Mid pipe heat sheild insulation.

Lots of great discussion!!

Well, I guess I just need to decide on the plastic one or the P3. I want the P3, but it's hard to justify the cost over the plastic one. I still think that Thermo-Tec deal would suffice. It SHOULD hold up better than header wrap.

Try LAVA wrap:

http://www.heatshieldproducts.com/lava_wrap.php

Ive got the uptite on mine and it seems to work well. I also have the matching skid plate. He seems to make good products. They are probally more functional than pretty but thats what I go for.

i used the LAVA wrap, works great! i've had it on my other bikes for quite some time now with no problems, and the wrap is still on, never changed it! you just have to take your time putting it on, soak it before you install it and wrap it TIGHT!

What do you soak it with? And how easy does mud come off of it ?

You soak it in water before you put it on! you do that with all exhaust wrap, except color wraps cause all the color would bleed out. i can't say anything about the mud cause i've never taken my smr in mud and my other bikes are all street bikes. but the wrap is cheap, if you wanted to try it. its about $30.00 for 50feet of the wrap which is more then enough to wrap your whole exhaust on 4 bikes!

I ran the motosportz mid guard for one race and it didnt fit very well on my 250,it defintetly kept my pants fron burning,but everytime my leg went back over the rear side panel it got hooked and bent the metal guard forward,eventually loosening up the subframe bolt that holds everything together,I then bought the plastic guard from husky sport and it fit great kept the pants from burning as well,but the same thing kept happening with it flipping forward once i hit it with my swinging leg,but I was able to fix that by modifying it with a ziptye through the guard and into the side panel holding it tight,end of problem and it looks fine and has never moved