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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 10:02 AM
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chopped some stock headers an made true duels an wraped them. Heres some pics let me know what you think. The wrap was white but after the heat hit it it turned a rusty color.
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 10:23 AM
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Looks good on your bike cuz its got the "old skool" look to it. Don't think it would look good on my mostly stock FLHX. Nice work though.
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 11:55 AM
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thanks man yea thats the look im going for is the old school rat bike look.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2011 | 01:57 PM
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looks good. Did you wrap them while still on the bike or take them off? Did you spray the wrap with anything?
 
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Old Aug 3, 2011 | 02:13 PM
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You probably already know, but the wrap will kill those pipes in short order.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2011 | 02:25 PM
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What about wrapping over the heat shield?
 
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Old Aug 3, 2011 | 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by fabrik8r
You probably already know, but the wrap will kill those pipes in short order.
Wrap will kill what?
I have put wrap on every race motor I had and it didn't kill anything but heat!
You mean the finish or ? ??
 
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Originally Posted by Holster Maker
Wrap will kill what?
I have put wrap on every race motor I had and it didn't kill anything but heat!
You mean the finish or ? ??
I had never thought much about it until I was reading about it on here actually. It seems that the wrap does such a good job of holding the heat in that the pipes actually get too hot, become brittle over time, and crack/crumble apart. I don't think rust is an issue as some have suggested, but the heat that is not allowed to radiate off.

A race motor is something totally different as it is hot for a short period of time compared to a motor that is run day in and day out on the street.

I'd love to wrap mine and remove the heat shields, but after thinking about the more internal heat = brittle metal part I've decided to wait a bit.
 
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Exhaust wrap...GARBAGE!
 
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Originally Posted by fabrik8r
You probably already know, but the wrap will kill those pipes in short order.
B.S.! I've had really cheap (thin) pipes wrapped for more than four years on another Harley I owned, still as strong as new.

Originally Posted by Holster Maker
Wrap will kill what?
I have put wrap on every race motor I had and it didn't kill anything but heat!
You mean the finish or ? ??
No he means the pipe will become brittle and break. They will leave a pattern on your chrome, but since the OP has homemade headers I doubt he's worried about that.


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