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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 08:36 PM
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I helped a buddy wrap his pipes and every time he stopped (after the bike warmed up) the wraps were smoking, pretty bad too. Is that normal when you first put them on?
 
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yeah, its normal. a week or so ago there was a thread devoted to this subject, acording to some of the post the smell should make u hungry. lol
 
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yeah, its normal. a week or so ago there was a thread devoted to this subject, acording to some of the post the smell should make u hungry. lol
I thought that thread was about blowing smoke into the intake.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 09:02 PM
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the one i read, the guys were talking about the smell of the pipewrap breaking in. i forgot what they said it smelled like but i remember they said it was making them hungry.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 09:13 PM
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Is Pipe-Wrap made out of cannabis?
 
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 09:35 PM
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I wrapped mine a little while back... Got almost 500 miles on them and still smoke a little after longer trips...
 
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 09:38 PM
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don't worry it'll go away.......after awhile!
 
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Yeah. They seem to smoke for different lengths of time from person to person....mine did for about 2 hours worth of riding, and smelled a little weird for a good bit after. But then it was fine.
 
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Think they said it smelled like donuts. Mmm, Donuts lol
 
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 10:43 PM
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yeah it smelled like french fries or pizza or something like that, definitely something that would make you hungry so I agree with that. I thought it was a normal issue for breaking in the wrap, but in all the pipe wrap threads I guess I missed the one about it smoking. And just wanted to check. Plan on doing a couple - four hours of riding tomorrow so will see if it still smmmokin' after that.

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