YZ 250F Haeder Pipe Problem

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Akira

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Aug 29, 2003

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• Feb 13, 2004

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Hi, I have a friend that just bought a 03' YZ 250F, And he was wondering: Is the Header pipe suposed to get red hot at the front or not. It is the stock pipe and header, and he was just concerned about it. I was thinking that he should just go and buy a new Pipe and Header Like an FMF or a White Bros. I really need some info on all this, your help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks A whole Bunch, :) Akira

 

evenslower

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Nov 7, 2001

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• Feb 13, 2004

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It definitely gets hot enough to glow. Perfectly normal, just means to need to get moving and get some air moving through them radiators :thumb:

 

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Akira

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Thanks For the Info, I will Pass this to my friend as soon as I see him. He was really worried that something was wrong with it.

 

oldguy

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Dec 26, 1999

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• Feb 13, 2004

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Yes they glow cherry red if you are idling it while sitting still. This week I was getting ready to do some work on my son's and the header was glowing pretty good despite it being about 40 degrees in the garage. I found that just lightly blowing over it cooled it enough to stop the glow.

 

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frankrock363

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• Feb 13, 2004

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Even though these thumpers will sit and idle just fine. They don't like it. 4 strokes tend to get very hot doing this. When idleing it is normal for the pipe to get red. I guess a 2 stroke would get just as hot if they would idle.