by chefboyartie » Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:20 pm
The stock pipes on my r1 are wrapped from the midpipe to the cans (stock cans are ti) and i've had no problems what so ever. There is residue left on the cans from the wrap but I have no intentions of taking the wrap off. I'm sure water and elbow grease will remove the residue but I have not tried this. The smoke is normal from the wrap being brand new. It will stop after a while and only smoke after a wash. My guess on the rust would be that people washed the bike and did not start the bike and get it up to operating temp to dry the wrap because the wrap will hold water.