This morning at Caffeine and Carburetors, I was backing up to take a picture when I accidentally bumped into something.
"Ouch!! That was really sharp. No wait, that wasn't sharp... that was really, really hot...and my hairy leg is still stuck to it!!"
But I'll deal with it. I'm certainly not going to complain to the Colonel.
Ouch!! Years ago I owned a street bike. I was loading it in a trailer and was trying to strap it into place while I was sitting on it (I was loading it alone). I twisted and reached back with my right arm and "sssssssssss". I seared my arm on the exhaust.
Many years later it's still fully visible. Perhaps a reminder to think more before I act haha.
You've been branded by Enzo. Pretty sure they own your soul at this point.
Back in my HD lifestyle smoke days, I knew a few girls that accidentally got that same mark, on the left inside calf...
(non HD guys might have to think a moment)
BTW, the Beemer's do not leave that mark
Pressure washers will leave a mark.
If you ever visit Rarotonga they have hordes of rental motor cycles, mostly semi automatic Yamahas of some description. They all seem to have a fairly prominent exhaust on one side and the incidence of burns, particularly among pillion passengers, is such that tour guides make jokes about 'Raro Tattoos'.
I hired one last time and, yes I avoided a tattoo but I was highly amused by the rental lady warning me at great length that even thinking about using the front brake would lead to instant death or disfigurement. I did find having the rear brake on the left handlebar (and no foot brake) extremely disconcerting.
Stampie said:You've been branded by Enzo.
Totally stealing that from you.
My Locost has branded me more than a few times.
I feel your burning, blistery, pain.
In reply to 03Panther :
I'm having trouble visualizing what you mean. The exhaust is on the right hand side, left side leg, they backed into the exhaust?
In reply to Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos) :
I was backing up to take a picture of something else (waffle truck), and I bumped into the recently parked Ferrari.
Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos) said:In reply to 03Panther :
I'm having trouble visualizing what you mean. The exhaust is on the right hand side, left side leg, they backed into the exhaust?
I was going to guess something about what the women were actually riding...
24 hour update:
My college roommate was an alcoholic. He had a old 250cc Honda as his transportation. One night he was in a minor traffic accident coming home from a bar. Bike laid over on top of him. He was wearing short pants. He was so drunk he didn't realize the muffler was on his lower leg. The driver of the car lifted up the motorcycle and told him "dude your leg is burned". He needed skin grafts and had a huge scar.
Woody (Forum Supportum) said:Stampie said:You've been branded by Enzo.
Totally stealing that from you.
I think you legally owe them royalty payments now...
I don't think it's normal for a front-engined car with rear-exit exhaust to have tips hot enough to sear flesh instantly like that. Maybe this model has fully insulated exhaust?
I had a brand from a Mercedes 540K exhaust but it's finally gone.
It was a problem on early MINI Cooper S and JCW's too - they went to a different, shorter tip IIRC. In this case people were burning the front of their legs reaching in to get things out of the rear hatch.
iansane said:Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos) said:In reply to 03Panther :
I'm having trouble visualizing what you mean. The exhaust is on the right hand side, left side leg, they backed into the exhaust?
I was going to guess something about what the women were actually riding...
Yep. And not paying attention to where that leg was
In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :
#burnwatch22
Haha. Maybe soon you'll be "trending" like all the cool kids.
Woody, you want some of this. And get some lotion on the rest of the alligator leg, moist skin heals faster.
Just think of it as a head start on your Frylock tattoo.
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