Instead of the goofy looking exhaust heat shields, has anyone used header wrap to block heat off the pipe? I've had great success with it on all my sport bikes, so I'm considering it for the 630. A tight wrap would look so much cleaner imo...(or will it get rubbed all to hell?)
I've seen pictures of 610s with heat wrap, and they looked okay. We powdercoated the stock pipe guard on our 610 in a semi-matte black and it didn't stick out nearly as much.
I was gonna ask the very same thing! I was just gonna wrap where my leg is. I wrapped my CBRs, and BMW K1200 from the head to the collectors and loved the result of lower temps under the plastic. I read somewhere the wrap can lead to problems as it transferes the heat farther back.
Mine is wrapped. I feel the heat at stoplights if it's long enough. I think of it as an asymmetrical leg warmer...
Been doing that for years on my bike......this is some DEI Titanium Exhaust Wrap I'm trying, to see if it holds up any better than standard wrap.
Looks like DEIs new LR wrap. I got some on order now. Did you have to use water or was easy to work with?
That's the one..........DEI Titanium w/LR, 1" wrap. No water and simple to work with. Still smokes for a while at first like the others, but does seem to be more durable so far.
Thermo-Tec 11153 - Thermo-Tec Exhaust Wrap $8.25 a roll at Summit Racing - enough to do from the muffler up past the split header.
I did mine with Low Gloss High Temp black paint two years ago and it still look good. Plus I have the heat shields to protect my leg/ankle.
I think the paint on the heat shield is better than powder coat since it can be easily repaired. Some steel wool and a quickie coat and scratches are gone.
Paint and powdercoat are in no way going to do what hot rod tape is going to do, retain heat, (which is what the first post asked about). You can still wrap the pipe and keep your heat shields as well.
Once upon a time I had car headers coated by Jet Hot. Looked great and worked pretty damn well to keep underhood temps down. Couldn't tell you how well it would work in close proximity. Any ideas?
thinking of doing this myself. is everyone using 1" or 2" wide wrap? i guess the narrower wrap would end up being more layered and thicker therefore cooler (or is this incorrect)??
1" is all you need. ($8.25 a roll at Summit Racing - enough to do from the muffler up past the split header.) You only need a little overlap to get the job done.
1" wide is far easier to deal with, especially if continuing wrap up around both front dual pipes like I did on my 510 above.
