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Blue pipes
I just bought a 2007 RK. After riding 1000k the exhaust pipes are turning blue. The heat shield is covering them up so it is not so noticable but I am still wonderingif the blueing is normal. I am taking the bike to the dealer for the 1000k service but I would like some input from all of you out there if anyone is having the same problem.
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If you don't like blue. Take a ride at night and see what color they are. You might like the red better. LOL But it is normal.
If you don't like blue. Take a ride at night and see what color they are. You might like the red better. LOL But it is normal.
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RE: Blue pipes
I just looked at the pipes and they started turning blue. 
It's (unfortunately) perfectly normal, especially for a stock bike, since they come out of the factory pretty lean. Very few pipes don't blue for that matter. Even those that don't appear to (like V&H, Hard Khrome, etc), are actually double walled, so the internal walls typically blue, but the heat is dissipated enough so it doesn't affect the outer wall.
It's (unfortunately) perfectly normal, especially for a stock bike, since they come out of the factory pretty lean. Very few pipes don't blue for that matter. Even those that don't appear to (like V&H, Hard Khrome, etc), are actually double walled, so the internal walls typically blue, but the heat is dissipated enough so it doesn't affect the outer wall.
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Yeah, if you look behind my v&h they're blue. It's funny - we really don't see people's exhaust, we see heat shields....
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