Ok first thing is to remove side plastics and heat shield from left side. Once done go get yourself from ebay or local speed shop a 5 meter / 15 foot roll of heat wrap tape the cheap stuff is just as good as the most expensive stuff. Grab a few stainless steel cable ties as well in case your Flea Bay kit doesn’t come with them. Next is to soak the heat wrap for a few minutes in warm water and then apply from header section towards the can at the back. Now it took a few goes for me to get tight but if you take the time it will be worth it. As I did each section I used the cable ties to finish each section then I would double wrap the in-between sections over the springs connections. There is no need to do the rear section behind the rear guard I only went to the muffler slip on joint as its a waste to go further back.
After finishing the wrap I went to town on the plastics with heat Aluminium tape and reinforced tape. I did everything on the left side double and triple overlay as you can see from the photos. The tape was around 30 bucks Australian but I am sure it will be cheaper over your way. But all it cost me was less than 100 dollars and about two hours of work. Just watch your hands with the wet fiberglass wrap as your hands will take a beating being wet and having so many sharp edges you will get a few scrapes.
Oh and I borrowed my works cable gun for the stainless ties as that’s the most expensive part to get the ties really tight. Or you can persist with pliers and a set of nips.
Ok so what’s it like when I put it back together? It’s great. Heaps better with the heat wrap and tape, I can use shorts and (thongs / flip-flops for you yanks…lol….) no worries it has reduced the heat to about 85% of what it was before.
So ……for 2 hours work less than a 100 bucks and a half case of beer and I now have an awesome bike I can hunt on and go trailing or mudding with no heat problems.
I hope this post has been helpful?
Cheers mates.
