Question: Does the color of your stainless steel pipes indicate fuel mapping issues?

Last month I installed a Bassani RR3 and ran it with a canned 2-1 tune from DynoJet for a few days. Pretty much immediately the pipes started turning bluish/purple in certain areas. After I got the bike dyno'ed professionally I though the bike running in a richer state would reduce the pipes turning black. Instead I'm still seeing the pipes get darker in color every day.

Would love to get feedback on what could cause this. Could poor air flow from the intake or improperly installed engine port gasket cause this?

Photo below is before getting it dyno'ed (top) and a day after (bottom). The pipe is even darker now throughout.

 

Those look like stainless steel or titanium pipes, they will color with use.

 

Are those single wall? Double wall pipes hide bluing.

 

Totally normal, you should see the SS headers on my hot rod

 

that is called bluing. They do it on purpose to gun metal. Looks awesome and adds custom character to your ride.

Throttle up and ride on.

 

Sorry I should have been more clear with my question.

I know these pipes anodize with use. My question is more along the lines of does the actual shade of color indicate fuel mapping issues. From what I’ve read online and heard from others, a gold color indicates engine running rich vs blue/black equates to running lean with the darkening indicating overheating. Not sure how true that is though.

 

not true. The longer you run them the more color they get. It has more to do with the process used to make them than what you run through them.

 

That's why people use Heat Shields on pipes to hide the bluing/discoloration -- I guess with the pipe switch the stock heat shields would no longer fit. Stainless pipes discolor worse that most, and has been mentioned yours look par for the course. Seems like any pictures of the pipes mounted on bikes for advertising would have shown this so you'd be aware prior to purchase.

 

Your pipes look great, don't mess with anything...

 

"I know these pipes anodize with use"

That statement told me all I needed to know about how much the OP knows 🤣🤣🤣