UP IN FLAMES!!!

[pzim]

Have already talked to insurance and to Bryan at Elk Grove power sports, I hope they are as good as cowtown at the repairs​

 

[shrevespyder]

I had a 2009 rs se5 a year ago and it caught fire while i was riding it.last time i heard the techs flew in from brp and was thinking it was a throttle body issue. i would raise hell if they tryed to repair a damaged bike! you did not buy it damaged or previously burnt up. my insurance co.paid me full price for it and i bought a new one. whee heww !no problems! and let your insurance deal with it thats what you pay them for! good luck

 

[pzim]

Just out of curiosity what insurance did you have? I will see how the insurance co will handle it soon, they are suppose to contact me on Monday it tuesday

 

[mastertek2000]

To be honest, if my Spyder ever caught on fire... I'd probably let it burn.

Oooh, oooh, sign me up for the insurance company *repairing* my torched vehicle... not.

Good luck... ray:

i second that one let it burn get a new sorry for your loss glad no one got hurt

 

[Sny]

Is the evap. canister usually the source of these episodes? :shocked: What do we need to do to reduce the chance of this happening to our Spyders?

I can't say anything one way or the other about how often the evap canister causes fires, I suspect not very often.

But if it keeps you up at night you can always remove it It's really only necessary to qualify for the manufacturing regulations in California. Other states generally don't have this requirement on a motorcycle. Of course I'm no legal expert.

Pz, sorry to hear about this, glad no one was hurt. I used to worry about it going up in flames in the garage while I was asleep or away from home and burning the whole place down.

Good insurance will take care of these things. Keep the morbidly curious among us informed.

 

[pzim]

Insurance company comes to see the bike in the morning, I will keep you all up to date

 

[Bob Denman]

Good Luck! :thumbup: ray:

 

[Desert Spyder]

We had an interesting situation in our group on the way to Spyderfest. We had just finished gassing up somewhere and Spyderanne1 bike started pouring gas out around the gas cap when as she tried starting it up. Turned out the vent was stuck on the cap. One of our group had some wd40 and squirted it in the cap. The cap was tapped lightly and the vent returned to its proper position. Problem solved. Had that gas splashed on a hot exhaust manifold it could very well catch fire .

 

[Bob Denman]

:yikes: Good catch! :thumbup: We sure don't like seeing stories about unanticipated cookouts with a Spyder being the guest of honor! :shocked:

 

[chris56]

It WAS a 2008rs wiith no engine mods, no juice box or special air cleaners, Had about a half tank of gas and I never top off the tank, after it was put out had a large very black spot under right side and when I pushed it up into the drive way to get it out of the street it left a trail of tiny little black balls, I am not touching the panels until after insurance company has a look.

there are a lot of small mods which should have done from the dealer(s) in this 4 years .. who made the service in this time ?