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Old 03-05-2007   #5 (permalink)
tbsrider2000
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Now that you mention it, I don't have a hole at all, but I do have one bag that the paint has become flat.. like it has gotten hot. I have wondered about it, but not too much. But.... this past trip to Sturgis I was in a traffic jam for hours, just idling along. Not moving fast enough to cool anything down. I assume that this is when the bag got hot enough to burn the paint... I haven't even thought about this until I read your post.

Unless the bag is touching the pipe, as long as the bike is moving most of the time, there should never be enough heat to affect the bags.. but idling along in a traffic jam would definitely allow a bunch of heat to build up.
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