Fall down go boom.

Leon took Peter Bramwell's old XJ750 on a track-day at Willowbank on the weekend.
He rode home happy. ....others were not so lucky.....

http://www.goldcoastphotography.com/gallery/album52?page=4
http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/bargearse/hotr1.jpg

 

MAYDAY on the R1!!

Was he on a HOT lap?

 

It's an R1 - Pre 2002
They had a problem with the fuel line routing from the overfill tube.
It leaks onto the exup valve when it's on it's side!!!

We had lots of them burn to the ground during Sydney Ride days before the
problem was found.

Daron

 

wasnt it here where I read the story about the new r1 trailered straight
from the dealer out to the creek?

stacked it in cold-tyre-corner and suffered the fuel/exup valve fate.

Brand new r1 burnt down to the ground with 1.7 km on the clock

I dont know why all these people dont get given new bikes by yamaha?
sure the problem didnt CAUSE them to crash, but without this fault their
bike wouldnt be a smouldering lump.

dane

 

Apparently the fuel tank ruptured and caught fire but that's as much detail
as I know as yet. Good thing is he only suffered a broken finger, gravel
rash and a sprained ankle.

 

but now he has a fucked little finger....just like the best of them

oh...the stories....they get better with each beer

"I was doing 346kmh in 6th heading into turn 1 at EC when all of a
sudden a rare stupped nose north western potaroo jumps in front of
me............"

 

Flatulence?

Last time they serve that spicy stuff at the track