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Offline speedduck

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Today on the mile
« on: June 13, 2015, 03:28:44 PM »
What else can happen just mile away,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCV45asUSEA
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Re: Today on the mile
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2015, 03:38:11 PM »
I have never seen anything like that up close and personal.  Hope the pilot was OK.  What a nightmare! 
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Re: Today on the mile
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2015, 09:38:34 PM »
I have but thankfully the fire was behind me, whats really bad is if the fire burns off the chute and your still going fast  :eek:
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Re: Today on the mile
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2015, 11:36:46 PM »
Yikes!
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Re: Today on the mile
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2015, 06:51:54 AM »
Is it just me or did it seem like an eternity for the fire crew to get there?
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Re: Today on the mile
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2015, 08:23:15 AM »
Scary. The rider's face shield was probably just as clouded as the windscreen. I'm hoping that the RIP sentiments written in Finnish (?) in the Youtube comments are for the bike, not the rider.
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Re: Today on the mile
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2015, 08:23:46 AM »
Some of the comments on that vid now say R.I.P. in Swedish or German. :(
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Re: Today on the mile
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2015, 10:44:02 AM »
UGH! I didnt even notice that. I too hope it was for the bike and not the pilot! Bikes can be replaced, Lives cant!!!! :cry:
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Re: Today on the mile
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2015, 11:59:27 AM »
R.I.P. was for the bike, rider burnt his hand but otherwise ok, i talked to him just after the incident.
Camera was melted but they got the memory card out with angle grinder.
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Re: Today on the mile
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2015, 12:01:19 PM »
Quote from: turbopete on June 14, 2015, 06:51:54 AM
Is it just me or did it seem like an eternity for the fire crew to get there?
It seems like that, they were parked just on the mile mark, maybe they were having a smoke..
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Re: Today on the mile
« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2015, 05:49:43 PM »
No my naive associate, they were having a beer and a doobie.  :hys:
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Re: Today on the mile
« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2015, 01:43:19 PM »
Known for puking oil into the breather but that seemed a little more than that
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Re: Today on the mile
« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2015, 04:32:19 PM »
Fuel pressure too high?  Blown line? 
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Re: Today on the mile
« Reply #13 on: June 26, 2015, 05:17:59 PM »
Quote from: dadofthree on June 20, 2015, 01:43:19 PM
Known for puking oil into the breather but that seemed a little more than that

I had a friend burnt pretty badly
at Bonneville with similar problems.

At the "big end," he
burned a hole in a piston.

The "fire went out" in that cylinder,
and the unburnt fuel went into
the crankcases, pushed by the blower.

The crankcase, now at positive pressure of
about 30 pounds, started pushing oil
(and fuel) into the catch can.

Within a fraction of a second,
the catch can was overflowing fuel
and oil onto my friend's leathers
 at about 240 mph.

The fuel and oil ignited,
and my friend tried madly to
slow the bike while he was
burning like a torch.

He still runs at Bonneville,
but with a much better "catch system."
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Re: Today on the mile
« Reply #14 on: June 26, 2015, 09:56:42 PM »
Hiro Koiso got burned a couple years ago at the BUB when his fully faired Harley blew up just before the traps and caught it on fire.
Same deal, he had to ride it down until the burn/crash graph intersected where he could bail off without the crash being worse than the burns.
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Re: Today on the mile
« Reply #15 on: June 27, 2015, 08:07:23 AM »
Quote from: MJ Williams on June 26, 2015, 09:56:42 PM
Hiro Koiso got burned a couple years ago at the BUB
when his fully faired Harley blew up
just before the traps and caught it on fire.

Same deal, he had to ride it down until the
burn/crash graph intersected where he could
bail off without the crash being worse than the burns.

VERY nice description Mr.Williams !

In the late 1980's, Dave Matson, riding his 1955
Vincent twin at Bonneville at over 220 mph,
unloaded his lower end to relieve the pressure
of 90% nitromethane, and filled his fairing lower
with nitro and oil.

 Sparks from the spinning magneto started a fireball,
and Dave glided to a stop in his personal BBQ. 

Since then, even on a vintage bike, he has
always had a fire extinguisher on his steed !
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Re: Today on the mile
« Reply #16 on: June 28, 2015, 12:00:59 PM »
That same thing happened to me at Bonneville a few years ago. Threw a rod on shut down, which sprayed oil all over the hot turbo and started a fire.
Fortunately the fire crew was right there within a minute. Here is a YouTube of the run.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz-lIVht4Mc

Don
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Re: Today on the mile
« Reply #17 on: June 29, 2015, 09:29:23 AM »
Quote from: donpearsall on June 28, 2015, 12:00:59 PM
That same thing happened to me at Bonneville a few years ago.

Threw a rod on shut down, which sprayed oil
all over the hot turbo and started a fire.
Fortunately the fire crew was right
there within a minute.

Here is a YouTube of the run.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz-lIVht4Mc

Don

VERY nice video, Don  !

GLAD you made it, saved it,
and have shown it to us.

Many of the car guys aim at least one
on-board fire-extinguisher nozzle at the
turbo.  That's the big heat source,
and when oil hit's it, flames on the
red-hot iron are soon burning.

You handled the situation very well,
and fire-rescue got there QUICK !
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