This is a vid of my mate racing his 4 week old 07 Yamaha R6 at Broadferd, and it was the last time he did ride it.
i truely do feel sorry for him. (watch his helmet)
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Thats unlucky, how did the fire actually start? Something electrical?

:RIP:

One of the risks of running trackdays, but I have to say, that was some bad luck to have the tank rip open like that., at least I am assuming thats what happened when the handlebars tank-slapped.

Unlucky

I bet the tarmac was fooked after that little blaze

Quote from mcintyrej :

Thats unlucky, how did the fire actually start? Something electrical?

yeah, the tanks on the are so thin as soon as it touched the tarmac it was gone, he was so shatterd though, but apropriate song for the video? and did you see his helmet catch on fire?

Nasty, but like Chris says, thems the risks.

yep, as soon as he rolled on track, his insurance was gone.

Glad to see he's ok but the fire response was pathetic. Even if fires are not typically a major issue with bikes you should expect a response time of under 3 minutes to put a fire out

Quote from mickyc30 :

yep, as soon as he rolled on track, his insurance was gone.

Depends on the insurance company and the policy held. You CAN get insurance for damages done on a track but it's pricey.

Quote from ajp71 :

Glad to see he's ok but the fire response was pathetic. Even if fires are not typically a major issue with bikes you should expect a response time of under 3 minutes to put a fire out

This fire was a pretty big issue, it went on for ages and they had to call the fire brigade to put it out.

Quote from Christopher Raemisch :

Depends on the insurance company and the policy held. You CAN get insurance for damages done on a track but it's pricey.

yeah, but he just brought the bike, and he didnt think hed need insurance yet, well i guess he did

Quote from mickyc30 :

This fire was a pretty big issue, it went on for ages and they had to call the fire brigade to put it out.

That's the issue, no race circuit organiser should have to call for external help to put out a relatively small fire, nothing a dedicated fire car (car track days typically have two fire cars and one ambulance) couldn't have dealt with very quickly.

Quote from ajp71 :

That's the issue, no race circuit organiser should have to call for external help to put out a relatively small fire, nothing a dedicated fire car (car track days typically have two fire cars and one ambulance) couldn't have dealt with very quickly.

It has nothing to do with who the track day is aimed it, is it the track who has permanent emergency response for fires and the like, that is just a bad track to be honest. Though they did arrive in under 3 minutes, their kit was lacking somewhat.

Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

It has nothing to do with who the track day is aimed it, is it the track who has permanent emergency response for fires and the like, that is just a bad track to be honest. Though they did arrive in under 3 minutes, their kit was lacking somewhat.

I don't see your point, there was clearly no proper fire fighting equipment or anybody correctly dressed for the job on stand by. The vehicle response should be a mater seconds not minutes, especially at a trackday with fewer marshals.

Quote from ajp71 :

I don't see your point, there was clearly no proper fire fighting equipment or anybody correctly dressed for the job on stand by. The vehicle response should be a mater seconds not minutes, especially at a trackday with fewer marshals.

I shall put it in bold.

car track days typically have two fire cars and one ambulance

Now re-read it, you can have any vehicle on a track day, it is up to the owners of the track to arrange the safety aspects.

Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

I shall put it in bold.

car track days typically have two fire cars and one ambulance

Now re-read it, you can have any vehicle on a track day, it is up to the owners of the track to arrange the safety aspects.

I'm still confused as to what your point. It's the organisers of the event that should provide rescue services. In this case they clearly haven't got the equipment to deal with a foreseeable eventuality.

Their equipment really was lacking the time it took them to get to the crash site... Just watching the video I knew the marshall was never going to put a bike engulfed in flames out with that tiny little thing... It might have sufficed if he'd gotten there in under 30 seconds...

Quote from ajp71 :

I'm still confused as to what your point. It's the organisers of the event that should provide rescue services. In this case they clearly haven't got the equipment to deal with a foreseeable eventuality.

The emphases you put on the car track days is what I was getting at.

Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

The emphases you put on the car track days is what I was getting at.

Standard practice seems to be two fire cars and an ambulance at UK car track/test days and one fire car and two ambulances at UK bike track/test days.

The idea of having any circuit based session without a dedicated fast response fire vehicle is ridiculous, to not even have marshals with fire extinguishers on the scene in seconds (which probably would have been enough in this case) is even worse.

Quote from ajp71 :

Standard practice seems to be two fire cars and an ambulance at UK car track/test days and one fire car and two ambulances at UK bike track/test days.

The idea of having any circuit based session without a dedicated fast response fire vehicle is ridiculous, to not even have marshals with fire extinguishers on the scene in seconds (which probably would have been enough in this case) is even worse.

Well if you look at it logically, if you crash a bike you're more likely to hurt yourself and need to go to hospital, and the fires are so small you'd only need one fire car, where as with cars it is the other way round, but that track really was quite silly when they were given mini fire extinguishers which I'd suspect would struggle to put out a BBQ.

now now, no need to start an argument

wow, never seen firehelmets. must feel quite warm inside the helmet

Quote from andybarsblade :

Unlucky

I bet the tarmac was fooked after that little blaze

Once my dad and his friends were travelling down to Cornwall on their bikes and one of them caught fire. The tarmac melted and the frame ended up as part of the road afterwards.

Quote from pb32000 :

Once my dad and his friends were travelling down to Cornwall on their bikes and one of them caught fire. The tarmac melted and the frame ended up as part of the road afterwards.

Ouch,
Ive seen the same thing happen at donington first session 2nd lap a guy dropped his R1 on the exit of redgate and caught fire,
the fire car (jag with a big water tank) was there within 2 minutes but the r1 was full of fuel and took a while to put out once it was cleared the tarmac was so badly damaged we had to close the track and offered everyone a free track evening.

When my dad went on his track day he was told he wouldn't be alowed to drive on the track without a fire extinguisher.

Quote from Luke.S :

When my dad went on his track day he was told he wouldn't be alowed to drive on the track without a fire extinguisher.

Are you sure your not talking about a test session? Track days don't normally require any safety modifications to cars, and unless it is properly secured a fire extinguisher is the last thing you want to have with you on a track.