It was brought to my attention today that the video was posted on here. So I finally got a chance to read thru this thread. Let me first say that I was the one taking the video, and flipping between video and picture taking. I can tell you what I saw and what I didn't see.
So here ya go:
First of all, I did not see a bag. I'm not saying that there wasn't one there, there was a slight breeze and one could have blown thru that parking lot.
It was 90+ degrees. This happened at the end of the demo day, approx 430-440pm. The machines got very little time turned off between demo rides.
The 'potential customers' were taking their preride testing in the coned off area. They didn't even make it out for the street ride yet.
All of the machines at the demo ride were semi-auto's.
The Spyders were not taken to gas stations to be refueled. When the I spoke with the VERY RUDE BRP Rep earlier in the day before this happened, he told me that they keep the back of the rig open for refueling the Spyders.
As this machine burned, the parking brake released and drifted back towards the crowd. They put a road cone behind the rear wheel to stop it from rolling. You can see the cone in the video.
The BRP reps did try to put out the fire with multiple fire extinguishers. They tried to unlatch the seat. As they would try to pull the side of the seat back, you could see that they entire section under the tupperware was cherry red.
Finally they just walked away and let it burn. Total burn time was approx 10 minutes. The fastest I've ever seen $30,000 go up in flames.
As soon as the fire was put out by the fire department, the BRP representatives scattered like cockroaches and were no where to be found. By this time the media was there and I'm sure that they were avoiding being interviewed.
I posted this video because there is always something to be learned from such tragedys. I was not the ONLY one taking pics and video. Mine just happened to get posted first I suppose, approx 14 hours AFTER the incident. It's not like I hit some automatic upload button instantly.
I love my Spyder and wouldn't trade it for anything. Accidents happen and that's the bottom line. This expericnce was exciting and terrifying all at the same time. It really snaps you into reality witnessing something like this. I'm glad it wasn't someones personal machine.
Now, with that all being said....
The very next day, our Club participated in the parade for Thunder in the Valley. After the parade was over, we rode over to the BRP Rig to park. It was another 90+ degree day and one of our members 2011 RT temp light came on and went into Limp Mode. I instructed her to turn it off immediately and just park it to cool. For god sakes we didn't need ANOTHER fire. The BRP Rep came over and told her that she needed to move her Spyder because she was parked behind his KIA
REALLY? I told him that it wasn't moving. PERIOD. He told me that we (meaning Spyder owners) weren't welcome there anyways. Entirely OUT OF LINE in my opinion. Last I checked, if it wasn't for all of us buying their products HE wouldn't have a job. SO...ultimately took MY SPYDER up the street to the SUZUKI demo rig
and I was welcomed to park it there so the woman with the over heated RT could let her machine cool down without further potential problems. I'd LOVE to talk to BRP about this incident. I'm sure they can find my phone # in their database in Canada. I'm available anytime.....
Originally Posted by WackyDan
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