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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 05:20 PM
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header melting lower fairing

My header has melted my fairing into 2 seperate pieces. I think I'm gonna zip-tie it but after that should I put heat resistant tape on the fairing? Or maybe wrap the header with heat tape? Anyone ever been in this situation....what should I do to fix the problem?
Old Sep 24, 2004 | 05:34 PM
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Re: header melting lower fairing

yep.. happens all the time on gixxers. Wrap those headers.
Old Sep 24, 2004 | 06:34 PM
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Re: header melting lower fairing

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yep.. happens all the time on gixxers. Wrap those headers.


i had no idea that happened. now i will keep and eye on it.
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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 06:43 PM
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Re: header melting lower fairing

dont worry about it unless you have an aftermarket exhaust.
Old Sep 24, 2004 | 06:46 PM
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Re: header melting lower fairing

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dont worry about it unless you have an aftermarket exhaust.

its a good thing im broke and cant afford that. but thanx
Old Sep 24, 2004 | 07:37 PM
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Re: header melting lower fairing

Here ya go!!
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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 08:18 PM
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Re: header melting lower fairing

just watch out .....one of my friends just caught his gixxer on fire because of the. he was doing a burnout trying to finish off a tire and it got so hot it caught on fire!! luckily he put it out before the whole bike went up
Old Sep 24, 2004 | 09:49 PM
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Re: header melting lower fairing

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just watch out .....one of my friends just caught his gixxer on fire because of the. he was doing a burnout trying to finish off a tire and it got so hot it caught on fire!! luckily he put it out before the whole bike went up
I'm about to do the same thing.......minus the fire. Do I have much life left in my tire with 1" of steel exposed?
Old Sep 24, 2004 | 10:35 PM
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Re: header melting lower fairing

I'd say another thousand miles or so, or a 10 second burnout.
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