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J-Pipe Burn » Ride Three - Ural Sidecar Motorcycles
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J-Pipe Burn

Filed Under (Bikeography) by Anthony StClair on 18-08-2008

Note to self: Skin and hot J-pipes shouldn’t mix.

Didn’t want to leave the house this past weekend, with Eugene in its annual 100-degree, 4-day heatwave. Did want to fire up the Ural though, and did so on Saturday night. After letting it idle for a couple of minutes, I noticed that it looked like my right mudguard was slipping down a little close to the right engine head.

I hopped off the bike, knelt down to see if I could jiggle the mudguard up — and got myself a nice wee burn on my forearm, where I brushed against the already hot J-pipe.

Ouch.

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