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My cutdown,before and after

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:00 pm
by red
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After

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Went on a ride out tonight and stopped at a garage for a drink,sat at the side of the road and suddenly though F**K that's hot,looked down and my left leg was on fire.Jumped off and tried to put fire out on my leg,had to let go of scoot which went up in flames.I've got superficial burns to leg and blisters on right hand apart from that I'm Ok.

Re: My cutdown,before and after

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:37 pm
by Supereibar
:shock: :shock: :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o Holy smokes Red, how did that happened man??
I am glad you are ok mate, thank God, you could have burned severely.

Scooters can get repaired. People not. Be safe mate,

Jaime

Re: My cutdown,before and after

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:48 pm
by red
Cheers mate,I'm OK and the scoot will be rebuilt sometime soon

Re: My cutdown,before and after

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:57 pm
by markwh45
OH SH!T GLAD YOUR ALRIGHT FELLA COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE :shocking: :shocking:

Re: My cutdown,before and after

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:30 pm
by sydduckett
Blimey fella, sorry to see a scoot in that condition but at least you walked away. Look forward to seeing the reincarnation. A nice paint job, maybe somthing with flames..

You could even call it the Phoenix.... :D

syd

Re: My cutdown,before and after

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:46 pm
by RICSPEED
did the motor survive unscathed as it seems to have melted the air scoop :shock:

Re: My cutdown,before and after

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:05 am
by red
Didn't notice the air scoop was melted,I'm hopefully going to collect it tomorrow from the recovery firm and then I'll have another look at it and take some pictures,it seemed to be burning for ages before the fire brigade turned up,even though I was only about 100 yards from a garage they wouldn't let anyone use their fire extinguishers so had to let it burn until they got there.By the pictures it looks as though the front disc,rear shock and rear set brake are Ok,I think the carb etc will be gone.The engine is/was a Mugello 186,I was thinking of an engine upgrade anyway.
I'll keep you updated.
I'm not having a good year with 3 scoots off the road at present and getting made redundant within the next few weeks :( :(

Cheers

Re: My cutdown,before and after

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:28 am
by cuttingedge1
Bloody 'el Red, that could only happen to you :shock: First off, glad you're OK, could have been a lot worse. Any idea how it happened ? Turning out to be another expensive scooter season for you, especially with the work situation on top. Keep smiling mate and hope to see you soon, but possibly not on a Lammy eh

Re: My cutdown,before and after

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:03 pm
by RinB
F@ck me Red you not having much luck m8

At least your OK

Still I always thought it look s**t Now you can do it properly
:D :D




Only joking

Smiffy

Re: My cutdown,before and after

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 6:46 pm
by nigesx200
f*cking hell mate,at least you were ok, as was said before,the scoot can be repaired,flesh cant.