Author Topic: Flamin' Up Good (Read 6072 times)

B6Matt · « **on:** April 26, 2005, 10:25:54 PM »

Burning bike (R1) on the Dragon a couple of weeks ago! Check out the molten aluminum!

terrebandit · « **Reply #1 on:** April 26, 2005, 10:49:04 PM »

Yikes!!!!!

NOT good.....

Bandido 1200 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 26, 2005, 11:09:41 PM »

HOLY S**T !!!!!!

Does any one know what happened to the rider????

Red01 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 26, 2005, 11:39:49 PM »

Don't those things have some magnesium on board, too?
Can't put that stuff out if it starts to burn. Best you can hope for is containment until it burns itself out.

The Ti can seems to be holding up pretty good.

FWIW - melting point of (pure) aluminum is 1223*F

B6Matt · « **Reply #4 on:** April 27, 2005, 12:02:23 AM »

The rider injured his knee pretty badly. Witnesses reported seeing some bone thru the gash.

I guess if you knock a hole in the tank and gas spills onto the header, flames are likely to ensue.

I don't know if they have magnesium on board. I know that elemental magnesium burns white, hot and fast (high school chemistry.)

NCBANDIT · « **Reply #5 on:** April 27, 2005, 01:30:07 AM »

I think that same weekend there were like 5 people airlifted outta there

There's probably gonna be so much law enforcement up there by the time I make it up, it's gonna be very unenjoyable.

PeteSC · « **Reply #6 on:** April 27, 2005, 06:51:21 AM »

Go to the Dragon on a weekday to ride. Those morons can also kill or injure you on the weekend.
If you want to go on a weekend to watch the carnage.....do it in something like a '68 Caddy!!!

There are less cops on weekdays, also.

B6Matt · « **Reply #7 on:** April 27, 2005, 08:44:30 AM »

Yeah, the LEOs are thick on the weekends, especially since there has been a rash of wrecks the past few weekends. They hand out "coupons" en masse.

B12Teuton · « **Reply #8 on:** April 27, 2005, 12:25:25 PM »

Anyone else notice the condition of the rear tire.

I'm guessing the owner is a burnout squid king. You have no business on a road like that with a tire like that. No wonder he crashed.

No sympathy from me.

PitterB4 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 27, 2005, 12:32:11 PM »

Quote from: "B12Teuton"

Anyone else notice the condition of the rear tire.

I'm guessing the owner is a burnout squid king. You have no business on a road like that with a tire like that. No wonder he crashed.

No sympathy from me.

I was thinking the same thing. Are those cords showing through?????

terrebandit · « **Reply #10 on:** April 27, 2005, 11:33:37 PM »

Quote from: "NCBANDIT"

I think that same weekend there were like 5 people airlifted outta there There's probably gonna be so much law enforcement up there by the time I make it up, it's gonna be very unenjoyable.

When I had my crash up there last May and was laying on a table in the ER in Ashville NC, I was told that I was there 12th customer that weekend (I was there on Sunday). In fact, I had been in there the day before my wreck helping a buddy (and his wife) deal with his wreck. I'm not sure what the total was at that point but lets just say that a lot of riders go in and out of that place for doing stupid shit (me included). Busted colar bone for me (highside and crashed into a fence) but I could have been dead. My buddy went off the road and hit a chicken coup. He doesn't remember much of it, however.

Complete insanity! I'm 45 and need to act my age!

:blahblah:

txbanditrydr · « **Reply #11 on:** April 27, 2005, 11:49:28 PM »

Quote from: "terrebandit"

Complete insanity! I'm 45 and need to act my age!

:blahblah:

And THAT is why you made the decision to turn back last weekend.... smart move and I appreciate it.

The radar was rather ugly when we got back.

terrebandit · « **Reply #12 on:** April 28, 2005, 12:15:26 AM »

Quote from: "txbanditrydr"

Quote from: "terrebandit"

Complete insanity! I'm 45 and need to act my age!

:blahblah:

And THAT is why you made the decision to turn back last weekend.... smart move and I appreciate it.

The radar was rather ugly when we got back.

Yeah it was and I'm glad we did turn back Jay. I won't PURPOSELY ride in the rain anymore. That IS one lesson I learned from my previous two accidents. The second lesson is even more important..... I have found thats its very easy to get caught-up in a group riding mentality when you STOP doing what YOU THINK you should be doing and START doing what OTHERS THINK you should be doing.... Don't go there!

Landry · « **Reply #13 on:** April 28, 2005, 11:16:19 AM »

heh-heh

I hit a magnesium transmission with a full straight stream off of an inch and a half line one night. It blew like a firecracker.

I think some powdered extinguishers will put magnesium out.

That is EXACTLY the reason I don't do "The Dragon": Too many idiots make it unsafe, IMO. I'll wind up there one day, but it'll be a weekday . . . when I can ride it at MY pace, safely.

Red01 · « **Reply #14 on:** April 28, 2005, 04:00:19 PM »

I haven't been thru a firefighter's class in several years, but the last time I did, there wasn't anything that could put out a magnesium fire. Mostly because once ignited, it provides its own oxygen. The powdered extinguishers, such as PKP, merely contain it from spreading to non-magnesium parts. One thing for certain, you don't want to use water on it - you'll just be fueling it.