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Hot Husky's at the TKO

ARod2000

ARod2000

Husqvarna
AA Class
I was supposed to be racing the Little Brown Jug enduro this weekend but due to slow injury recovery I decided it best to stay home and rest up a little more. Anyway, went to the TKO extreme enduro and had a blast watching Mike Brown, Paul Whibley, Cody Webb, Jordan Ashburn, Russell Bobbit and many more.

UNFORTUNATELY, The Husqvarna's weren't looking so great. Kyle Redmond showed his very talented riding skills by riding over a boulder section where Brownie, Whibs and most others had to lift their bikes. As soon as Redmond got to the top of this boulder section I saw his bike burst into flames. I didn't take these pics but I wasn't far from there. Later, I think it was in the main event, I saw Andrew Delong's bike blow a hose (I think that's what happened).

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This was a fun event. I wish I was racing it!! No idea why they insist upon scheduling it every year the same weekend as a very popular enduro. I wish they would change that.
 
Ruffus said:
Shame for DNF's, did anybody have any idea why the bike caught fire?
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I haven't heard. It was an extremely taxing race on any bike. But truthfully, the only bikes I saw with race ending issues were the two Husky's and one Beta that appeared to have smoked the clutch. Whibley was actually on a YZ two stroke which is odd 'cause I've never seen him on anything but a thumper. I think he and Bobbit were the only pros I saw on smokers.
 
Wonder if it was fuel related? If an IMS 2.9 tank is installed, the fuel pump is relocated directly above the exhaust header right where the fire appeared to occur. I've had mine spring a slow leak around the pump assembly's mating surface o-ring and drip on the header. Wasn't enough to catch fire, just vaporize into little puffs of smoke, that's how I discovered it was leaking!
 
My guess would be the cross over line on the tank that run across the valve cover melted or came off, but it could have been the coolant.
 
Damn leaves ruined a stellar attempt. Hope step's are taken to prevent that ever happening again.

Skid plate foam perhaps?
 
OK here goes........Damn 4 strokes...... red hot pipes .....super hot engines.

Hey I use waterless (non-aqueous) coolant, that stuff is flamable????
 
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robertaccio said:
OK here goes........Damn 4 strokes...... red hot pipes .....super hot engines.

Hey I use waterless (non-aqueous) coolant, that stuff is flamable????
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I only run waterless coolant in all of my bikes. It's my understanding that with enough heat it is flammable, I never confirmed that but it was something I read back in my NASCAR days.
 
pahusky said:
''... leaves that had collected in the bottom of the skid plate caught fire and burned through a radiator hose to create a smoky conclusion to his day.''
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Just watched the video, didn't know that antifreeze was flammable. interesting.


Killer race. I'd do it if I had a beater bike but I don't want to do significant damage to my bike and I guarantee you anyone that does this race does a good bit of damage to any bike!
 
It's not antifreeze! It's an oil based coolant as far as I understand. Do some research on Evans Coolant, I'm sure it's the same stuff Zip-Ty sells. It does not boil, pressurize or mix with water. It was popular back in the 90's in nascar until it became known that if you crashed and ruptured your radiator and the coolant got on your hot headers it would burn your car to the ground.

That fire doesn't look like it's coming from the skid plate to me?
 
The first time I took my gas tank off I failed to get the 50psi gas line clipped back on tightly. The bike ran perfectly for about 10 minutes until the line popped off. I was lucky as hell it didn't go up in flames like that one did. (I'm NOT saying that's what happened in this case)
 
robertaccio said:
Yes the ZipTy stuff is private label evens coolant, thanks for the info
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Guys,
I run this stuff in all of my bikes. I wont even ride a new bike until Ive swap out the coolant. The dangers are there with a 4 stroke and a glowing red exhaust pipe ( not such an issue with a 2 stroke) but I think the danger is far greater that you will boil all the "regular" coolant out of it in a bottle neck and smoke the motor that way.
 
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