How should I blow up a motorbike?

Dunno about explosions, but holing a fuel tank is enough to burn one to
the ground. See the pics of the KTM from OCR 2008 on advrider.com ...

-----sharks

 

Mmmm. Love blue. Never mind that, who figured out that if you soak
olives in a multimix brine/vinegar solution for several weeks, take
out the pit and replace with something else, they are almost edible?

Theo

 

Thrown matches rarely stay alight.

Theo

 

In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 8 Oct 2008 21:02:22 +0000 (UTC)

Legend has it you might find dynamite equipped ones at Coober Pedy.

Zebee

 

Is that your wild guess or the absolute truth, Theo?

I just wen outside with a box of No Frills Safety Matches, and had a
10/10 success rate.

Like so many things in life, Theo, you need to know what you are
doing. Try the "strike and throw method". It goes like this: You
set yourself up (setup is SO important, dont you think?) so that you
you're about 600mm from where your puddle of petrol is,
stike-and-throw in one smooth action, so that the phosphor head is
still flaring when it hits the puddle, step back swiftly and retreat
to a safe distance.

As I said, one has to know what one is doing...

Now about the cost of Nike's being a yarstick for measuring their CO2
footprint, I doubt it...


Onya bike...

Gerry

 

Ooooh yeah...


Onya bike...

Gerry

 

Get back on your hill Gerry, and try and catcch some more water.

Theo
Beer mate?

 

Probably had a full tank of petrol

 

There are a few levels of wrong headedness in that statement, but it
probably turns out OK in the end
Back in the pre-anti pollution days, a fairly safe bush method of
repairing a petrol tank was to run a hose from the exhaust of a petrol
engine into the tank, start the engine up, wait a few minutes until
the oxygen was purged then start welding. Some people tried this with
diesel tanks and got a great big fright (at least) when the tank blew
up due to residual oxygen in the diesel engine's exhaust.
I haven't tried this lately, but I suspect now that a petrol tank
would suffer the same fate as the diesel tank for similar reasons.

 

Naaaahhh.... That's for suck-starting....

Moike

 

Or eggs .. Hey look, let's munch that round thing that fell out of some
animals arse. What were they thinking..

 

It got a giggle out of me ..

 

Well the explosion would have to be smaller than the filler cap,
naturally. Unbolt and unhose the tank, turn it upside down, and shake
it. With a little elbow grease the explosion should land on the ground
after a few shakes.

 

When I said it probably had a full tank of petrol was based on explosions
with petrol occur when there is petrol fumes,
when there is a pool of petrol, there is a bloody big whoosh, but with fumes
or vapours, there is more likely to have a larger type of explosion

 

The little buggers are 'creative' enough as it is without you going and
giving them ideas!!!

 

Probably the same way I discovered that you can extinguish a
burning match in a bucket of petrol... if you're quick.


GB

 

Was that 30 hollywood metres or 30 regular metres?

Nev..
'07 XB12X

 

Got two tanks now, and solar panels. We'll even have our own food
supply once the cane toads get here and we figure out how to eat them.

Yes thanks, but none of that Coopers shit that Johnno drinks.

Swan's good...


Onya bike...

Gerry

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:59:56 +1100

Yes, I imagine someone who would eat cane toads would drink Swan...


Zebee
- who didn't know beer was drinkable till she left WA and actually
tried some.

 

You're more twisted than I thought, G.