best "it'll buff out photo" - Page 3

Rangerscott · 09-07-2010, 02:57 AM

I just wanna put my tongue on that melted plastic.

Gas Man · 09-11-2010, 07:44 AM

Yeah WTF Kerry... can't post that shit and not say anything!!

Kerry_129 · 09-11-2010, 02:50 PM

That was the aftermath of my garage fire which happened in Nov '06 out in NC. Had a fantastic ride up to Shady Vally with Kathy 2-up & some other VFR guys, than around midnight woke to my neighbor banging on my door. I ran outside and saw smoke billowing out the cracks around the doors, and heard fire engines headed my way. Luckily, my house was directly across from a fire hydrant & 2 miles from a big new firehouse. VERY luckily, since there were LOTS of flammables which didn't go up (5/gal can of lacquer thinner, paint reducers, torpedo heater full of kerosene, buddy's truck w/ 30gal of diesel, etc!). Much gratitude to those guys - they hooked up fast & had it out very quickly, and before it turned into a MAJOR weenie-roast which would have rendered most of my stuff unidentifiable, all of it unsalvageable, and destroyed the structure. Still an incredible mess, and a life-changing event which kept me from moving back to Nashville much sooner.

As for the VFR, the plastics were roasted pretty good but it wasn't hurt too much other than cosmetic damage. What really sucked was that the prior spring I had rebuilt it from a crash a couple of years prior, and it was a fantastic 2-up bike which we spent many hours & miles on sharing some incredible rides.

Now it was a melted mess, I no longer had a 2-up bike, and I spent the next year consumed with rebuilding the garage damage while the bike just sat forlornly.

But, eventually the garage was wrapped-up nicely with the help of some outstanding treasured friends...

...and I got around to doing what I should have done much sooner - moving back to Nashville, and repairing the VFR!

Fortunately, I had pulled the Ohlins forks from my RC51 just a couple of weeks before the fire, and they were 'destroyed', but salvageable with plenty of elbow-grease.

Kerry_129 · 09-11-2010, 02:52 PM

Over the winter/early spring of '09 during several trips back to NC for work/rental house stuff, I slowly pieced the front-end conversion together & tended to the cleanup & cosmetic stuff.

Eventually, she was ready to haul back to Nashville!

Unfortunately, shortly after getting it back on the road it developed an electrical/ignition issue. Thought it was the charging system & replaced/upgraded all that - but it persisted & remained parked since last summer. Life has been pretty rough over the past year, but I have a great new pad with a garage now - and one of the first orders-of-business is to get the VFR sorted out. I've been through a lot with that bike, and I really look forward to many more miles & adventures on it, both solo & 2-up again!

Rangerscott · 09-11-2010, 02:57 PM

You just can't let a VFR die. It becomes a part of you. LOL

derf · 09-11-2010, 03:12 PM

What caused the fire in the first place?

Kerry_129 · 09-11-2010, 03:26 PM

Well, the insurance adjuster tried to blame it on a bookshelf stereo system. I think he just went in there looking for a name-brand appliance to try to pin it on so the insurance company could try to go after them. I tend to suspect a raggedy 4-gang lectrical box which my buddy had a halogen light stand plugged into while he was working on his truck - he had been gone for a couple of hours though and the lights were off, so?....

09-11-2010, 07:44 AM	#22
Gas Man Trip's Assistant Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Imported from Detroit Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic Posts: 12,149	Yeah WTF Kerry... can't post that shit and not say anything!! __________________ -Chris "Why pay somebody else to fuck up your bike?" Run Amsoil Product

09-11-2010, 03:12 PM	#26
derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	What caused the fire in the first place? __________________

09-07-2010, 02:57 AM	#21
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	I just wanna put my tongue on that melted plastic.

09-11-2010, 02:50 PM	#23
Kerry_129 Semi-reformed Squid Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 531	That was the aftermath of my garage fire which happened in Nov '06 out in NC. Had a fantastic ride up to Shady Vally with Kathy 2-up & some other VFR guys, than around midnight woke to my neighbor banging on my door. I ran outside and saw smoke billowing out the cracks around the doors, and heard fire engines headed my way. Luckily, my house was directly across from a fire hydrant & 2 miles from a big new firehouse. VERY luckily, since there were LOTS of flammables which didn't go up (5/gal can of lacquer thinner, paint reducers, torpedo heater full of kerosene, buddy's truck w/ 30gal of diesel, etc!). Much gratitude to those guys - they hooked up fast & had it out very quickly, and before it turned into a MAJOR weenie-roast which would have rendered most of my stuff unidentifiable, all of it unsalvageable, and destroyed the structure. Still an incredible mess, and a life-changing event which kept me from moving back to Nashville much sooner. As for the VFR, the plastics were roasted pretty good but it wasn't hurt too much other than cosmetic damage. What really sucked was that the prior spring I had rebuilt it from a crash a couple of years prior, and it was a fantastic 2-up bike which we spent many hours & miles on sharing some incredible rides. Now it was a melted mess, I no longer had a 2-up bike, and I spent the next year consumed with rebuilding the garage damage while the bike just sat forlornly. But, eventually the garage was wrapped-up nicely with the help of some outstanding treasured friends... ...and I got around to doing what I should have done much sooner - moving back to Nashville, and repairing the VFR! Fortunately, I had pulled the Ohlins forks from my RC51 just a couple of weeks before the fire, and they were 'destroyed', but salvageable with plenty of elbow-grease.

09-11-2010, 02:52 PM	#24
Kerry_129 Semi-reformed Squid Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 531	Over the winter/early spring of '09 during several trips back to NC for work/rental house stuff, I slowly pieced the front-end conversion together & tended to the cleanup & cosmetic stuff. Eventually, she was ready to haul back to Nashville! Unfortunately, shortly after getting it back on the road it developed an electrical/ignition issue. Thought it was the charging system & replaced/upgraded all that - but it persisted & remained parked since last summer. Life has been pretty rough over the past year, but I have a great new pad with a garage now - and one of the first orders-of-business is to get the VFR sorted out. I've been through a lot with that bike, and I really look forward to many more miles & adventures on it, both solo & 2-up again!

09-11-2010, 02:57 PM	#25
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	You just can't let a VFR die. It becomes a part of you. LOL

09-11-2010, 03:26 PM	#27
Kerry_129 Semi-reformed Squid Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 531	Well, the insurance adjuster tried to blame it on a bookshelf stereo system. I think he just went in there looking for a name-brand appliance to try to pin it on so the insurance company could try to go after them. I tend to suspect a raggedy 4-gang lectrical box which my buddy had a halogen light stand plugged into while he was working on his truck - he had been gone for a couple of hours though and the lights were off, so?....