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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 12:36 PM
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I stopped at the local gas station this afternoon and a gentleman was on a RK with carbon fiber pipes. Anyone have any experience with them? they sounded pretty good, but I think I am going to hold out for the D & D's.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 12:47 PM
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Carbon Fiber exhaust??
 
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 12:50 PM
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I thought that carbon fiber doesn't hold up to heat to well, To much heat would make the carbon fiber blister on th pipe.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 12:54 PM
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Yep, what he said they were. i have never seen anything like them before. They did have the look of a carbon fiber helmet. Also said they were pretty expensive. I am talking about where you would normally put on a set of slip ons. The header pipes were still metal.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 08:42 PM
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You're mixing terms. First you said it was the pipes that were carbon fiber. Now you're saying the pipes are metal and it's the mufflers which are carbon fiber. The way I use the terminology the exhaust system consists of pipes leading to mufflers.
 
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