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Not sure what caused this....

WackyDan said:
There were tens of thousands of those pickups sold over and above that of the Spyder... So the perception of common incident may be just that. On the other hand, we have spyders that have a fairly close knit online community versus that of your average everyday truck.
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The perception was you see a burned up truck in the last 10 years on the side of the road or at a junk yard it was a Dodge Ram almost every time, not a Chevy, Ford or any other brand. I'm really bad at making a point and the point I was trying to make is it is rare to see a Chevy or Ford or any other brand of truck that caught fire. Spyders belong to the rare club and not the Dodge club from what I've seen on the web and on the side of the road. At least we don't use T-stoff for fuel...

JT
 
As someone else said here that's why we carry insurance and if you did not know this StateFarm that's who holds all my insurance has allowed me to increase my insurance on my 2011 RT Limited to cover all my Farkels. So for just an extra 50 dollars a year im covered for 8 grand(total of all farkels on rt to date). If my Rt ever caught fire I would just let it burn...I love the bike but I don't want a bike repaired that has ever been that hot.
 
harrypottar said:
:yikes:, now I'm worried the odds are against me, I have a Dodge Ram and a Spyder.

harry
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I've had one Dodge RAM, my son has had 2, and the gf's brother-in-law has had one for quite a while. I guess I've not been looking to closely along the side of the road for burned up RAM's.:dontknow:
 
Lot's of jumping to conclusions out here.... you'd think we'd all be super-thin with so much exercise....;).

A machine that burns gasoline in order to propel itself catches fire.....while rare.... should this be THAT shocking? every vehicle ever made that burns fuel has a risk of catching fire.

Sometimes it happens... sometimes with an Sh on the front of it.

Spilled gas? Not likely... I've spilled gas directly on a hot engine and pipes before.... no fire. Liquid gas doesn't burn.... the vapor does...

Carrying a fire extinguisher? While I appreciate the reasons given....helping others, etc..... there's no way in hell that I'll try and put out a burning spyder with a fire extinguisher.... and I'll tell anyone tying to put mine out NOT to do so. Get the hell away from the burning machine and wait for the experts to arrive... unless there is danger to others, your house, etc.....

This is why we have insurance.... it's not worth getting burnt trying to save a motorcycle.

I'm still not a fan of the evap cans. Have not removed mine from my RT... yet.. but didn't have one on my GS for the last 40,000 miles I put on it.

Thanks for sharing the video. I actually think this is the perfect place to have this happen... wide out in the open so BRP has to address it.
 
I have to disagree on spiled gas not startig a fire. Guess it could be possible with a Spyder, But it is very possible with a T-120 Bonnavile. (sp).
Back in the old days, when a customer was not allowed to pump their own gas, it happened. A Bunch of us "limey" riders pulled into a gas station. The attendent came out and oug guy at the pump asked if he could pump the gas. The attendent said, no and proceeded pump gas full force. I splashed all the place and we all ran/got the other bikes out of the way. the fire took care of everything else. Of course, no cell phones in those days. A guy rode about a half mile to another station to report the fire. Even the attendents car was burned up.
Oldmanzues
 
Final conclusion... BRP has a "hot PR problem" on their hands.

Pictures and vids are all over the Internet and most particularly on the blogs of motorcycles that are not fans of the machine. The jokes are rampant... although these things typically do slow down after a while.

The publicity it is generating could be, in my mind, as long-standing as the era of the AMF years were for Harley motorcycles. There are people to this day that still believe HD's suffer the same ailments as those years of AMF's mismanagement of Harley.

No matter how anyone wants to smooth this out, this event will have long-standing consequences in the public perception of Spyders. I can only wish it would not have happened.

I hope someone at BRP is losing sleep over this... If not, then there IS a problem in my mind.
 
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