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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	header wrap installed!! 06/27/09 at 14:24:54 just put the pipe back on...back to wire wheelin the tank lol lemmie know what u guys think?
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odvelasc Ex Member	Re: header wrap installed!! Reply #1 - 06/27/09 at 17:38:35 might fine job. My looks terrible compared to yours because it fell a little short lol. Then the draw string on my tarp melted on the wrap lol Push that tie down up towards the cylinder more to clean up the look and turn that srew on it upside down.
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odvelasc Ex Member	Re: header wrap installed!! Reply #2 - 06/27/09 at 17:40:35 The heat shield at the footpeg has got to go. Paint it flat or remove it and get washers so that the acorn nuts screw in tight.
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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: header wrap installed!! Reply #3 - 06/27/09 at 22:48:00 my thoughts exactly brotha! ! if i can just ditch it and put washers i will...but i'm unsure about how much support it offers...what do u think?
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Reply #4 - 06/28/09 at 05:43:30

Rocco wrote on 06/27/09 at 22:48:00:

my thoughts exactly brotha! ! if i can just ditch it and put washers i will...but i'm unsure about how much support it offers...what do u think?

I was gonna do it and go get washers buuuut, my lady had the car and it felt questionable driving the bike because the pedal would be loose with out the washers lol.

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odvelasc Ex Member	Re: header wrap installed!! Reply #5 - 06/28/09 at 05:46:01 Honestly, paint that heat shield flat black as well. It looks good on the bike.
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odvelasc Ex Member	Re: header wrap installed!! Reply #6 - 06/28/09 at 05:51:46 Here is a pic of mine. Never mind the muffler. It is now fully sanded down and has the brushed metal look with a big blue spot that continues to reappear lol (A Little lean and backfiring) Pop, Pop!! http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp194/odvelasc/IMAGE_076.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>" alt="" title="" border="0" />
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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: header wrap installed!! Reply #7 - 06/28/09 at 09:34:50 bro that looks SWEEET! it looks awesome in black, is the prep the same for chrome? or can i just wire wheel the heck outta it then spray it? i'm so glad i'm not alone in this "flat black and radiator hose clamp everything" theory! i am going through backfire withdrawls!
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Charon Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1811 Harvard, NE Gender:	Re: header wrap installed!! Reply #8 - 06/28/09 at 13:34:22 Personally, I think it is uglier than a mud fence. Flat black paint, a la KLR 650 it OK. Wrap - ugly.
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Re: header wrap installed!!
Reply #9 - 06/28/09 at 20:27:43

well i friggin love the way it looks! each his own my friend.

people ask me all the time "y do u have a graveyard on your arm?"

i like different things then most peope....ask around i enjoy full contact fighting, black and grey tattoos, and more sugar then candy land.

i look @ my bike and smile because i did it myself, and the way I want it

thanks for your opinion though!

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Reply #10 - 06/29/09 at 10:20:46

Rocco wrote on 06/28/09 at 20:27:43:

well i friggin love the way it looks! each his own my friend.

people ask me all the time "y do u have a graveyard on your arm?"

i like different things then most peope....ask around i enjoy full contact fighting, black and grey tattoos, and more sugar then candy land.

i look @ my bike and smile because i did it myself, and the way I want it

thanks for your opinion though!

I sanded my cylinder heads and heat shield with 220 grit I believe. I did it until all shininess was gone. I cured the parts on a baking pan in the oven as per instruction on the rattle can. In terms of my right cylinder head, it started to peel. It was not dry enough before curing. I might redo it. I am too lazy and enjoying riding now that I have time.

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Balderdash Full Member Offline Posts: 117 Minnesota Gender:	Re: header wrap installed!! Reply #11 - 06/29/09 at 10:36:57 I think the chrome covers on the engine head should come off if you're blacking it out and taping it. ( I didn't do it to mine but I like it).
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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: header wrap installed!! Reply #12 - 06/29/09 at 10:46:16 that may be in order! can i just take them off? or i'll paint em black after i see how hard the muffler support is to paint!
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Reply #13 - 06/29/09 at 10:57:47

Rocco wrote on 06/29/09 at 10:46:16:

that may be in order! can i just take them off? or i'll paint em black after i see how hard the muffler support is to paint!

One bolt can't come off the chrome engine cover on the left side unless you remove the head (it's an upside down bolt), you could cut it off through the fins but then you can't replace it later.

I left my chrome covers off the last time I had the head off to replace the cam chain, I don't have any problems with the covers off less need to take the tank off for regular maintenance now.

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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: header wrap installed!! Reply #14 - 06/29/09 at 11:05:54 sweet! it might be a little while before i do any more mods...i need to ride so bad it isn't funny! i may do the brushed look or black....it's up in the air! also i'm debating whether i should put the punisher logo on the tank or something custom like a dragon.....decisions decisions!
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