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What heat resistant tape to use?

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nikiter

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Bike has under tail exhaust. Planning to go aftermarket for a slip on, so a stock heat shield would have to come off. What material or tape can use to stick right under the tail to make it work as a heat resistant?
 
I got a sheet included when I bought a full Yoshimura for my RR. Maybe the exhaust you order will come with some?
 
If you can get exhaust heat wrap, it should reduce heat by a lot. I wrapped one of the forum members 636's and he is very pleased with the results.

He can ride in stop / go traffic without over heating his right leg.
 
If you got a cbr 600 op you won't need further heat protection. A slip on will run so much cooler then oem that you can run without a heat shield. I've had 3 cbr's, with a Leo Vince, yoshimura and erion slip ons. All of them running with out any heat shield. Search 600rr.net for heat shield and they'll confirm what I'm saying.
 
daisoman said:
If you got a cbr 600 op you won't need further heat protection. A slip on will run so much cooler then oem that you can run without a heat shield. I've had 3 cbr's, with a Leo Vince, yoshimura and erion slip ons. All of them running with out any heat shield. Search 600rr.net for heat shield and they'll confirm what I'm saying.
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Cool, thanks!
Exhaust I'm looking to get is Toce. It's loud but I love the look of it.
 
Love the Toce. As daisoman said, no problems running without heat shield on most aftermarket mufflers.
TST sells a cf undertail to tidy up the cavity left by the stock heat guard that looks great with the Toce and helps block some heat as well.
 
AF4iK said:
Love the Toce. As daisoman said, no problems running without heat shield on most aftermarket mufflers.
TST sells a cf undertail to tidy up the cavity left by the stock heat guard that looks great with the Toce and helps block some heat as well.
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Can you post a link to that? Sounds interesting.
 
frekeyguy said:
If you can get exhaust heat wrap, it should reduce heat by a lot. I wrapped one of the forum members 636's and he is very pleased with the results.

He can ride in stop / go traffic without over heating his right leg.
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BEST THINK EVER.i stand by this. for cars and bikes.... going to do the bike soon:p:D:cool:.
 
papidboss said:
BEST THINK EVER.i stand by this. for cars and bikes.... going to do the bike soon:p:D:cool:.
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It really depends, on stainless steel it should be fine, haven't heard of any issues, Ti however is a different story.
 
Mina said:
It really depends, on stainless steel it should be fine, haven't heard of any issues, Ti however is a different story.
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As long as you don't wrap the headers close to where they come out of the engine it's fine right? There was a warning that came with my DEI titanium header wrap that said on titanium pipes, wrap them starting a minimum of 12" from the engine (says that the Ti can overheat under the wrap and become pitted and damaged)??
 
Mina said:
It really depends, on stainless steel it should be fine, haven't heard of any issues, Ti however is a different story.
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What do you mean? Is the exhaust wrap staining the TI pipes? how close to the headers are you wrapping them?
 
I never actually wrapped anything, just from what I read on the subject and since Ti pipes are so damn expensive, I'd rather deal with the heat.
BajaHeaderHeatWrapRust.jpg
 
Mina said:
I never actually wrapped anything, just from what I read on the subject and since Ti pipes are so damn expensive, I'd rather deal with the heat.
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That does not look like Titanium to me. The brown stuff looks like rust and looks like someone didn't take any time with that job. Looks like regular bailing wire wrapped tightly.

Ultra thin stainless wire / safety wire can hold that stuff up for years. Better year is to hold the wrap with stainless thin wire ties.

The same customer that I wrapped the mid pipe for is comming back to get the rest of his exhaust from the mid-pipe area to the exhaust can wrapped - people seem to love this stuff.
 
frekeyguy said:
That does not look like Titanium to me. The brown stuff looks like rust and looks like someone didn't take any time with that job. Looks like regular bailing wire wrapped tightly.

Ultra thin stainless wire / safety wire can hold that stuff up for years. Better year is to hold the wrap with stainless thin wire ties.

The same customer that I wrapped the mid pipe for is comming back to get the rest of his exhaust from the mid-pipe area to the exhaust can wrapped - people seem to love this stuff.
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You may be right, but I'd rather err on the side of caution.
I'll try and find the source.
 
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