1200rr Glowing Headers

No experience sorry. But if I were you I would be talking to my dealer as you are still in the break in .

 

“Glowing” sounds strange. Pictures?

 

Mine our same on my 1200rs

 

No way should any header be getting that hot unless the engine's running flat out.

 

They do on the speed triple1200rs ....that's on tick over as well......euro 5 for ya

 

What do Triumph say about it?

 

They will say it's a safety feature if you glow in the dark

 

It's common and quite normal, my BMW gs used to do it ...particularly noticeable on warm dark nights.
As you say modern bikes run very lean and hot and that combined with the very thin metal of the headers causes this issue