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Offline johnsy

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Burned beyond recognition
« on: December 30, 2013, 02:19:24 PM »
Hope all of you are doing well and riding safe. I have not been here in awhile posting and here is the reason. Some ass clown tried to pull a 5 lane uturn in front of me and I lost. Luckily I walked away  went home had a beer and a sandwhich.... day after was a different story though. I will be applying for stuntman certification soon :)  Here are a few pics. 
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Offline Steve_K

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Re: Burned beyond recognition
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2013, 02:30:44 PM »
Glad to hear you walked away,  sad to see a bike in flames.  Looks like a steel gas tank.  Did it split when it hit the pavement?
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Re: Burned beyond recognition
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2013, 02:35:22 PM »
Quote from: Steve_K on December 30, 2013, 02:30:44 PM
Glad to hear you walked away,  sad to see a bike in flames.  Looks like a steel gas tank.  Did it split when it hit the pavement?
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Looks like fiberglass.
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Re: Burned beyond recognition
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2013, 02:38:13 PM »
DANG, Johnsy...Glad you walked away from that one.  Sorry about your ride.
how long ago did this happen, any permanent injuries, and whats the status of the a$$ clown?
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Re: Burned beyond recognition
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2013, 02:45:36 PM »
Glad to hear you walked away. I recently had a guy pull out in front of me and I lost. I too walked away without a scratch but my entire bikes front end was toast. Good luck with the rebuild and hopefully you aren't too shaken. Never good to see an bike on fire :(
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Re: Burned beyond recognition
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2013, 02:50:05 PM »
Holy #$%*e!   Glad to hear your ok.........
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Re: Burned beyond recognition
« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2013, 02:54:09 PM »
Quote from: Steve_K on December 30, 2013, 02:30:44 PM
Glad to hear you walked away,  sad to see a bike in flames.  Looks like a steel gas tank.  Did it split when it hit the pavement?
Steve

Thanks, It was a plastic Guzzi V7 tank actually with custom milled fuel cap  n petcock plate. I had just left the gas station a few min before. :/
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Re: Burned beyond recognition
« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2013, 02:58:28 PM »
Quote from: flybox1 on December 30, 2013, 02:38:13 PM
DANG, Johnsy...Glad you walked away from that one.  Sorry about your ride.
how long ago did this happen, any permanent injuries, and whats the status of the a$$ clown?

Thanks, Yeah it sucks but in perspective just glad to be walking upright, I can always build another. No Nothing permanent mainly nerve issues but physical therapy has been helping with that. Still a bit of mental work to deal with.
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Re: Burned beyond recognition
« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2013, 03:00:39 PM »
Glad you're ok.

It looks like your nice custom wheels survived, if you can't rebuild that one it looks like lots could be transplanted to the next one.
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Re: Burned beyond recognition
« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2013, 03:02:01 PM »
Quote from: cheftuskey121 on December 30, 2013, 02:45:36 PM
Glad to hear you walked away. I recently had a guy pull out in front of me and I lost. I too walked away without a scratch but my entire bikes front end was toast. Good luck with the rebuild and hopefully you aren't too shaken. Never good to see an bike on fire :(

Thanks sir, I think the worst came a month later. went into 2 weeks of depressive state mentally. the whole shoulda, coulda, woulda set in for a bit but I shook that off thankfully about ready to start another build. looking for another 78 550 now.
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Re: Burned beyond recognition
« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2013, 03:04:23 PM »
Thats 2 I've seen on here that have gone up in flames, how did this happen?
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Re: Burned beyond recognition
« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2013, 03:07:58 PM »
Quote from: Bankerdanny on December 30, 2013, 03:00:39 PM
Glad you're ok.

It looks like your nice custom wheels survived, if you can't rebuild that one it looks like lots could be transplanted to the next one.
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Yeah the wheels got quite charred. I will have to blast them and repowdercoat. I will have to negotiate keeping this one though through the insurance.
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Re: Burned beyond recognition
« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2013, 03:08:55 PM »
Quote from: nccb on December 30, 2013, 03:04:23 PM
Thats 2 I've seen on here that have gone up in flames, how did this happen?

"Some ass clown tried to pull a 5 lane uturn in front of me and I lost"
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Re: Burned beyond recognition
« Reply #13 on: December 30, 2013, 03:32:21 PM »
bummer, glad you walked away!

Jim Jefferies - Burned Beyond Recognition

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Re: Burned beyond recognition
« Reply #14 on: December 30, 2013, 03:46:46 PM »
Quote from: Markcb750 on December 30, 2013, 03:32:21 PM
bummer, glad you walked away!

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HAHA thanks for the laugh.
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Re: Burned beyond recognition
« Reply #15 on: December 30, 2013, 03:51:56 PM »
Quote from: johnsy on December 30, 2013, 03:08:55 PM
Quote from: nccb on December 30, 2013, 03:04:23 PM
Thats 2 I've seen on here that have gone up in flames, how did this happen?

"Some ass clown tried to pull a 5 lane uturn in front of me and I lost"

I sorry, I misread that.  I thought you meant this happened the next day like you had bad luck.  Sorry :P
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Re: Burned beyond recognition
« Reply #16 on: December 31, 2013, 12:15:06 AM »
Man, that sucks!  Part way through my resto I had a major fuel fire.  But I managed to salvage it and have recently got it on the road, if the frame is not bent from the accident then it may well be salvageable... a long road to recovery for it though!  :'(
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Re: Burned beyond recognition
« Reply #17 on: December 31, 2013, 01:35:35 AM »
Glad to see you made it through. Bikes come and go. Keep your head up.
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Re: Burned beyond recognition
« Reply #18 on: January 03, 2014, 08:28:20 AM »
Bikes do come and go, you can get another one and this one will be better/easier  because of what you learned on the last one.
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Re: Burned beyond recognition
« Reply #19 on: January 03, 2014, 09:11:13 AM »
Oh #$%*e!

Glad you ok!
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