My head pipe (one after the y-pipe) is cracked significantly and they are unavailable from Polaris until at least mid August here in Canada. Plus when I tried to order one I found out the price was over $100! My question is, should I just wait the entire summer to try to get the stock pipe or should I order an entire aftermarket system? I don’t want to buy a fuel controller and I don’t want added noise (a tone change is fine).

Do slip-on systems for these machines replace that pipe all the way back to the y-pipe or just the muffler and mid-pipe?

Any help would be appreciated.