Cleaning the bike...In the house...

[Kutcher]

Anyone else so fortunate???

[phil]

:rofl

[userw5]

I don't think that is rebeccas's story. ;)
http://www.snopes.com/embarrass/accident/toilet.asp

[Rapid_Roy]

One of the MOA's members got in trouble for wheeling his bike into a Hotel room to work on it, but the only thing that exploded was the manager.

[EXR911]

Think I heard that story about 20 years ago.

But one that did happen, locally, a few years ago was the fellow who was rebuilding his H---a in the basement of his house during the winter and decided to spray paint the tank. Of course the lacquer paint fumes were ignited by the gas furnace - resultiing not only in the loss of the motorcycle but also $75,000 damage to the house.

PT9766

[Rapid_Roy]

Yep. We had a local cleaning car parts with gasoline in the basement and the water heater flame hit the fumes. I can't remember if anybody died or not.
A good rule is no gasoline in the house, ever.

I store my bikes in the basement but the gas tanks stay in the garage.
I will probably leave the R50 in the garage too because I am not taking that gas tank off and putting it back on again.

[YELLOW_S]

Ok, I can believe the motorcycle going through the glass. But the gas in the toilet exploding? No way... Gas the liquid does not ignite. The vapors of the gas is what ignite. And gas does not explode. It just catches fire. Just like paper, or fire wood would burn. For gas to explode, it needs to be under pressure. Not having a way to escape. If anyone has seen one of Mythbusters first season they would already know this. It would make the man jump in the air. But wouldn't throw him very far and wouldn't be nearly enough to throw him through a door.

And even if it could. He would of smelled the gas as soon as he entered the bathroom. Its not like gas does not smell.

[mandypants]

He would of smelled the gas as soon as he entered the bathroom. Its not like gas does not smell.

Actually, some guys seem to be immune to the smell...:fart

[98lee]

I used to work at Alameda Naval Air Station in the aircraft overhaul facility. We had an aircraft painter dump some kind of solvent, I think it was Naptha, into one of the toilets near the paint shop.

The next guy to come along (with a cigarette and newspaper) didn't smell the fumes because the whole building is full of different paint and solvent fumes. Sat down, read paper , finished cigarette, BLAMO!

No door on the stall, but the guy standing at the urinals in front of the stall thought it was pretty strange when this guy almost did a nose dive into the urinal on his left!!:doh

Guess what the topic was all over the base at the next safety meetings.:deal


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[Rasbutan]

Ok, I can believe the motorcycle going through the glass. But the gas in the toilet exploding? No way... Gas the liquid does not ignite. The vapors of the gas is what ignite. And gas does not explode. It just catches fire. Just like paper, or fire wood would burn. For gas to explode, it needs to be under pressure. Not having a way to escape. If anyone has seen one of Mythbusters first season they would already know this. It would make the man jump in the air. But wouldn't throw him very far and wouldn't be nearly enough to throw him through a door.

And even if it could. He would of smelled the gas as soon as he entered the bathroom. Its not like gas does not smell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCT8ZpHEF5w

Still think gas doesn't explode if it's not pressurized?!?!