Watch your exhaust

I decided to have a trip over to my Parents yesterday for lunch and a cuppa. Round trip of 220 miles. Now it was much hotter on way home and by the time I was coming through chesterfield I was pretty sticky. So was my right foot!! By the time I got I to Buxton the sole of my boot was hanging off. The exhaust and sun were so hot it had melted the glue holding my boots together! I managed to get to Cat and Fiddle where I had to carry out repair works on my boot to get me home (Shame). Has this happened to any one else?? Is there a heat shield or something like to prevent this happening again

 

Not heard of this! What exhaust do you have? If it was a Taylormade style with exhaust exit under foot peg it might be understandable?

 

Size 8, want to buy a pair of boots !!!

 

Sorry don't mean to trivialise this, but just put your foot on the peg rather than the exhaust.......problem solved

 

Its a factory exhaust. And I ride with the ball of my foot on the pegs not the arch of it. Im a size 6 so Im sure you blokes out there must have some problems with your large boats hah

 

No doubt in this weather my right foot can feel the heat from the standard can, but never hot enough to damage my boot, so not sure why you had that issue.

 

What make of boot?

 

Belstaffs. Never happened to first pair I had but then Gain I had an under seat exhaust. ,

 

Get an aftermarket exhaust like Yoshi or Akky etc and the problem will disappear Marion

 

There lies the problem!

Get some Sidi's, Alpinestars etc etc

 

Will have to pop to j &s see what they got in but if they melt some one will have to foot the bill !!

 

'"Foot the Bill"!

You're wasted Maz U should be a Comedian!

Check out Demon Tweeks also Maz, Andy there is ACE to us Bladers!

Use these myself and am well impressed!

 

I have looked at sidi but they creak when you walk wouldn't anyone to think it was my knees !

 

Hi mate, this might be connected the standard exhaust is not just an end can it has the catalytic converter in there as well and Fastbikes raised an issue with the heat emitted causing damage to the shock!

http://1000rr.co.uk/maintenance/12238.htm#post194299

 

Will have to check it out, thanks for heads up

 

That's huge, are you the son of yeti or something?

Never hard any issues myself Marion.

 

Mine don't creak, neither do the 3 of my mates who also have Sidi boots and they are all different models.

 

Or a leo vince?

 

I rode with sidi vortice from the day they came out till november last year. once wd40d they stopped squeaking. bought some alpinstar supertechs at bike show in nov and never looked back! Miles better boot. comfier, more movement, and theyre not a pain in the fcukin @ss to out on everytime!!