Burnt leg!

[Shifter]

We all know where it is...
But a picture of the inside of those panels; might tell a story...

You all know where it is hey!
Now my bull**** meters off the Richter!
Telling me the exhaust is on the right and not the left.
You probably pay someone to service your Spyder and you wouldn't have a clue.

 

[Bob Denman]

 

[OverHillAndDale]

Well, since whirlpools run backwards down under, maybe exhaust heat shows up on the other side.

My RT is my 4th motorcycle, and all in all manages heat better than any bike I've owned. It certainly seems to keep it away from feet and legs.

Like Bob, I've been a Type-1 diabetic for 52 years but I could certainly detect that level of heat and burning flesh.

 

[Bob Denman]

I think that we could smell it... :yikes:
Kind of like an un-marinated, tough,old, cantankerous steak!
The kind that you'd need more beer, than A-1 Sauce; to be able to get it down!

 

[Peteoz]

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Did YOU wrap that, Bob, or was it done at the factory?

 

[SpyderAnn01]

The V-twin has exhaust gaskets and on a 2010 it is entirely possible that they are bad.

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

BURNT LEG

The V-twin has exhaust gaskets and on a 2010 it is entirely possible that they are bad.

Thanks Ann , glad to see someone else is ALSO interested in the WHY this occurred instead of all the yada, yada medical theories that won't FIX this issue :banghead::banghead::banghead: ......... Mike :thumbup:

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked:
But I didn't think about the possibility of an exhaust leak, because the O.P. never mentioned anything about increased sound levels... :dontknow:

 

[Shifter]

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Plain to see your problem, don't know right from left.
Your pic shows the left side of the bike
The exhaust header on the left side,
The belt drive on the left side.
Now which leg goes on that side of the bike?......
The left leg of course!

By the way. No exhaust leak.

 

[PrairieSpyder]

ray: I hope your friend will recover quickly and that he's learned a lesson about riding gear.

 

[Bob Denman]

Plain to see your problem, don't know right from left.
Your pic shows the left side of the bike
The exhaust header on the left side,
The belt drive on the left side.
Now which leg goes on that side of the bike?......
The left leg of course!

By the way. No exhaust leak.

Did I say that his left leg wasn't involved?
What I DID say, was that it's pretty unlikely for a 2010 RT to throw that much heat from those pipes, and not damage the panels...
Particularly since you've just said that there was no exhaust leak.
Some pictures of the panel damage would be appreciated.

 

[Shifter]

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Did I say that his left leg wasn't involved?
What I DID say, was that it's pretty unlikely for a 2010 RT to throw that much heat from those pipes, and not damage the panels...
Particularly since you've just said that there was no exhaust leak.
Some pictures of the panel damage would be appreciated.

No you didn't, my apologies, there were a couple of other people trying to tell me the exhaust didn't run alongside the left leg and I sort of bundled you all into a bunch of naysayers who just wanted to dispute the facts.
More will be revealed when I get the Spyder back.

 

[Bob Denman]

Thanks! We're waiting to "see what you see"...

 

[flaggerphil]

I suffered third degree burns on the lower outside of my right leg in 1980 when a drunk driver hit me on my Yamaha XS500 from the side and his radiator ruptured, burning me with radiator fluid. That burned off all the skin in the burn area and some of the flesh underneath (i also had a major compound fracture in the inside of the leg, which greatly complicated treatment). The burn is painless at first because the nerves are burned away, however, the treatment is agonizing since all the burned tissue is scrubbed away, exposing the raw nerves underneath. And I mean agonizing in the worst possible way. They tell you to go ahead and scream during treatment and I did (as do most). My skin graft came from my left thigh and my lower right leg is mostly pretty gruesome burn scars from below the knee to my ankle. Most of my lower right leg has no surface feeling where the scars are.

I also had 2nd degree burns (blisters) on my lower back from laying in a puddle of gasoline (petrol) from my bikes ruptured fuel tank. Those burns DID hurt before being treated but left no scars.

I had never heard of 4th degree burns (the term didn't exist when I was hurt...I think it's relatively new) so I looked it up. It' a burn that goes all the way through the skin, tissue, muscle, and bone. When they can save a leg with such burns...and I understand they often can't...the treatment would be just as agonizing as a 3rd degree burn and, I believe, take weeks. The scars would be even more gruesome than the ones I have.

Really, I can't imagine how someone would get burns like that from a motorcycle exhaust pipe unless the pipe was trapped against the skin for a LONG time. Though maybe I'm missing something from the story...