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Title: For anyone who has wrapped their pipes.... Post by martinfilms34 on 06/16/12 at 20:21:19 How long of a roll should i buy? is 25' alright? I'm tired of my ugly header, Now that i have no leaks anywhere im gonna be wrapping it up! |
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Title: Re: For anyone who has wrapped their pipes.... Post by renegade1 on 06/16/12 at 23:19:01 man i was just about to post a question just like that gunna be keepin tabs on your post. good luck man. post a pic of your bike??? |
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Title: Re: For anyone who has wrapped their pipes.... Post by clearush on 06/16/12 at 23:25:31 From the blue collar bobber product page, hope this helps. http://bluecollarbobbers.com/web/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=28&category_id=6&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=24 Quote:
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Title: Re: For anyone who has wrapped their pipes.... Post by SimonTuffGuy on 06/17/12 at 08:19:30 I bought a 50' kit off EBay for $30 (shipped) in hopes that it will do the full length of my pipe. I didn't get around to doing it yet though. |
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Title: Re: For anyone who has wrapped their pipes.... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/17/12 at 08:28:51 Unless ya want the edges facing forward, ya gotta start where you want it to end, think shingling a roof. |
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Title: Re: For anyone who has wrapped their pipes.... Post by martinfilms34 on 06/17/12 at 08:38:24 I'm thinking of just doing the header, so I gotta figure it out. The header should be bout 4 feet right? |
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Title: Re: For anyone who has wrapped their pipes.... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/17/12 at 09:00:12 Just start at the place you want it to stop, wrap a few turns with the overlap you want, mark where you wrapped to,mark the wrap, unwrap it, see how much coverage you got out of the wrap & see if that amount of wrap at that amount of overlap will cover it. Or, get anything that is the same width as the wrap is & play with it, see how much you have to have,m |
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Title: Re: For anyone who has wrapped their pipes.... Post by Smokestack on 06/17/12 at 17:33:39 The stock header can be done with a 50' roll of 1 inch or a 25' roll of 2 inch, with a bit left over in both cases. Lots of brands also have a couple of black lines stitched in to serve as guides for the amount of overlap you should use; cover one, see the other. And, as JOG said, start from the rear of the pipes; the overlap needs to flow with the wind instead of against it. Also consider soaking the wrap first; you can get a really tight wrap with the material wet. |
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Title: Re: For anyone who has wrapped their pipes.... Post by brucey on 06/17/12 at 18:06:16 this is the 25 foot x 2 inch wrap from blue collar bobbers, so 50 feet should be plenty for the whole pipe. |
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Title: Re: For anyone who has wrapped their pipes.... Post by Tode33 on 06/19/12 at 06:01:04 Ok, possible newbie question, but is this purely cosmetic? Or is there a benefit to wrapping? |
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Title: Re: For anyone who has wrapped their pipes.... Post by spacepirates on 06/19/12 at 06:25:17 5D666D6C3A3A090 wrote:
thems fightin' words. and by that i mean this has been a hottly debated topic on these forums. technically speaking, for *other* vehicles, there are benefits such as keeping heat in the headers (and off other components) and having exhaust gasses move faster out of the pipe. on the savage, the only real "benefit" you get is it is harder to burn yourself on the pipe. which i've done a dozen times. the trade off, as i'm sure a lot of people will be quick to tell you, is that exhaust wrap, if stored outside can hold in moisture speeding up rusting of your header. |
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Title: Re: For anyone who has wrapped their pipes.... Post by Tode33 on 06/19/12 at 07:11:21 Ok then, I guess I'll just leave well enough alone. :) |
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Title: Re: For anyone who has wrapped their pipes.... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/19/12 at 11:22:53 Im gonna hafta say that IF there is a real benefit, its a huge secret in the motorcycling world. |
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Title: Re: For anyone who has wrapped their pipes.... Post by rfw2003 on 06/19/12 at 11:30:21 on any engine that uses individual pipes per cyl from the head to tail with no interconnection with other cyls there is no performance difference. In engines that are multi cyl that use a header with a common collector that's where the extra exhaust velocity helps some, as it helps in scavenging the cyls. On single pipe per about all it does is give added insulation from the header pipe heating/burning things up near it, and of course looks if you like the wrapped look. R.F. |
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Title: Re: For anyone who has wrapped their pipes.... Post by greenmonster on 06/19/12 at 12:24:15 The real benefit is that you never have to use blue-job on this header again. ;D |
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Title: Re: For anyone who has wrapped their pipes.... Post by babyhog on 06/19/12 at 12:50:44 Speaking of blue pipes, mine is a nice bright golden color... not blue. What's that mean? |
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Title: Re: For anyone who has wrapped their pipes.... Post by teabowl13 on 06/19/12 at 13:43:36 I believe the pipes usually turn more golden first, then work up to the blue. If I'm right, I would say you're running a smidge lean, but not as lean as a lot of others... |
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Title: Re: For anyone who has wrapped their pipes.... Post by splash07 on 06/19/12 at 13:53:44 I can tell yall from first hand experience that the wrap will destroy the header eventually if not properly taken care of. If the bike is stored outside or any place that is not climate controlled then the pipe will blue, then rust. To protect the pipe it must be kept dry when not in use and the wrap needs to be changed periodically. Using the blu away stuff in between new wrap will help. |
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