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Post by wotavidone on Mar 10, 2008 21:28:04 GMT -5
Doods,
Watch out for those foam filter pods.
My XT backfired yesterday, and next thing you know my nuts were sitting on a nice toasty little bonfire. Filter dropped molten plastic all over my carby vent lines and scorched the underside of my seat.
Had to cut and polish the tank and side covers to get the smoke damage off the paint.
Mick
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Post by StewRoss on Mar 11, 2008 1:25:03 GMT -5
Ah yes...I've never had one burn, but I have pulled them off and found singed foam on the inside... SR  |
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Post by caferacercarl on Mar 11, 2008 2:44:01 GMT -5
My son set fire to the one on his XR80 about 4 weeks ago, I was horrified and ran just in time to kick the remains of the filter off whilst on fire,I think he stalled the bike just before and tried to kick it. Carl..
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Post by wotavidone on Mar 11, 2008 22:42:53 GMT -5
That's about what happened Carl. I pulled up for a drink. I'd been crusing at about 100k on a redhot day, I had about a three minute stop in the shade of a gum tree to chug a bottle of water. We are currently experiencing the longest heatwave for about a century. When I went to restart she gave a backfire, I was looking for the hotstart button when my subconcious mind started sending out these little messages about the cloud of black smoke drifting out from behind the covers...........
Much frantic removal of side covers and throwing in of water and waving of side covers to try to extinguish the flames resulted.
Gave up on ride and went home, very carefully, to start repairs. Luckily I was in a real parking bay, so no Black Monday bushfires.
Mick
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Post by davedunsboro on Mar 12, 2008 6:03:47 GMT -5
Cheez man lucky you had water with you at that moment ! There is so much combustible things in that area not to mention the fueltank above! I had a CDI unit on a 550 Katana short out & catch alight . It stopped burning when I pulled the fuses ,but it was touch & go for a few scary seconds as it is located just under the airbox .I had no water only sand cheers Dave.
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Post by colinjay on Mar 12, 2008 16:27:46 GMT -5
A bike catching fire is one of the scariest things that can happen too you that doesn't invole another road user (car).
Back in 1977, I rode my stripped down Truimph 650 Trophy (TR6) in an enduro run by my local bike club. While riding thru a series of deep gutters/wash-outs I knocked the fuel line off of the LH fuel tap with my knee. I didn't notice the fuel pouring out until the bike went up in flames when I throttled off for the next series of gutter/wash-outs about 200 yards later. The fire was due to the open header pipes which blew "nice" flames on overrun. Fortunatly when the tap was turned off the fuel burnt off fairly quickly leaving the bike with just some burnt wiring and singed paint work. After that incident I always used hose clamps on fuel lines on the bike.
CJ
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Post by caferacercarl on Mar 16, 2008 1:20:00 GMT -5
Yes,I didn't mention the details,it was a really hot day and the boy still held the bike whilst on fire,the fuel line was 12mm or so from the flames and a full tank,I nearly lost the little fella and was glad I jumped off the dunny and ran down the paddock [too much information?] he's only 9, and his twin sister was standing there just looking as well.......being a dad has its days,I think I aged 4 years in 2 minutes....
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Post by wotavidone on Mar 16, 2008 6:01:04 GMT -5
Jeez,
Kids and fires is why I gave up drinking. I was too liquored to supervise the bonfire properly, I fell in it twice myself, so you can guess how bad I felt when I sobered up, and realised I probably would not even have noticed if my five year old fell in. Little kids just don't really understand how quick a fire can turn nasty.
Mick
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Post by joneill4 on Apr 8, 2008 7:00:13 GMT -5
Hey Carl, as a side note, I've heard very bad things about running K&Ns on dirt bikes. I run one on my SR, but not on my dirt bikes.
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