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Mario_Kempes Trackday Trickster
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Posted: 22:07 - 07 Jan 2014 Post subject: Unsecured bag on a Speed Triple? What could go wrong? |
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moppy World Chat Champion
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Gutted! How did that happen? Bag fallen to one side and melted on the exhaust? ____________________ 2005 Honda Varadero 125xl > 2005 GS500F > 2007 DRZ400 SM > 600 Bandit & Yamaha YP250 |
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Cousin rode across the Ozz outback a few years back on a KLR650, he was too stingy to buy proper panniers but neither did he have the ingenuity to fashion some out of suitable materials i.e. not wood with the high rise exhaust.
Cue him riding along in the outback being "chased" by a pickup truck that was actually trying to warn him that the RH of his bike was on fire , they caught up with him in a petrol station of all places and he finally realised what they were shouting at him ____________________ Current: 02 FZS 1000 Some Bike Pics...
'I was too busy paying attention to pay attention' |
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Posted: 02:07 - 08 Jan 2014 Post subject: |
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Never had any catch fire, but I did have a set of throwovers (which I thought were secure) slip across and get wedged between the chain and the swingarm, locking the back wheel.
Only sheer luck that didn't end in a nasty off. ____________________ Things get better with age; I'm close to being magnificent........
20 RE Interceptor, 83 Z1100A3, 83 GS650 Katana
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Mario_Kempes Trackday Trickster
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Not my bike, thankfully. I took it from this bloghttps://www.bandin.info/2010/11/como-conducir-una-moto-en-la-brasa.
The guy was at the end of a 500km trip from Vigo to Ourense when he started to feel a bit of heat. He then clocked smoke in his mirrors and turned around to see the bag, that he had attached to the back seat with a bungee net, was on fire with flames and smoke pishing out the back.
It had slipped down and been in contact with the Arrows. Obviously for some time.
While he was at the side of the road the only person who stopped was a Portuguese trucker. There's not the same sense of solidarity with Spanish bikers as there's just so many of them and bikes are just seen as another form of transport rather than a special interest. A bit shit but there you go.
The trucker said that he'd been sounding his horn at him for a couple of minutes but he clearly hadn't heard him. |
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I'm just glad that the fad of high level exhausts on street bikes seems to be coming to a long overdue end. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike |
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moppy World Chat Champion
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Posted: 10:48 - 08 Jan 2014 Post subject: |
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Would it not get a bit crowded on the other side though? I can't see that it does on the RC30, but lets return to exhibit A.
https://s30.postimg.org/w4fq1pia5/middle1_4.jpg
This swingarm is a work of art. If I'd made this, I'd want to show it off. But then, the wheel is also gorgeous, so god knows why they put that hideous exhaust in the way.
Meh, I've never lived with high level exhausts so dunno how much of a pain they are. |
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They can be a stinging pain as I found out last summer after an all dayer.
It was hot so I decided to strip off down to my shorts before putting the bike away in the tight space that is the shed and consequently burnt my leg rather close to the tackle.
I suppose a low level exhaust would have burnt my shin. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 10 years, 127 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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