Wrapping downpipes?

[ssray]

My ntv650 has a rather large fairing which has been really useful during the summer we have been having, but tonight I nearly cooked my right leg
Apart from removing the lowers and bellypan when its hot will it be ok to wrap the downpipes? its a motad system if that helps

Ta
Ray

[pikey]

Exhaust wrap serves two purposes in the main, first it helps to keep escaping heat from making riding uncomfortable and second it can actually help the motor to expel the exhaust gases more effectively by keeping the heat within the pipe.
Many race bikes use it for those reasons too.
I`ve toyed with the idea of doing my own pipes, I`ve a fairing on mine and yes the inside of the right leg certainly gets cooked at low speed and in traffic.
This rather nice carbon wrap would be my choice :

www.thermalvelocity.co.uk/Exhaust-Wraps-/Magma-Wrap--/p-105-408/

I already use one of their products, great stuff for repacking race cans, the heat from the gases makes it swell inside the can filling the void much better than loose wrap:

www.thermalvelocity.co.uk/Silencer-Packing/Acousta-Fil®-PTX----800ºC/p-117-425/

Technical spec:

www.silencerpackingmaterial.co.uk/files/2012/05/Thermal-Velocity-Acoustafil-CE-Exhaust-Silencer-Infill.pdf

[ssray]

Thanks for the link pikey

[wolfy]

I wrapped mine purely for cosmetic reasons as the pipes are 100% functional but looking rather scruffy. I bought a 10 metre kit from eBay which did the trick.

Fitting was a 20 minute job, although I would recommend making it a 25 minute job by finding a pair of marigolds. It's woven from fibreglass so inevitable that the non glove wearer will get bits stuck and suffer discomfort until he has sat for half an hour with dangled hands in a bowl of water

Check my most recent posts on the MRA Vario Screen for some views of the bike with the tape fitted.

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[ssray]

Well that went well, wrapped the pipes, after about 5 mins tickover and a few hundred yards, a warm burning smell was following my, so heading home -fast- i arrived with a plume of smoke following me, the wrap had gone very dark and kinda burnt colour, so I grabbed a sharp knife ad cut it off.
The pain was that it looked good!!!!
Ray