It could be worse. I think the motor was rebuilt I'm not sure what else was reused, I'll have to find out. This wasn't mine, I stopped in at a friend's I hadn't seen in awhile and he another guy were hoisting this up to strip it down. Got caught in a shed fire.

 

Did a braided hose chafe and short to battery cable or something electrical?

 

Damn,That just aint right. Sorry to hear that. Take it down to the best rebuild shop in town and have the Insurance pay for a new project, custom paint and all.
Never heard of new braided lines failing. Something don't sound right.
When I blew a head gasket There was oil everywhere but no fire, and the engine was hot off the highway.

 

USA made and then china garbage is the other option you did not skimp he did

ask what he is going to do about it then send him a letter from your lawyer telling him to expect a bill, if he does not step up to the plate

 

wow that crazy

 

That sucks, before whipping out my phone I probably would have whipped out something else and started pissing on it !!!! Even braided line should not be close to exhaust, especially that close to the head as it looks in the pic . Hope you track it down, should not take too much to get her going again but it does suck.

 

Thanks on the bike. Luckily I didn't get burnt. Jeans were singed, but that's it.


Need new oil lines (not going with braided this time), seat, rewiring and see if the paint can be cleaned up. If not, paint the tanks. Also clean it up again.

I did try to put it out by trying to smother the fire with rags I had in my saddle bags. When that didn't work, I took them off. One of my riding buddies was on the phone with 911 and a police officer showed up and put it out with an extinguisher. Luckily he used a dry chem extinguisher. The fire department showed up right after and said they would have used water and it would probably cracked the engine cases.


I'm not sure how it caught fire, but the mechanic was thinking it may have been the vent or return line that burst having a combination of oil mist and combustion vapors that ignited.

I'll be looking for a portable dry chem extinguisher to keep in the bags.

 

Have you looked at that stuff in post #5?

 

I hope she'll be back in the wind soon too!


It is a good thing I was coming to a stop...better than going down the highway and it start knocking from being oil starved.


It did smell like burning oil and there was a really thick cloud of smoke when I stopped. Possibly a combustion mix with the oil?


After the fire burned, you could smell the burning plastic / rubber / foam.

 

Damn Tony, hate to see that!! I'm sure you're still sick over it, but it could have been much worse..