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Two days ago was the saddest day of my life. I am riding going about 90 mph for about 15 mins. I was in 6 th gear and my revs were only about 6000 rpm. Suddenly, I feel a burning sensation on my leg. I start to slow down and pull over. And when I am off the highway and out of harms way, I look down and behind my left leg, on left hand side of bike, it is on fire. I jump off the bike at this point, after I have came to a complete stop and I try to take my jacket off and put the fire out, however, its too late the fire overcomes my bike and that's all she wrote. I run away at this moment cause my tank is full of gas. Then kaboom. My bike explodes.
The bike had about 8450 miles on it. I had taken it to a Suzuki mechanic about a month ago. They performed the full point inspection, changed the oil and told me my bike was good to go. The fastest I have ever driven the bike is about 110 mph the day before the explosion. I do like to accelerate a lot when I am at the head of traffic in red light situations because I prefer to be passing cars then to being passed in traffic. I feel a lot safer that way. I love the Katana style handling and power however, what assurance is there that the next Katana I get doesn't do the same thing. Has anyone heard of this happening before? Please help? Can I go back to Suzuki for this failure? Was I pushing the 600 passed its limits? Maybe I should upgrade?
I am trying to upload pic of bike with description of approximate location of fire, but web page keeps saying upload failed. I did find a site with a description of a recall for this bike. The link is:
If someone can send me their email then I can email the photo and perhaps they will have better luck uploading this pic.
Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
The bike had about 8450 miles on it. I had taken it to a Suzuki mechanic about a month ago. They performed the full point inspection, changed the oil and told me my bike was good to go. The fastest I have ever driven the bike is about 110 mph the day before the explosion. I do like to accelerate a lot when I am at the head of traffic in red light situations because I prefer to be passing cars then to being passed in traffic. I feel a lot safer that way. I love the Katana style handling and power however, what assurance is there that the next Katana I get doesn't do the same thing. Has anyone heard of this happening before? Please help? Can I go back to Suzuki for this failure? Was I pushing the 600 passed its limits? Maybe I should upgrade?
I am trying to upload pic of bike with description of approximate location of fire, but web page keeps saying upload failed. I did find a site with a description of a recall for this bike. The link is:
If someone can send me their email then I can email the photo and perhaps they will have better luck uploading this pic.
Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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