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Snmhomes
10-20-2016, 10:57 AM
My header pipe is getting red hot at start up at idle. Maybe a min or two after start. I'm guessing this isn't normal? 14 SX no mods.

zviadi
10-20-2016, 12:01 PM
http://ebrforum.com/showthread.php?307-Glowing-header

buell-fan
10-20-2016, 03:07 PM
This is normal. The ecm has the engine running lean and epa compliant. The bikes run much cooler with an aftermarket pipe and corresponding race ecm installed.

Snmhomes
10-20-2016, 03:33 PM
Thanks for the help.

Mike
10-30-2016, 10:37 AM
Lean...has nothing to do with it..! Wives tale, myth, whatever you want to call it...but NOT because it's lean.
It's low ignition timing. Part of the EPA (government) tune-up.

Get the IDS ECM, that will fix it.

Mike