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Posted by greenbarn
 - March 12, 2013, 17:14:39 PM

I think JMBO is right - the nomad in the pic looks like a double-wall pipe, so that would make a big difference.  For example, on my HardKrome pipe, there is about a half inch air gap between the inner pipe and outer chromed pipe.  The outer stays a lot cooler than a single wall pipe would be.

With single-wall, I would think John is close at 4".

If you needed to, You could get a piece of stainless pipe from an automotive exhaust shop, and cut it in half and polish it up nice to make shields.

Posted by jmbo
 - March 12, 2013, 17:07:10 PM
Quote from: pcarrell on March 01, 2013, 15:22:53 PM

This is a factory stock 2009 Kawasaki Nomad......

So, I'd say you're probably looking at somewhere around 2 inches.

But isn't the chrome outer tube on the Nomad basically a heat shield around a much smaller pipe.  If the V&H pipes are solid tube without an outer shield they will get much hotter than the Nomads.

A heat shield mounted on the bottom of the bag might help but you will need a space between the bag and the shield for air flow.  I'm building a hot rod and have the same issue between the battery case and the exhaust.  I'm using a piece of bakelite for an insulator.

Posted by 49Reo
 - March 12, 2013, 12:35:39 PM

You could go to about an inch IF you put in a heat shield that doesn't touch either the bags or pipes. Tin would work well.

Regards,

Posted by pcarrell
 - March 01, 2013, 15:22:53 PM

This is a factory stock 2009 Kawasaki Nomad......

So, I'd say you're probably looking at somewhere around 2 inches.

Posted by John Hopkins
 - March 01, 2013, 15:08:56 PM

four inches..

John.

Posted by brillo72
 - March 01, 2013, 08:59:44 AM

I am in the process of doing the Vance & Hines longshots to duals mod as found in the mod tips section. I am also adding a set of fiberglass hard bags. I want to hang the hard bags low. My question to anyone who might know something about this subject is what is the minimum space I should leave between the exhaust and the bags on each side?

Thanks,
Brillo

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