can you imagine having to watch this happen to your bike. i've always thought i'd mount one of those small extinguishers on my bike. used to carry one
in my old cars all the time. think that's what i'll do today. later, bud
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That's a shame!
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isn't that the bike that gud-fer-nuthin' Billy Lane torched?
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It hurts to see that. Harley poor
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That is a real shame.
Hard to tell what it is from that view. Either an ol Pan or Knuckle head. I agree with Kuma, Thats painfull. |
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dukey33 wrote: I know one of his choppers caught fire and burned. Did he actually torch an antique bike? |
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I've seen a bike burn. It was amazing how quick it when up in flames. Here's the post I made about it. I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning for you
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my brother, who's now retired, was in the full service station business for over 40 years. about 10-12 years in, he had a car on the lift draining the gas
tank. this was an older car that had the drain plug in the tank and he was draining it into five gallon cans and carrying them out back of his station. just as
he was at the back of the car to drain another five gallons, his compressor kicked on(this was in the winter, so all doors were closed) and the spark ignited
the fumes. blew the station up, but since he was standing at the back of the car, blew him out the overhead door. one lucky guy, as he wasn't hurt bad at
all. but remember, gas fumes are as bad as or worse than the liquid. later, bud
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Quote;[but remember, gas fumes are as bad as or worse than the liquid. later, bud]
This is one of the reasons it is recommended that you keep your tank over half full. A full tank can burn if it leaks out, but a near empty tank will be more likely to explode in an accident. When I was 16, I worked for a full service gas station during the summer. We had an old man that insisted that he pump his own gas when we were too busy. He had almost gotten his tank full when all of a sudden he dropped his cigarette out of his mouth and as it hit the fuel door the sparks from it had set the gas fumes from the filler neck ablaze. The owner had heard him yelling and calmly reached up and hit the emergency cut off. The flames went out as soon as the gas stopped flowing. The reason the flames went out when the gas stopped flowing was because as gas was going in, it was pushing the fumes out where there was oxygen for the fire. When the fumes stopped coming out of the filler neck, there was not enough oxygen inside the tank to support a fire, therefore the fire went out on it's own. Luckily, the only real damage was to the rear tail light of the old mans '56 Chevy sedan.......that's where the filler neck was located on these cars back then. Stan
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