some heat resistant paint (you don't have to pull them .. just spay in the big opening in the back), I used stove pipe black, the moist air from the
catalytic converters will make them rust pretty fasy and look an ugly brown ... just my 2¢
You won't have that bracket ... that one is for the saddle bags
One more thing ... well actually 2 ...
When I bought them from 'Freedom' this shield did not come with it:
I had to get that separate .. it is from a 'Classic' and was not cheap (you will need one for each side) you may want to call the folks from 'Freedom' and ask .. I had no problems getting through to them
on the phone.
And the second one .... paint the baffles with some heat resistant paint (you don't have to pull them .. just spay in the big opening in the back), I used stove pipe black, the moist air from the
catalytic converters will make them rust pretty fasy and look an ugly brown ... just my 2¢