Pipe burns.
Pipe burns.
I have a 2005 Sportster Custom with Screamin' Eagle 2 pipes.
I keep rubbing the heal of my shoe on the side of the pipe.
It is only about an area about six inches long.
Does anyone make a heat shield that bolts on in some manner
or is wrapping the pipe the only way to do it??
I keep rubbing the heal of my shoe on the side of the pipe.
It is only about an area about six inches long.
Does anyone make a heat shield that bolts on in some manner
or is wrapping the pipe the only way to do it??
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From: Shamokin, PA
The pipe or the muffler? You can buy heat shields from H-D if you want.
http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US
http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US
Mufflers ones:
http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US
http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US
http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US
Mufflers ones:
http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US
6th Gear
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From: St Louis
sitting at a stop light Friday---smelling something burning,thinking some one was burning some pretty stinkin trash.
Got home and realized my pants leg had blown up between the heat shield and the pipe---silver dollar size hole in the new jeans--guess my pants were that "pretty stinkin trash"
Got home and realized my pants leg had blown up between the heat shield and the pipe---silver dollar size hole in the new jeans--guess my pants were that "pretty stinkin trash"
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Joined: Jan 2011
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From: Near Fort Bragg, NC
I have a 2005 Sportster Custom with Screamin' Eagle 2 pipes.
I keep rubbing the heal of my shoe on the side of the pipe.
It is only about an area about six inches long.
Does anyone make a heat shield that bolts on in some manner
or is wrapping the pipe the only way to do it??
I keep rubbing the heal of my shoe on the side of the pipe.
It is only about an area about six inches long.
Does anyone make a heat shield that bolts on in some manner
or is wrapping the pipe the only way to do it??
Stage I
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 1
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From: Baton Rouge USA
My improved (via the recall) sportster 2007 heat shields were so hot after a few minutes of riding that you could scorch most pant legs (let alone burn yourself severly). I just found a solution - installed 5mm thick "Pyrogel" insulation under rear cylinder shield. Now I can touch the lower half of the shield after a 10 mile ride to work. The upper part is still too hot for that, but reduced enough to be lower than the stock air cleaner cover on a hot day.
Pyrogel is rated for 1200F so I do not know yet how long it will last - it has tanned on the pipe side after 3 days. Do not have a thermometer to measure the temp's yet. Cost was low $35 for a 12" x 12" sheet that is just enough for both shields. I plan to put another layer under the cylinder end (upward) section vs putting any under the front cylinder shield which is not near my leg.
BTW, I found my rear stock pipe belt/engine case holding bracket cracked through. I have seen a few other posts on this. I plan to put some of the Pyrogel under its connecting pipe clamp to absorb some of the vibration & heat for a fix. I saw a post that said this bracket/clamp is needed to keep header bolts from loosening. Anyone know if the clamp is really useful?
Pyrogel is rated for 1200F so I do not know yet how long it will last - it has tanned on the pipe side after 3 days. Do not have a thermometer to measure the temp's yet. Cost was low $35 for a 12" x 12" sheet that is just enough for both shields. I plan to put another layer under the cylinder end (upward) section vs putting any under the front cylinder shield which is not near my leg.
BTW, I found my rear stock pipe belt/engine case holding bracket cracked through. I have seen a few other posts on this. I plan to put some of the Pyrogel under its connecting pipe clamp to absorb some of the vibration & heat for a fix. I saw a post that said this bracket/clamp is needed to keep header bolts from loosening. Anyone know if the clamp is really useful?
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