few questions about 06 bob

[bigmo_dynasb]

had my bob for 3 weeks has less than 300 miles on it ...completely stock exhaust no changes at all....

tonite i when i started it up to head home on my 5 block journey it coughed a few times on me....

i get home and get off, leave it running to see if it will do it anymore and look at the pipes and they are glowing red under the heat shields...

is this normal????? for it to get so hot in just 5 blocks and running a total of 5 minutes?

sorry if i didnt explain well enough new to the whole world of motorcycles...so please excuse me..lol

thanks Bigmo

[AZBiker]

I've had my 06 Dyna for about 2 months now, put almost 1800 miles on it, and i've never seen my pipes glowing red. Sounds like it's running way to lean. Hot is one thing, but when parts start glowing, that's usually a bad thing. I've seen headers turn red on a Ford 460 in a motorhome, after my father pulled a very long hill for about 10 minutes at full throttle, but after only a few minutes, sounds like you need to have it checked out man. You might have got a really bad tank of gas. I've seen cat's get extra hot on cars becuase of bad gas.

[MemphisBiker]

Is this the first time this has happened? Regardless, I would take it back to the dealer you purchased it from and tell them what you are experiencing. I know bikes these days are made to run lean to comply with emissions, but if your headers are glowing red, then you are on the verge of possibly doing damage to your engine. Take it back and make the dealer correct it on their dime. Good luck and let us know what happens.