How NOT to heat wrap your exhaust pipes
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Toni Reviews is a youtube channel dedicated to real rider reviews, from a London born and bred cockney. In this video I look at heat wrapping the exhaust down pipes on my Triumph Street Twin. One failed attempt I show you how NOT to do it and then hopefully show you some tips to help a successful installation.
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Where I purchased my wrap - TEC bike parts
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Ebay also do it but it wasnt as glossy in appearance, although the actual blend and weave of the ebay wrap looked tighter. I'd be interested to see what you go with and how it looks finished so drop some pics, comments in the comments box.
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This is brilliant! Makes me feel a little more confident about potentially doing this myself.
Elle G you can do it!
Thanks for sharing. This is a great help and should increase the chances of doing a good job the first time around.
Glad you found it useful. I find sometimes watching youtube and people getting perfect jobs first time round is sometimes not helpful. I want to see the ,mistakes and pitfalls and be honest as thats a far better way of being able to avoid the pitfalls yourself. so glad you found this helpful.
Great sharing as I'm planning to do this to my bike too ... Great to watch this b4 I start the work ... thanks Toni
Hi. No problem glad you found it helpful. Just remember to give the wraps a good soak before you start and you should be fine. 👍
@@ToniReviews 。。I'll follow your step for sure and give my CB1100 a new look
Thanks for the video, I want to do this on my new bike once it arrives so this is really useful!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks toni. Excellent video.
thanks so much matthew. always nice to get some feedback thanks
Should have taken the header completely off then sanded/grind down to bare metal and coated with 2,000 degree Rust-Oleum primer and 2,000 degree Rust-Oleum flat black paint then wrapped it
! The metal would not rust as fast as it will now especially after soaking the wrap in water and putting it on the already rusting pipe
JessieJ hi.mthanks for the feedback.bathe pipes are in pretty good condition and not rusted at all. The bike at the time was only a few thousand miles old and at that point a predominantly fair weather bike. Also the wet wrap was cured immediately by heating the pipes and evaporating any water. But you made some good points about the heat resistant rust primer which I will inspect the pieces next time I wrap and definitely consider doing. Many thanks for your comments you make some interesting and valid points which I’m sure people will find helpful. Thank you
Good job Toni.
Oh thanks... First time round wasnt so successful but we got there in the end
Love your bike! Best bike I ever had was a Triumph Daytona 675R. Unfortunately someone ran me over when I was riding it... Bike got the worst of it.
Oooh 😮 sorry to hear that! Hope your ok now.
It was a good video thank you. It would be better ( please don’t take this personally ) to take the pipes off, clean all the rust off, spray with heat resistant paint. Apply the heat wrap when dry spray over the wrap with heat resistant silicon paint, when dry refit. Take care
you could well be right there. Always interested to hear what other people are doing. Have you done this on your bike? if so what do the condition oif the pipes look like when re wrapping? thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
@@ToniReviews Thanks for the reply Toni. I’m in the process of doing mine I was looking for tips hence finding your video. Ive I’ve already removed my down pipes & cleaned all the rust off. Just trying to find a place that sells the exhaust wrap locally in my area to continue tomorrow. Take care & ride safe
Thanks for sharing Toni! Been wondering about this!
Othman Kammah no probs. Hope you found it helpful
@@ToniReviews sure did! is it safe to do it on the second part of the exhaust too? The one that comes out of the cat
@@othmankammah382 Its heat proof so it should be safe on any of those exhaust parts as its designed to take high temperatures. What are you wrapping the pipe? not the silencer?
Toni Reviews / Reviews & Rides i am thinking of wrapping the head pipe like you did your video and then also the British customs slash cut pipe that I have coming out of the cat. Can I wrap the second part?
@@othmankammah382 I hsve seen slash cut pipes wrapped all the way, with about 5 inches from the slash cut end. If you google images of wrapped slash cut pipes you should see how far up. But yes you can wrap along the length of the pipe.
I heard ceramic coating pipes are good too. What does any one think? Maybe ceramic coat with a good wrapping? Also before you take it off wetting the old wrap might stop fiberglass floating around?
E C I’ve heard of ceramic but not ever had any of mine painted this way so couldn’t comment personally but guaranteed someone read this can help. Plus good point about setting the old wrap! Definitely doing this next time they need replacing. 👍
Thanks for this!
I’m glad it helped😊
Why did your first job fray like that. Is that common or did you do something improperly that caused that?
Hi nik. Glad you asked. So a couple things. The first time I didn’t wet the wrap and that was an absolute nightmare. It needs to be wet to get a tight bind and also to cure (as it’s fibre glass). As the webbing is woven the ends have loose strands. As you wrap it around the pipe the loose strands and become unraveled and start to cause issues. I’ve done this job a couple of times now and what I’ve found works best is to fold over the end before you start wrapping and to cut any long strands before they become a problem. Hope this helps.
@@ToniReviews thanks! I’ve seen a few with colors but heard the colors don’t last long. Do you have any experienced with the colored ones? Any info on longevity?
@@nikhampshire hi nick. No I don’t personally have any experience with other colours although this may help. The wrap I used is titanium coloured and has a sheen to it. The wrap you see in the video that I was removing was after about 10k miles in all weathers riding, so it had taken a battering at that point. I’ve just recently replaced the wrap which wasn’t in as bad condition as you see in the video, but it was looking a little tired. This was after about 6k miles. So you are going to be replacing your wrap around every 6-8k miles roughly so I’d say go for the colour you want as inevitably it’s going to be a job that will need to get done anyway, so go for the one you like. Hope this helps 😊
@@ToniReviews thanks so much ! ❤️
Why did you put it on the way that the "ugly" side is visible? And the nice overlapped?
Ugly side? The tape is the same both sides
Hi! Would you say that the wrap accelerates the rusting of the exhaust? If so, do you think that soaking the fibers in wax could work ok against rust? Thanks a lot, and great bike!
Hi. I’ve heard stories of wraps accelerating rust but I can’t say that’s true or not. My pipes underneath the wraps seem ok. One person did mention maybe prepai ting the exhausts with heat resistant paint before wrapping which sounded like a good idea. If anything I would say the wrap probably has a degree of protection against the elements for the pipes. As for wrapping them in wax this wouldn’t work as the wax would melt away once the pipes are hot. Also the pipes don’t stay wet as the heat from the exhaust dries out the webbing almost instantly. Hope this helps
@@ToniReviews hi, yes it helps! 👍🏻 I might not go ahead with wraping mine just yet 🙂 thanks a lot for your attention though!
So I got exhaust wrap last week, and decided to install it like 2 hours ago. So being a stupid person that I am, I did not wear gloves, I was wearing a mask though. And now I can feel the sharpness feeling in my hands and arms and Idk how to get rid of it. Any help?
These are tiny glass fibres embedded in the skin. Unfortunately there’s not much you can do, other than take a few baths to wash yourself down and towel dry yourself to brush/ break the tiny fibres and let them work their way out. I did the same thing first time I did it.
Why do the exhaust pipe heat up so much? I have custom pipes for my VTX1800 and they sure get super hot. Should it be a concern at all?
Hi. It’s fine the exhaust pipes do get hot. That’s just normal nothing to worry about
You need to put up a shot of the whole bike at the end!
Nigel Zarb I’ll consider that . Thanks
Toni Reviews / Reviews & Rides keep it up, enjoying your videos :)
@@nzar88 Thanks. It's always nice to know people are finding them helpful. thank you :)
Do the titanium wraps also have fibers then get on clothes?
Yes they can do, especially when dry. Wetting them helps prevent the fibres from flying around.
Hi Toni, what's the size and length of the wraps needed for each pipe?
Hi I bought this from TEC which did both down pipes. www.tecbikeparts.com/product/exhaust-wrap-heat-proof/
So one roll which is 50mm x 5m fits both pipes?
@@garandiru999 what they have advertised at £5.99 fits both my pipes on the street twin
@@ToniReviews Great. Thank you
I did it today on my Cobra Streetrod Slashdown but covered it under the chrome cover. Exausts are extremely hot now. Is it correct? I dont want to burn or overheat something...
K555 hi. I couldn’t possibly comment on your job, especially,without seeing it. I would recommend testing the heat before the wrap, and after. The wrap shouldn’t be making a difference. But if your unsure maybe get it checked over by someone who may have some idea on this. Maybe your motorcycle mechanic. Just to. Be sure
Chrome covers etc are usually heat shields to stop you burning yourself on the exhaust.
@@ToniReviews thanks. Yes. But now the covers dont have any space between main pipe and them cause the wrap is there and who heat goes into chrome covers. I just wonder if it will not damage the chrome and other plastic things around the exhaust...
@@user-cr7tm3qe4r Hi
the heat wrap shouldnt be pressed against anything, as the heat will transfer to that object. In that case i would not wrap under the cover if its making contact. i would personally wrap up to the cover.
@@ToniReviews thank you very much for this answer. I will unwrap it then.