[Explodee]

So I was riding to work the other day and I smelled what I thought was a wood burning or something in my neighborhood. The smell got stronger as I went along and as I was going through a toll and stopping for traffic I look down and see smoke coming from underneath me. I jump off and there are flames coming out from under the seat. I reach in and pull out some freakin trash that someone had jammed in there. Some of those junkmail coupon newspaper things that come with the mail. I was able to get it out but it's a little charred in there and some of the plastic melted. I'm a little worried that something might have been damaged and I'm a little afraid to ride it. I was able to get to work and home just fine but I'm pretty bothered about it. Also, should the engine get that hot as to ignite paper after riding for 5 minutes? I had just accelerated pretty hard and that's when the thing got really hot. The attached pic isn't mine but I can get better pics when I get home. The red circle area is where the papers were and the yellow line is where the plastic is kind of melted.

 

[RamblingPath]

Yeah, people .....

Depends on the ambient temp. I think normal running temp should be between 178°F and 230°F (+81°C and +110°C). If the paper was stuffed where it was getting no wind.

 

[JWA]

That's right on top of the header, that'll get plenty hot to ignite paper.

 

[silverluxe]

Fahrenheit 451

 

[Bestia]

In light of your plight am I the only one who finds it amusing that Explodee is having trouble with fire? Air head twin, surprised it didn't light sooner

 

[RamblingPath]

Fahrenheit 451

Explains why I've melted some pants

 

[Sweet Tooth]

If it gets hot enough, it can totally catch fire. You are pretty lucky that something worse didn't happen. It might be a good idea to get it checked over just to make sure nothing was ruined. What a stupid thing for a person to do to your bike though. Those flyers are stupid anyway, no one every reads them. it's just an enormous waste of paper.

 

[Brantman1]

I smelled burning the other day too and when I looked there was a paper bar code tag that came wrapped around a hose touching the header. You'd think they'd remove that during assembly...

 

[motojedeye]

So I was riding to work the other day and I smelled what I thought was a wood burning or something in my neighborhood. The smell got stronger as I went along and as I was going through a toll and stopping for traffic I look down and see smoke coming from underneath me. I jump off and there are flames coming out from under the seat. I reach in and pull out some freakin trash that someone had jammed in there. Some of those junkmail coupon newspaper things that come with the mail. I was able to get it out but it's a little charred in there and some of the plastic melted. I'm a little worried that something might have been damaged and I'm a little afraid to ride it. I was able to get to work and home just fine but I'm pretty bothered about it. Also, should the engine get that hot as to ignite paper after riding for 5 minutes? I had just accelerated pretty hard and that's when the thing got really hot. The attached pic isn't mine but I can get better pics when I get home. The red circle area is where the papers were and the yellow line is where the plastic is kind of melted.

Install a outdoor SECURITY CAM ASAP. You can get one of those outdoor cams that people use for hunting. Do this ASAP and catch the ******. Make sure you get two..in case only shows the his back. I hope you get him or her.


That said, take your bike to the shop.. better safe than sorry.

 

[Explodee]

It actually didn't happen when parked at my house. I don't really know when it happened as I took a lot of short trips around town that day. I only noticed after I opened up a bit and made the engine work and get hot.

 

[outofthebox]

Get one of these, they start beeping loudly the moment someone moves the bike a bit - the sensitivity is variable. cheap and effective.

 

[DannyCoolBeans]

any Gopro vids of your pants on fire ?

**** bro, sucky. Glad your ok

 

[PeteI]

It actually didn't happen when parked at my house. I don't really know when it happened as I took a lot of short trips around town that day. I only noticed after I opened up a bit and made the engine work and get hot.

sorry that happened to you. unnerving.

 

[RamblingPath]

Install a outdoor SECURITY CAM ASAP. You can get one of those outdoor cams that people use for hunting. Do this ASAP and catch the ******. Make sure you get two..in case only shows the his back. I hope you get him or her.

Nice idea, might come in handy.