Gonna start by saying yes I have a passion motor, lets get that out of the way. Jim knows his shit i have one of the hardest running 4mil around and theres NO denying that.
Many on this site can vouch for that statement.. Im on my 2nd passion motor and his shit runs.
Anyway, Im very anal when it come to my bike. I like when shit fits and mounts properly, not a fan of spacing this and adjusting that so it doesnt hit here or rub on that. FUCK THAT SHIT. Not knowing first hand how terrible they actually were I bought some shearers off this site, never seen them i had them shipped directly to JL for some chroming. Now prior to this i have ridden a bike with shearers but i have NEVER mounted a set.
Once i got mine back i bolted them up for the busco trip, they literally had 3 rides on them, guess they werent "spaced" properly and the header pipe rubbed the head and cracked the inside of the pipe. IMO that is bullshit, shearers have been around long enough and there has been more than enough complaints for Matt to man up and tweek the design just ever so slightly. I have the original plastics on my bike from 2000- these piece of shit shearers melted my fucking plastics.
Honestly everyone claims they run hard, i guess they do although i didnt see much improvement over my cpi's- but the simple fact that they fit so poorly they will never been mounted on any of my bike EVER, unless its to test on a dyno pipe to pipe
That being said, If i had to sacrafice a few HP to run a better fitting pipe bet your ass i will, its principle to me.
I did receive a test set of snipers which i wasnt able to test yet. The fit and craftsmanship is absolutely amazing. They 100000000% fit better than any pipe on the market and that is absolute fact. They had me sold right there.
Although the snipers weren't baised around my motor, I did order a set..
So we'll see what happens