Surely wrapped exhaust has nothing to do with exhaust temperature but makes the entire bike a whole lot cooler when parked outside a hip coffee-with-turmeric bar?
It always gets blamed on the flux capacitor!Blame it on the flux capacitor
Flux caps were not invented until 1950.Blame it on the flux capacitor
Flux caps were not invented until 1950.
That's the only reason I'd planned to use it, but my DH hit the exhaust with buffing compound, scratch remover, then Mothers Chrome Polish and de-aged her by about 35 years, and I like that look a whole lot better.I used it because my stock exhaust was dented and rusty but very solid and I’m a cheap ass that would rather spend $20 than a few hundred until I know what I actually want. No advantage other than looks and oh yea, do not handle them without good gloves on…..
That's the only reason I'd planned to use it, but my DH hit the exhaust with buffing compound, scratch remover, then Mothers Chrome Polish and de-aged her by about 35 years, and I like that look a whole lot better.
That does look good. All the ones I've seen in person -- a hand full at best -- have looked like the tail end of that 6 weeks in a cast thing.The RE looks better without that abortion of the wrap job. A good wrap can look good. A good tidy wrap that doesn't detract from the look of the bike.
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Not me! (I hand em off to the husband. Cause he's really good at it!)Wrapping (rusty, dinged, scratched) pipes is a cheap appearance upgrade. Some fellows do not have the $ to replace all the dingy bits. How many of us have rattle canned an existing part on our project to keep the cost down?
Opinion intrudes a lot. Insulating the pipe has real engineering consequences. Silicone may be used under and through the wrap, and the wrap materials are several with differing effects, including big variations in emmissivity. That said, most use of wrap seems to be uninformed and amateurish. FWIW, Melnic, it can have a favorable effect on the depth of burns when the bike falls on your leg, and can reduce the radiation coupling to adjacent hoses and parts. This is probably not the best place to learn about wrap strategies. Alas, study the subject from sound sources, fellas with engineering qualifications in the relevant fields. No so much ad hoc opinions. Best of luck!Not sure I understand the exhaust tape for anything other than covering up a rusty pipe and making it rust even faster, unless there is a way to coat it before covering it?
I have an Indian Scout and it has a similar position for the exhaust as a Sporster, right at the inside of your calf when you step onto the bike.Opinion intrudes a lot. Insulating the pipe has real engineering consequences. Silicone may be used under and through the wrap, and the wrap materials are several with differing effects, including big variations in emmissivity. That said, most use of wrap seems to be uninformed and amateurish. FWIW, Melnic, it can have a favorable effect on the depth of burns when the bike falls on your leg, and can reduce the radiation coupling to adjacent hoses and parts. This is probably not the best place to learn about wrap strategies. Alas, study the subject from sound sources, fellas with engineering qualifications in the relevant fields. No so much ad hoc opinions. Best of luck!
Looks a lot better without the tape!I got the black mummy tape off and pipes sort of polished, but it didn't need much. They were only slightly stained fortunately.