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I have 2 B1's with the red lead pipe and honestly it really is not a bad pipe if you di ck around with water routing and jetting.
Too many people just go with the standard water routing and jet it close and are fat dumb and happy ( well maybe the last 2) with it - You can remove the fitting where the water goes out and drill and tap it for a mikuni main jet plus you can run that pipe nice and hot like a dry pipe as there is no coupler to worry about roaching. They seem to respond well to stinger water flow also.
The pipe also NEEDS a smaller leading edge prop to get the most out of it too.
Is it a FP ? NO Is it heavy ? YES Is it fickle about mounting ? Bet your a$$ ! But for the money it is a good pipe and you can get them to hit pretty damned close to a FP. I about died when I saw the prices they are going for now - I paid $100 for mine a few yrs ago, you almost couldn't give them away back then!
Keep in mind there is no one bolt in accessory that is going to give you that OMFG hit - it's a combination of all those add on goodies properly matched for your use AND most importantly tuning!
Now with my GF's pipe coming apart thanks to some donkey d ick dumba$$ that tried to helicoil it and drilled completely thru the water jacket and into the exhaust runner ( talk about full on water injection!) I think I am going to be done with that mess and just have the whole flange welded.
Realistically how often do you really need to remove the pipe anyways? You can access the starter and if I'm doing a top end I would rather do my top end assy on the bench - Really not that much work to unbolt the motor and e box.
Too many people just go with the standard water routing and jet it close and are fat dumb and happy ( well maybe the last 2) with it - You can remove the fitting where the water goes out and drill and tap it for a mikuni main jet plus you can run that pipe nice and hot like a dry pipe as there is no coupler to worry about roaching. They seem to respond well to stinger water flow also.
The pipe also NEEDS a smaller leading edge prop to get the most out of it too.
Is it a FP ? NO Is it heavy ? YES Is it fickle about mounting ? Bet your a$$ ! But for the money it is a good pipe and you can get them to hit pretty damned close to a FP. I about died when I saw the prices they are going for now - I paid $100 for mine a few yrs ago, you almost couldn't give them away back then!
Keep in mind there is no one bolt in accessory that is going to give you that OMFG hit - it's a combination of all those add on goodies properly matched for your use AND most importantly tuning!
Now with my GF's pipe coming apart thanks to some donkey d ick dumba$$ that tried to helicoil it and drilled completely thru the water jacket and into the exhaust runner ( talk about full on water injection!) I think I am going to be done with that mess and just have the whole flange welded.
Realistically how often do you really need to remove the pipe anyways? You can access the starter and if I'm doing a top end I would rather do my top end assy on the bench - Really not that much work to unbolt the motor and e box.
