Anyone wrap a Carpenter race exhaust?

Fungames43232

If it's too fast your too old
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I have never had the need to wrap an exhaust until now. This thing is blazing and I'm riding in 35 deg weather. I've watched many videos. Some say use 2" some say 1" wrap. Some say wrap back to front, others say front to back. I've seen it done on the bike and off the bike. What is the best way from your experience?
The plan is to both wrap and add some aluminium heat shields.
Note, I did have the pipe ceramic coated. No help, still blazing.
 
Here is my first attempt at ever wrapping an exhaust. I used 1" lava wrap back to front in a clockwise motion. She's still soaking wet from last night(haha) so I'll have to let her dry before I bring in the high temp silicone spray.
 

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Quality ceramic coat. Done
Even stainless can suffer from wrapped trapping moisture.
Wrap is pointless and looks ugly and feels fuzzy bad and will wear down quick is normal wear. Also can't keep it clean ever!
 
Only carbon custom shields with proper distance like 1/4 to 3/8 and underneath special heat insulation, wrap is good too, once y star bike no moisture
 
I have two R3Rs. YurMama is 200+ with a BEAUTIFUL LES 2" header that is Insufferably HOT at a stop or any speed under 25mph, and I have the burn scars on my leg as proof.
Kong is 160 with a formerly beautiful 1¾" CES header.
The LES 2" header tucks in better, providing more right leg clearance than the CES 1¾" header. There is NO WAY I would uglyfy and/or damage my LES with heat tape.
My solution was to have my leather guru little sister fabricate me a leggin. It is two layers of deer skin with two sheets of curved corrugated aluminum sheeting that surrounds a layer of heat shielding insulation. Velcro on the longitudinal edges securely fit the leggin around the outside of my riding boot top and pants. It is made to fit just below my knee and covers the top of my 10" Gaerne riding boots.
I used this on my cross country, Pacific to Atlantic, ride last June. and it worked well. On a hot day (had many over 100°) it kept temps tolerable so that I could ride all day regardless of the temp.
 
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