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  • High Lord
    • Mar 2026

    #1

    This is why Header Wrap SUX..

    I now have a pile of rust coloured snow and no exhaust, Lesson Learned.
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    If anyone in NEW ZEALAND has a spare exhaust from a gs650e or 550e I'm looking...
  • GS1150Pilot
    Forum LongTimer
    Past Site Supporter
    • Nov 2013
    • 18984
    • MoN, AZ

    #2
    I'm sure environment plays a role, but I'd never wrap a bike exhaust. It doesn't even look good.
    "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
    ~Herman Melville

    2016 1200 Superlow
    1982 CB900f

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    • GSCafe

      #3
      I had mine blasted and ceramic coated before wrapping. Hope that works for me. To each his own, GS1150Pilot.

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      • JJ

        #4
        Wrapped exhaust is FUGLY and looks cheap. It's silly.

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        • GregT
          Forum Sage
          • Jul 2009
          • 3541
          • New Zealand

          #5
          I reckon that's a Sagar pipe from the late 80's early 90's. I've seen enough of them...
          Check with wreckers or trademe for either usable OE or a Cycleworks pipe.

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          • High Lord

            #6
            Originally posted by GS1150Pilot
            I'm sure environment plays a role, but I'd never wrap a bike exhaust. It doesn't even look good.
            Yeah the "garage" has a constant 90% humidity, more like a cave. I think wraps look Cooool, like a mummy .

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            • High Lord

              #7
              Originally posted by GregT
              I reckon that's a Sagar pipe from the late 80's early 90's. I've seen enough of them...
              Check with wreckers or trademe for either usable OE or a Cycleworks pipe.
              Interesting, I just assumed a cycleworks pipe. The PO said they where from a GS550 , needed to be lightly spread but worked pretty good..Yeah I've been stalking Tradeyou, and ebay. CW exhaust is looking about 7-800 bucks, but at least its designed for the bike, and i know what happens if you wrap 'em.

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              • High Lord

                #8
                Originally posted by JJ
                Wrapped exhaust is FUGLY and looks cheap. It's silly.
                Wrong, it looks neat, but yeah it looks cheap and yes it is silly, like smoking.

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                • GS1150Pilot
                  Forum LongTimer
                  Past Site Supporter
                  • Nov 2013
                  • 18984
                  • MoN, AZ

                  #9
                  Originally posted by High Lord
                  Yeah the "garage" has a constant 90% humidity, more like a cave. I think wraps look Cooool, like a mummy .
                  Like a mummy, it's dead.
                  "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
                  ~Herman Melville

                  2016 1200 Superlow
                  1982 CB900f

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                  • JJ

                    #10
                    Originally posted by High Lord
                    Wrong, it looks neat, but yeah it looks cheap and yes it is silly, like smoking.
                    You're entitled to your opinion. If you think it looks "neat", then wrap it up. Just don't be offended when i point at your bike and laugh.

                    I agree that smoking is silly, and worse.

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                    • High Lord

                      #11
                      Originally posted by JJ
                      You're entitled to your opinion. If you think it looks "neat", then wrap it up. Just don't be offended when i point at your bike and laugh.

                      I agree that smoking is silly, and worse.
                      thank you for the "entitlement", very gracious of you. If you laugh at my bike ATM it means your in my "garage" next to a pile of rust and half unwrapped headers, come up and and i'll make you a cuppa, or I'll take offence. Neatly re-wrapping the headers now probably would achieve far less but thank you for the advice.

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                      • High Lord

                        #12
                        Originally posted by GS1150Pilot
                        Like a mummy, it's dead.
                        But it still looks cool, till you take off the bandages after 3000 or say 3 years.

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                        • JJ

                          #13
                          Originally posted by High Lord
                          thank you for the "entitlement", very gracious of you. If you laugh at my bike ATM it means your in my "garage" next to a pile of rust and half unwrapped headers, come up and and i'll make you a cuppa, or I'll take offence. Neatly re-wrapping the headers now probably would achieve far less but thank you for the advice.
                          LOL... Anytime. If I'm ever down in Kiwi Land, I'll take you up on the offer of a cuppa.

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                          • GS1150Pilot
                            Forum LongTimer
                            Past Site Supporter
                            • Nov 2013
                            • 18984
                            • MoN, AZ

                            #14
                            Originally posted by High Lord
                            But it still looks cool, till you take off the bandages after 3000 or say 3 years.
                            Er ... well, if you say so.

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                            "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
                            ~Herman Melville

                            2016 1200 Superlow
                            1982 CB900f

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