Motorcycles vs. Wildfire

BlackForestCO
Edited Date/Time 6/23/2013 8:28pm
Sorry about the picture quality, it was the only one my dad was able to take in the time he was there, but I figured I would share it because I thought it was pretty wild.

My dad recently lost his shop due to a forest fire here in Colorado, we had all of our bikes in it when it went up. I honestly thought there was going to be a little more left than what there was. This shot is our 07 CRF450 and 98 CR250, which were sitting beside each other.



Hopefully this picture is the closest any of you guys get to anything like this happening.
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Xeno 6/23/2013 12:52pm
6/23/2013 12:52pm Edited Date/Time 6/23/2013 12:53pm
Sorry to hear that. Your family is safe, right?

My aunt and uncle live in Black Forest. They evacuated and didn't know the fate of their house for a few days. It survived.
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Frodad78 6/23/2013 12:58pm
6/23/2013 12:58pm
Wow the frames are just GONE. Must have been some serious heat, hope everyone made it out of there safely.
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Sandberm 6/23/2013 12:58pm
6/23/2013 12:58pm
Sorry about the damage, that's too bad.

I supposed if I were a scientist type I could figure out the temperature of the fire by what it did and did not melt. Aluminum frame melted, engine didn't. I'll venture to say that it got pretty damn hot.
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Bytor 6/23/2013 1:03pm
6/23/2013 1:03pm
That's sucks man. Reminds me of Fay Myers.

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BlackForestCO 6/23/2013 1:03pm
6/23/2013 1:03pm
Family is safe, thankfully. Their house survived only because the firefighters were there, everything on the property is scorched right up to the house, but it is standing. We can't thank the firefighters enough for not only salvaging out place, but saving countless others.

Glad to hear your families place, and glad they are alright. It's just a terrible deal all around, it's a shame so many people lost their homes/property.

I guess there was a flare up about 20 minutes ago that was bad enough to have multiple fire departments called out, hopefully they can put that out before it gains any ground.
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308 6/23/2013 1:47pm
6/23/2013 1:47pm
1,221°F (660.3°C)
Aluminium, Melting point

Crazy picture. Glad to hear everyone was okay.
BlackForestCO 6/23/2013 2:06pm
6/23/2013 2:06pm
Yeah, the frames were obviously still there on some of the older bikes (82 CR250, 85 XR80, 98 KX125), but anything that was aluminum was gone.

At least the kickstands are intact and salvageable!
TripleFive 6/23/2013 5:02pm
6/23/2013 5:02pm Edited Date/Time 6/23/2013 5:02pm
I probably inhaled the smoke from the bikes as they melted -- it has been so freaking smoky at my place!
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Saltybrad 6/23/2013 8:02pm
6/23/2013 8:02pm
WOW!!!!
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tomsti 6/23/2013 8:28pm
6/23/2013 8:28pm
Glad people weren't there. You should send that pipe back for some warranty work.

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