Has anybody who owns a yfz450 ever had their pants catch on fire because the head pipe turned cherry red?
Because it happened last night to my cousin. He was riding down a dirt road and he said he looked down and
seen embers down by his feet. He was going at a pretty good pace while he was trying to smack the fire off
his leg, wish i could've seen it! He wasn't burnt so we all could laugh about! I never knew a head pipe could get that
hot.

 

One of my ridding buddies has a hole in all of her riding pants where her YFZ450 has burnt through them. They run very hot.

 

Ya I know someone that has a yfz and he says his fan is constantly on.....that probably isn't good in general yamaha should fix that the bike shouldn't be getting that hot. Especially with liquid cooling

 

i got plenty of holes in my riding pants/jeans from that nonsense...never happens when i wear my riding boots though[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

 

melted a nice pair of fishing pants on my buddy Jim's 450

they are shorts now

my legs have multiple scars from over the years

currently healing a nice burn i got from an RX50

5 weeks and counting on silvadene

 

That silvadene (sp?) is good stuff. I got a pretty serious burn at a cup race several years back and that stuff healed it up great. Sometimes ya need to feel a little pain [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]. An rx50 huh? lol. I rode a buddies Yamaha 450 and this one did not get hot like everyone talks about.....maybe he has richened his up to cool things down a bit? I would richen up everywhere and install a cooler plug as well to counteract this problem.....idle circuit and the needle first.

 

good advice

Im thinking the jet orifices are a little smaller due to old gas/varnish.

still cruises pretty good though

 

Yeah mine did the same thing when i first got it.. But after you put a pipe on it it will run alot cooler.

 

My wife a a 5" long burn scar on her leg that looks exactly like the so-called heat shield on the 450. You can even see the bolt in the scar.

 

Well I guess I can reply to this subject because THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME but it was on my
warrior on my trip to mexico from gordenswell.Its a shame I ruined a perfectly good pair of camo pants
because I wanted them to be shorts instead of holey camo pants.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]should have used electrical tape.