My bike is ticking...

[marksfazer]

Real bad luck Dead Eye, i think we all do work on our bikes in the garage & Could of happen to any of us.


Quite intrigued as to why the fire started, was there any ventilation whilst working on the bike, such as door open?


You should post this on some other bike forums and see if anyone can shed light on to why?


Mark.

[Dead Eye]

Yeah, its a bit of a mystery :s

The door to the garage was closed because the sander makes a fair bit of noise...

[richfzs]

@richfzs - The box had a lid on it that was sealed so I would be surprised if any fluid got out...

A sealed lid? How tight a seal? and you've got a fizzy drink in it, that's being shaken round?

[Dead Eye]

It was a relatively tight seal. I had the system in operation for an hour and a half the previous day after the drink had just been poured and there were no leaks. The drink was subsequently left overnight so was likely fairly flat in the afternoon when I set it up for the second time. I think thats the most annoying aspect - it worked fine the day before with no signs of malfunction etc and then suddenly it all went to sh!t

[HarryHornby]

Holy shit!     Glad no one was hurt.  Gutted for you.


Just a thought, you said the bike was ticking......maybe it was a bomb?....could explain both the ticking and the fire. 

[Dead Eye]

If only that was the case just to make more sense of it :P