my hawk pipe caught fire. almost lost the bike
09-06-2008, 02:52 AM
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my hawk pipe caught fire. almost lost the bike
typing this with an injured hand
riding home from work, i get to the last stoplight. the entire day my temps were running a little hotter for some reason? I recently went back to stock needles with 2 washer shim, stock filter, high mount pipes. 48 pilots, 1 turn out.
anyway, stoplight hits, i see a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiig smoke cloud. thought i blew a headgasket or rings. i ride to the hill, i see flickers on the ground from fire. i immediately dismount, look at the flames, try to put out with my gloves. nada. some passer bys saw and didnt even stop!!! asshats
so ****. i toss my gloves back on and haul *** back to my house. blew 3 stop signs and see **** flying out as im riding. get home, pipe still on fire. I hop over a fence to my hose, crank that **** on, douse my pipes. took about 10 secs for the fire to extinguish. i notice my right hand is burned on my finger a bit - i go to check out the bike again.
apparently the packing got so hot it burned through the f-ing pipe?!? i packed with coarse steel wool and fiberglassed over that. dunno why my temps were hotter, thinking bc of rejet? and maybe it was running lean. EGTs may have been through the roof and that's what set the packing on fire. anyway, undertail is slightly melted, fairing was charred but alright. right pipe is fucked. left pipes okay. i still am screwed though
gottabuy new pipes. high mounts. BLAH. not enough money. i need cheapo high mounts, or someone who sells canister shells. anyone know!?!?!?
burned my finger a good bit. its blistering now. fack
guess i gotta go back to driving the car. 22 mpg. bleeeeehh
pics to come \soon
riding home from work, i get to the last stoplight. the entire day my temps were running a little hotter for some reason? I recently went back to stock needles with 2 washer shim, stock filter, high mount pipes. 48 pilots, 1 turn out.
anyway, stoplight hits, i see a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiig smoke cloud. thought i blew a headgasket or rings. i ride to the hill, i see flickers on the ground from fire. i immediately dismount, look at the flames, try to put out with my gloves. nada. some passer bys saw and didnt even stop!!! asshats
so ****. i toss my gloves back on and haul *** back to my house. blew 3 stop signs and see **** flying out as im riding. get home, pipe still on fire. I hop over a fence to my hose, crank that **** on, douse my pipes. took about 10 secs for the fire to extinguish. i notice my right hand is burned on my finger a bit - i go to check out the bike again.
apparently the packing got so hot it burned through the f-ing pipe?!? i packed with coarse steel wool and fiberglassed over that. dunno why my temps were hotter, thinking bc of rejet? and maybe it was running lean. EGTs may have been through the roof and that's what set the packing on fire. anyway, undertail is slightly melted, fairing was charred but alright. right pipe is fucked. left pipes okay. i still am screwed though
gottabuy new pipes. high mounts. BLAH. not enough money. i need cheapo high mounts, or someone who sells canister shells. anyone know!?!?!?
burned my finger a good bit. its blistering now. fack
guess i gotta go back to driving the car. 22 mpg. bleeeeehh
pics to come \soon
09-06-2008, 04:28 AM
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Holy ****
Not sure what type of fiberglass you used in there but damn, I hope you got a good laugh out of it at least since rou ran like you had fire up your ***
I laughed hard minutes after the initial shock of blowing my ZX-6 engine at 200 km/h, it went down in flames
, but hey for what it cost, better at least get a good laugh.
Sorry for your finger tough
Not sure what type of fiberglass you used in there but damn, I hope you got a good laugh out of it at least since rou ran like you had fire up your ***
I laughed hard minutes after the initial shock of blowing my ZX-6 engine at 200 km/h, it went down in flames
, but hey for what it cost, better at least get a good laugh.Sorry for your finger tough
09-06-2008, 05:02 AM
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hey take a piece of steel wool and strech it then use alighter on it. You then will have your answer .... backfire or rouge spark buddy....personally i would not put steel wool in for packing but to each his own
09-06-2008, 10:24 AM
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LOL
i kinda see this as fate
a guy I know just died on a bike
this should keep me off the bike for a while until I source new pipes
but yeah, F steel wool
fiberglass all the way
in hindsight, it was pretty funny
i kinda see this as fate
a guy I know just died on a bike
this should keep me off the bike for a while until I source new pipes
but yeah, F steel wool
fiberglass all the way
in hindsight, it was pretty funny
09-06-2008, 01:29 PM
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I had this happen but not NEAR as bad.
I had a 4-1 on my suzuki bandit 1200S that didn't fit quite right at the can. After many of miles on a group ride, the bikes behind me could see white hot flames in the muffler. I had a leak in that front joint "fueling" the afterburning in the muffler. By the time I made it home, the inner core had vaporized, much of the packing was ash, and the exterior was badly discolored; all of which combined equaled a new exhaust.
I had a 4-1 on my suzuki bandit 1200S that didn't fit quite right at the can. After many of miles on a group ride, the bikes behind me could see white hot flames in the muffler. I had a leak in that front joint "fueling" the afterburning in the muffler. By the time I made it home, the inner core had vaporized, much of the packing was ash, and the exterior was badly discolored; all of which combined equaled a new exhaust.
09-07-2008, 04:48 PM
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Damn Anto I'm sorry to hear this.
Gald you are OK.
But I gotta say, your story (not really what happend but more the way you told it) + the posts following had me rolling. Too funny
Again glad you're ok. sorry to hear about the bike and incident.
Gald you are OK.
But I gotta say, your story (not really what happend but more the way you told it) + the posts following had me rolling. Too funny
Again glad you're ok. sorry to hear about the bike and incident.
09-07-2008, 08:06 PM
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Can you imagine the look on grandma and grandpa's faces as they enter the intersection having just enjoyed a peaceful afternoon drive in their Lncoln Towncar when some maniac biker blows through the stop sign at 190K with eight foot flames erupting from the back of his bike!!!!!!!!
That's frickin awesome!!
That's frickin awesome!!
09-07-2008, 08:57 PM
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LOL. yeah amazingly my hand has healed verrry quickly, its pretty much good right now. burns usually take a week or so to heal, i cleaned it daily and applied hydrocortizone with aloe, then wrapped it with a bandage. it healed in 2 days!!
as for the pipe situation i think i found a solution. i bought some .025 aluminum sheeting, gonna trace, cut and shape it to an oval. going to run some steel wool and/or sandpaper over it, to clean and give it a nice brushed look, then repack and rivet that bitch in!! only thing that sucks is that i need 37.5 x 40.5cm for one pipe, and it costs 24 a sheet. expensive, but cheap when you consider the cost of oem replacement.
i think i will go stainless steel wool this time, fiberglass blows out too quickly and is somewhat pricey to keep replacing. gotta fix my jetting this time, LOL
as for the pipe situation i think i found a solution. i bought some .025 aluminum sheeting, gonna trace, cut and shape it to an oval. going to run some steel wool and/or sandpaper over it, to clean and give it a nice brushed look, then repack and rivet that bitch in!! only thing that sucks is that i need 37.5 x 40.5cm for one pipe, and it costs 24 a sheet. expensive, but cheap when you consider the cost of oem replacement.
i think i will go stainless steel wool this time, fiberglass blows out too quickly and is somewhat pricey to keep replacing. gotta fix my jetting this time, LOL
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