Was traveling down the road, and bike was acting funny (carb issues, never ending) so I pulled over and adjusted the idle and mixture, and went to carry on. Dog jumped in front of me mid turn, so I turned and braked left, and it high-sided me over the right side of the bike, and when I was done rolling, my bike was traveling straight towards the lake, when it slowed down, and crashed end of end. I ran after it thinking I could save it, or try to do something, idk. Well got to it, shut her down, and put her back upright and it SEEMED ok.

jumped back on, and tried to continue on my way, Idle was around like, 7k rpm, so I stopped at another side street, shut her down, and checked the carbs, boots, w/e. Than, she wouldn't start up. So with on the kickstand, and in Neutral (least the light was ok) I was trying to get it to start, figured the button must have f%&ked itself up or something. I go to lean it up to sit on it for an attempt to jump start it (I had power, just no crank) and it started and TOOK OFF towards the lake. You can see where it landed in the pics.

I ran over to it, thinking "what the f%$k, It crashed twice in one day" and go to lift it back up AGAIN. It bursts into flames under the bike. I run to the lake with my helmet (no, I didnt think to close the vents) and tried dousing it with water.It blew, guess a gass line let go orsomething, and I called 911.

Fire dept and PD showed up, put her out.

PD said I wasn't at fault, didn't write me a citation, and put it in the report that it was not due to rider error.

BTW, the fire truck almost hit the SAME EXACT f%$king DOG that I did.

I hope insurance helps. I have full coverage for a reason.

DAMN dog started all of that!! Wow, glad you're okay! Hopefully insurance will take care of you!!! As for the dog...     next time...just kidding!!!

That'll buff out...

-Jessie

Time to move on, more parts for adidasguy?

That sucks man. At least you didn't get hurt & have a pretty funny story.

It sucks, but the safest thing to do in that situation is hit the dog.

"Unsafe at any speed."

Wow dude. That really freaking sucks

Holy freaking sheet xune! Man that's a total rough trot. Glad your ok though.

So glad you are ok man, Bikes can be replaced but you cannot.
BTW, Can I have the engine guards?

Quote from: codajastal on April 20, 2012, 07:17:23 PM
BTW, Can I have the engine guards?

You knew it was coming...   

-Jessie

Real bummer. rarely do I hear of bikes bursting into flames.

We can rebuild her -we have the technology (and the parts).

Stay with us. You are a valuable member of the group.

Glad you didn't get hurt.

Good you got pictures. Put a tractor seat on it and you have a bobber!

Lets see: Seat - got one. Probably should replace the wiring harness: got one. New carbs: got some. Tank: it will buff out. Frame: powder coat it. New rear tire. New chain.

Yep - we can have her back on the road in a month.

Holy crap dude...She must have been stuck in gear among other things after going end over end.  I think you win the most spectacular fireball of a bike award.  Insurance should cover it.  Time for a new bike.  Realistically, I don't think it's worth trying to rebuild her.

I mean really Xune! If you didn't want to go with Flick on a ride you could have just said something. We would have understood!

Oh, wait I know what it is. You didn't want to buy everyone one McDonalds! MMMHMMM the truth comes out!

Mary

Seriously, glad your okay that sucks man.

2nd in line for the engine guards........



You took a pic of the bike while it was still engulfed in flames?  That's gangster! 

Xune,

You had better wanna check on that insurance policy.

A vehicle that has been in a fire is an automatic NON-Repairable Write Off (at least down here in Aust)

So you are inline to be paid out.

BUT

Your exhaust man. What the...? I feel some wiggle room for insurance to get out of this one Unless they knew about the exhaust mod.

Keep us posted how you go.

Michael

UHHHHH.  I'm at lost for words. I have never seen this happen before. WTF. Glad your OK.

Remove some of the add-ons like engine bars before they take her away from you.
I'm at a loss for words. Something like that would be devastating - especially after all the work you did on her.

Wow.......glad you're ok man. That's the important thing.

Salvage what you can from the bike - it probably will be a total loss. Grab those clip ons too!

That sucks man glad u ok. you can take the payout and then buy the bike back from the insurance co. I have seen people do that with cars. you could get $2000 or whatever and then pay them like $200 or something and just part it out to us.

Yes - salvage whatever you can. Those are all after-market parts which you should get to keep. Or maybe you can buy irt back from the insurance company for salvage price, un-titled, then part out what is salvageable.

I think you have a testamonial for those engine bars. The engine cases look good! The bars did their job.

I think if my bike was burning, there was nothing I could do and had a camera --- I'd take pictures.

Too bad the next Picture Challenge isn't "Your bike with fire on it." - You'd be a shoe-in!

But, in all seriousness, sorry for your loss.