Sonofa*&%$#

[randy]

I take a short hop to the grocery store a mile away and when I get back I hear this sick rubber squeaking sound as I push the bike into the garage.....FLAT!

LESS THAN 100 MI ON THIS NEW S11 AND I'M CALLIN IT UNREPAIRABLE..



HALF OF A SHEETROCK BLADE ARRRGH!

[crazy steve]

Yep, that one is toast....

At least you made it home.

'78E original owner

[MrOzz]

That blows. At least it did not go flat doing 85 on the highway.

[mstic2000]

Ouch!!!!!

[XJ Rob]

Depending on how much damage is on the inside I might try to patch the inside of the tire and use a tube to boot. JAT

[trbig]

Randy, I hear ya. I just hauled a members bike to Kansas City on a borrowed trailer to work on it this last weekend, and the bracket the front tire goes into pulled up from the trailer floor. He'd only had lag bolts into plywood for it. So the edge of the bracket ate the side out of a brand new Avon Venom with maybe 200 miles on it to the tune of $120.

Want even better news? I had just got done synching his carbs and we were color tuning the idle mixture. This bike is like a museum piece... A line got pulled off that damn octo I love so much, and gas poured out onto the motor that you have to have good and warmed up to tune right.. and POOF!! FIRE!!!! Jerked the tank off and headed to the yard with it... with the petcocks pouring fuel still and me leaving a nice trail of fire.

Russ got to it quickly with the fire extinguisher.. and luckily it was a dry chemical one that was made for fuel fires. Ol' Bigfoot was nice enough to get a shot right after the extinguisher.. you know.. to rub it in later about barbecued bikes and such.





Bike escaped fairly unscathed considering.. a couple wires with insulation damage and the left side cover got the paint blistered just a bit on the front leading edge of it. So... now the sidecover is off to a body shop to sand, match the paint EXACTLY, and repaint. The owner took it better than I hoped.

So... I know your deal sucks, Randy, but I'll trade you..


Tod

[Guy_b_g]

Scary...the good side is, it sounds like no one was burned, and the house isn't a pile of ashes...

[Mstaab]

Glad every one got out OK, good you had a fire extinguisher handy. I keep one in the garage also, hope I never have to use it.

Lost a tire the same way a month ago, put a nail in it dead center in the contact patch. an ME880

[Cobia]

Tire & Fire

Randy,
That's always a bummer, lucky you found out about it in the garage !!
Ditto with XJRob's thought.

And now for the string highjacker/stealer..... geez Todd !!!!

Never a dull moment around you !!!!!

Glad no one got hurt and the damage was minimal, and the owner didn't call his attorney or his enforcer.... he, he.

[trbig]

And now for the string highjacker/stealer..... geez Todd !!!!

Yeah, thought about that after I posted. Should have been it's own thread. I PM'd Randy to appologize.


Tod

[randy]

No, no, no...don't sweat it, Tod. BTW, I can't believe you carried a tank of gas away from a fire. WTF were you thinking? Could have bee A LOT worse. Either one of us could have been a lot worse off. Be careful.

[blue giant]

Looks like an act of terrorism to me Randy!

Did it completely penetrate the tire? I'd certainly consider a patch and tube since the tire is so new.

[randy]

Terrorism? Nah.. I know where I probably picked it up, I made a traffic detour past a condo construction site nearby..

It penetrated up to the hilt..the slit is an inch wide completely through the tire. Even if it could be patched, I wouldn't trust it

[oseaghdha]

No, no, no...don't sweat it, Tod. BTW, I can't believe you carried a tank of gas away from a fire. WTF were you thinking? ....................

That's the picture I was hoping to see.
Tod running down the drive with fire chasing him! Classic.

[blue giant]

I wouldn't trust it

Chicken****!