Traffic has been light
because, i assume, so many are on vacation- but I also notice that the ones who remain tend to be the better drivers, though some have issues.
Last thursday on the way in, I was in a slow spot caused by an accident close to a tollbooth. In the left lane was a guy on an 80’s vintage Yamaha Virago. There were flames coming out from under his seat. I rolled down the window. I yelled at him. “Your ass is on fire”. He looked down at what I was pointing at. He hopped off the bike. He was doing about 8 mph. He continued to sort of run-stagger-hop down the safety lane for a coupls of yards, the bike wobbled off to collide with the jersey barrier.
issues.
Never did figure out what caused the underside of his bike seat to be on fire.
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Had one of those, but she never fired up my ass. Kinda wonder too….
Good ride, though.
““Your ass is on fireâ€.”
I’ve had some chili that could do that under the right conditions…
My Bro had one of those- a lotta fun to ride. His buddy blew threw a stop sign and T Boned a car. Bad Day at Black Rock.
He had that itching, burning sensation.
Gawd, but that would have made a viral video…
Son informs me some Ducati models are bad about burning our voltage regulators because of their location, but it doesn’t normally involve open flames
Battery under metal seatplate shorting out?
Ed: That would have been my first guess, but this had the look of accelerant too.
Well, the outlet for the tank is in the vicinty of the rear of the tank and if some heat and spark was flying around it is not to be unexpected.
Surprised it did not get bigger.
Too much payload, maybe??