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Hdclassic4466
| Posted on Friday, April 29, 2011 - 10:40 pm: |
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Just got back from a night ride, 50 degree weather and when I pulled in the drive, my header pipes were glowing red. The bike is a 2006 with only 2000 miles. It's new to me, I've been a harley guy for 15 years. Is this normal to have the pipes this hot after a 30 minute ride? |
Electraglider_1997
| Posted on Friday, April 29, 2011 - 11:21 pm: |
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Next time shift out of 1st. |
Panhead_dan
| Posted on Friday, April 29, 2011 - 11:53 pm: |
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I've seen them glow idling. They are made of stainless steel with no plating or coating. In other words, they all do that! |
Ronmold
| Posted on Saturday, April 30, 2011 - 12:26 pm: |
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How was it running? A lean condition would make it run hot. |
Rwven
| Posted on Saturday, April 30, 2011 - 04:55 pm: |
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Yeah, they do that. Looks cool 'eh? |
Uly_man
| Posted on Sunday, May 01, 2011 - 02:00 pm: |
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4466. Yes normal. The engine is still very tight and will run hotter until 4-6k miles. Its no problem. You should also find, if working right, that the fan runs a lot on a young engine. The fan will run less from 4-6k miles plus. (Message edited by uly_man on May 01, 2011) |
Electraglider_1997
| Posted on Sunday, May 01, 2011 - 07:21 pm: |
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I've never seen my pipes glow. |
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