Where did you ride your FTR today?

Max Kool

Max Kool

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Sorry, wrong bike (she runs on Indian 15W60 though 😄). But she deserved some extra attention after all the love my FTR got the past month.

Mid 80’s to low 90’s, nearly empy roads (except for a few dodos riding in the way).

Three hours of the best canyons. 🖤

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S2Davies

S2Davies

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Had a great day out yesterday. I set off west with the idea that I would just turn round when I got bored................I turned round 153 miles later! I just popped into Wales then stopped at Hay-on-Wye. It was nice to do a decent distance for a change and some of the roads through the Malvern hills are great. All in all a very nice time, but that being said, 8 hours on a stock saddle, need I say more? 😁 Oh, and the liquid on the floor in one of the pics is not mine (bike or otherwise 😬).
 

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cupcake_mike

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motocroft said:
Watching with interest @cupcake_mike
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Funny thing about that, this is what it looked like before I left this morning.

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About an hour later the right bag was smoking. I think maybe the Jumpstart pack inside the case got too hot and started a fire inside the bag (no pics of that), but at least only my sleeping bag and tent got singed. I returned home and transferred everything to my SDGT and headed out. Made it to Kentucky lake (in Tennessee) about 600 miles and 10hrs later.
 
edgelett

edgelett

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yeah that exhaust is blowing right in to the pannier. Honestly not surprised it caused an issue.
Bummer you couldn't go on the FTR :(
 
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cupcake_mike

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edgelett said:
yeah that exhaust is blowing right in to the pannier. Honestly not surprised it caused an issue.
Bummer you couldn't go on the FTR :(
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The picture is a little deceiving, there's about 7 inches between the exhaust and the bottom of the bag, plus a heat shield. But yeah, got too hot. Looking at the aftermath, I think if the lithium battery wouldn't have been there, nothing would've ever happened.

I've put over 3k miles on this configuration without a problem, but also, no lithium battery in that pack before.
 
motocroft

motocroft

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cupcake_mike said:
Funny thing about that, this is what it looked like before I left this morning.

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About an hour later the right bag was smoking. I think maybe the Jumpstart pack inside the case got too hot and started a fire inside the bag (no pics of that), but at least only my sleeping bag and tent got singed. I returned home and transferred everything to my SDGT and headed out. Made it to Kentucky lake (in Tennessee) about 600 miles and 10hrs later.
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Far out dude - sketchy.
Glad you got it off the bike and sorted before it had the opportunity to spread too much.
 
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