I was riding my DS at night for the first time, and noticed my headpipe was GLOWING! It was kinda cool lookin' but i was concerned. Anyone have this same condition before? I was just riding around a little, nothing fast at all.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

 

Mine has. I've heard other peoples have too.

 

its normal to see the head pipes glow a little at night..

 

I ride allot at night and have never seen them glow and i ride hard, rev it lots.....damn i want them to glow to

 

If you are seeing it glow, you might try jetting up a little bit. Red means heat, and that much heat often means a lean condition.

 

I would also get a bigger jet in there. Try one or two sizes up. Mine don't glow at night and I run hard to.

 

Decrease your main jet a couple sizes and yours should glow. LOL

 

I was told this is a effect of burning gases going out the head and still burnig in the header causing the glowing . going up on the jet would let the motor run cooler but still letting more gas in the jug. mine has done it as well but I havent road at night in a long time to see if it still does.
sam

 

my friends craptor was glowing last week and when we got back from the night ride we

noticed his coolant was boiling, yes actually boiling over in the reserve..

 

If your headers are a glowin' you might want to jet up a size or two. Tooo much heat not good for the motor . Yes heat is a good thing just not too much. Squatcher has seen my stock headers glowin' about the first 8" after a hard ride at buttercup dunes almost looked as if they were molten metal. jetted up two sizes and cured that also ran a little better on top end.