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Forgive me if this has been posted on this forum before.......Looks like an XS1100 to me,
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79 SF
Honda KO 750
Honda K2 750 Bobber in progress
Moto Guzzi 1000cc mongrel custom
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I was waiting for the BOOM76 XS650 C ROADSTER
80 XS650 G Special II
https://ibb.co/album/icbGgF
80 XS 1100 SG
81 XS 1100LH/SH DARKHORSE
https://tinyurl.com/k6nzvtw
AKA; Don'e, UD, Unca Don'e -
How effin stupid...water does not put out a gasoline fire...what a dumb azz1980 XS650G Special-Two
1993 Honda ST1100Comment
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A damn shame! Looked like a nice Standard too. I was surprised to see the side covers hold-up well to the flame!1979 XS1100F
2H9 Mod, Truck-Lite LED Headlight, TECHNA-FIT S/S Brake Lines, Rear Air Shocks, TKAT Fork Brace, Dyna DC-I Coils, TC Fuse Block, Barnett HD Clutch Springs, Superbike Handlebars, V-Star 650 ACCT, NGK Irridium Plugs, OEM Exhaust. CNC-Cut 2nd Gear Dogs; Ported/Milled Head; Modded Airbox: 8x8 Wix Panel Filter; #137.5 Main Jet, Viper Yellow Paint, Michelin Pilot Activ F/R, Interstate AGM Battery, 14MM MC, Maier Fairing, Cree LED Fog Lights.Comment
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So the only thing actually burning there for the majority of the video was the gas vapors in the airbox. I bet the petcocks were on too....
That thing would have burnt till the tank was empty.
I kept yelling, stick it in the snorkel!Nathan
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1978 XS1100E
K&N Filter
#45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
OEM Exhaust
ATK Fork Brace
LED Dash lights
Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
Green Monster Coils
SS Brake Lines
Vision 550 Auto Tensioner
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Theodore RooseveltComment
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As one post on U-Tube said, probably IQ of 40 between the 2 of them! Start a bike for the first time WITHOUT a fire extinguisher! Had he known how to put a fire out, you CAN use water on gas, it's just not easy...
What a waste of a nice StandardRay Matteis
KE6NHG
XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!Comment
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By the time they got the water turned on ,,,,,,,, the wiring burned through, the fuel lines too and between shorted wires and flowing fuel ?
Good it was not garaged, should have moved the car sooner and stood back to a safe place called for help and watched.
Where was the BOOM76 XS650 C ROADSTER
80 XS650 G Special II
https://ibb.co/album/icbGgF
80 XS 1100 SG
81 XS 1100LH/SH DARKHORSE
https://tinyurl.com/k6nzvtw
AKA; Don'e, UD, Unca Don'eComment
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81H Venturer1100 "The Bentley" (on steroids) 97 Yamaha YZ250(age reducer) 92 Honda ST1100 "Twisty"(touring rocket) Age is relative to the number of seconds counted 'airing' out an 85ft. table-top.Comment
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"Get the car out of the way"
"How do I do that?"
The stupidity is utterly stupendous.
Camera guy is more interested in putting their stupid on youtube than figuring out what to do. It took 5 minutes and thirty seconds for two guys to figure out they should go look for a fire extinguisher. In the meantime they stand there within 5 feet of the thing and say "it's gonna blow"! So much stupid, so little time.Last edited by Orange4; 12-19-2014, 03:30 PM.Living to EXcess.
1978 XS1100E Canadian, Cartridge emulators, NOS heavy duty fork springs,
Showa rear shocks, ACCT, Jardine 4-2 spaghetti pipes.
1979 XS1100F Canadian, stock exhaust. Top end rebuild in progress.Comment
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Speaking of low I.Q.
When I find really nice Specials on fire in the garage (Fuel line knocked off on hot running bike while synching carbs) I like to grab the tank and go running with it, leaving a trail of fire, and throw it in the front yard.
I think we were all waiting for a boom as well. Late-to-the-party fire extinguisher saved the tank and yard in a well-to-do neighborhood that likes to call the cops on us about every time we have a get-together there.
Bunch of motorcycle hoodlums...
Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!
Current bikes:
'06 Suzuki DR650
*'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
'82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
'82 XJ1100 Parts bike
'81 XS1100 Special
'81 YZ250
'80 XS850 Special
'80 XR100
*Crashed/Totalled, still ownComment
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Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!
Current bikes:
'06 Suzuki DR650
*'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
'82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
'82 XJ1100 Parts bike
'81 XS1100 Special
'81 YZ250
'80 XS850 Special
'80 XR100
*Crashed/Totalled, still ownComment
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Ha ha. If only it was on video. The only way to top that would be to get on it and start riding real fast to "blow out the fire."Living to EXcess.
1978 XS1100E Canadian, Cartridge emulators, NOS heavy duty fork springs,
Showa rear shocks, ACCT, Jardine 4-2 spaghetti pipes.
1979 XS1100F Canadian, stock exhaust. Top end rebuild in progress.Comment
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Good outcome
I started a bike on fire in my garage last year. Was spraying brake clean on the front of the engine, catching it in a drip pan. I had a space heater 20 feet away, but it was sitting on the floor. The vapors ignited and the drip pan caught on fire. The wet cleaner on the front of the bike caught fire . A total of about five seconds elapsed and the tank was already hissing from the gas expanding before I could grab the fire extinguisher and put the fire out. Sheesh did I feel stupid. IKNOWBETTERITOLDMYSELF ! Bought a big extinguisher and have it in the garage. No damage to the bike or the attached house with my cats, my lifetime of pictures, the rest of the bikes in the garage, my family all my stuff, my neighbors house or garage etc... Learn , think fast, and have an extinguisher handy. Yamaha xs11s do leak from time to time . Fix them !79 1100 SF Carmine Red stock
85 Honda v65 Magna
70 Yamaha HS1 90cc twin Californian Orange
02 Road King (retirement gift)
First bike-s 2-1967 Yamaha YM2C Big Bear ScramblersComment
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I did it, too. Airbox full of gasoline and a backfire. Flames as seen in the video and I'm backing it out of the garage, then setting leaves in the driveway on fire. My daughter was with me. She ripped the fire bottle off the wall in a jiff and extinguished the blaze. The airbox and left sidecover were destroyed. The seat wasn't hurt. I had to replace the main wiring harness as well. Thanks to my daughter for saving my motorcycle!
Marty (in Mississippi)
XS1100SG
XS650SK
XS650SH
XS650G
XS6502F
XS650EComment
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As I remember, some other shots of that panic situation showed you instantly reacting to limit damage.......tottally opposite of the pin-heads on the videoSpeaking of low I.Q.
When I find really nice Specials on fire in the garage (Fuel line knocked off on hot running bike while synching carbs) I like to grab the tank and go running with it, leaving a trail of fire, and throw it in the front yard.
I think we were all waiting for a boom as well. Late-to-the-party fire extinguisher saved the tank and yard in a well-to-do neighborhood that likes to call the cops on us about every time we have a get-together there. Bunch of motorcycle hoodlums...
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81H Venturer1100 "The Bentley" (on steroids) 97 Yamaha YZ250(age reducer) 92 Honda ST1100 "Twisty"(touring rocket) Age is relative to the number of seconds counted 'airing' out an 85ft. table-top.Comment
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