Dustin
Moderator
What a strange thing that happened to me today. I went for a short ride to Squamish today, my second of the week. The bike was running well and everything was dandy until I developed a misfire a few km from home. I pulled over and had a look at the bike but couldn't see anything obvious to me so I opted to limp it home and check it out there. There's a way to check ECU codes but I had no way of fixing that at the side of the road.
Closer to home, I started smelling some burning and shortly after I heard a huge bang. What was that? I was in a terrible spot in the city and just a few blocks from home so I thought it best to get home in a hurry. I crossed the intersection and rounded the corner to my street and there went a second huge bang. I thought I better kill the bike and pull over now. There was smoke coming out from under the seat now and I removed everything quickly and disconnected the battery. There was melted plastic everywhere and a huge hole in the tail in the spot I keep my CO2 cartridges for flat repairs. I guess something got hot under there and the CO2 cartridges exploded. My best guess is that the misfire caused the under tail exhaust to heat up so much it ignited the box the cartridges were in. Then they exploded.
So, that's where I sit. The bike is obviously out of commission and my mechanic is coming to pick it up with a trailer tomorrow. I'll get some photos if I can but here's the hole in my ass
Closer to home, I started smelling some burning and shortly after I heard a huge bang. What was that? I was in a terrible spot in the city and just a few blocks from home so I thought it best to get home in a hurry. I crossed the intersection and rounded the corner to my street and there went a second huge bang. I thought I better kill the bike and pull over now. There was smoke coming out from under the seat now and I removed everything quickly and disconnected the battery. There was melted plastic everywhere and a huge hole in the tail in the spot I keep my CO2 cartridges for flat repairs. I guess something got hot under there and the CO2 cartridges exploded. My best guess is that the misfire caused the under tail exhaust to heat up so much it ignited the box the cartridges were in. Then they exploded.
So, that's where I sit. The bike is obviously out of commission and my mechanic is coming to pick it up with a trailer tomorrow. I'll get some photos if I can but here's the hole in my ass