Winsor,
I couldn't keep myself from commenting after reading your post.
My father's house caught on fire from having his lawn tractor in the
attached garage. The fire marshal suggested that the gas tank sprung
a leak and dripped on the top of the battery, which after a while
caused a circuit between the negative and positive posts. Hence, a
very large fire which consumed the tractor and anything else that was
not made of steel. The tractor hadn't been started in a week, by the
way.
Dick
---- Original Message ----
From: wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Peugeot,Audi, BMW etc.
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 11:11:10 -0800
>
>On Thursday, March 6, 2003, at 08:17 AM, R. Jackson wrote:
>
>> Some of the early Fathead Harley-Davidsons would burst into flames
>for
>> what was apparently a variety of reasons. When they were introduced
>a
>> couple of years ago there were several instances of people coming
>home
>> from a ride, parking in their garage and then finding that their
>bike
>> had caught on fire shortly after being parked. I also heard of
>several
>> of them catching on fire while being ridden. Whatever the problems
>> were, they seem to have addressed them, but it didn't look good at
>> first.
>>
>> -Rob (still riding an Evolution-era H-D and not likely to ever buy
>a
>> Fathead)
>>
>> On Thursday, March 6, 2003, at 07:21 AM, Winsor Crosby wrote:
>>
>
>Perhaps it was secondary, ignited by the oil slick they leave behind.
>
>:-)
>
>
>
>Winsor Crosby
>Long Beach, California, USA
>
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