Holy crap, Eric. Like Drag said^, glad you and your buddies came away without injury. Sorry about the bike, though. That is a scary situation, for sure!
I remember being on my H-1 triple going down the road many years ago, and having white smoke (electrical fire) coming out from under the tank. Nothing like what you experienced, though. What I learned is to ALWAYS turn-off the key at first sign of smoke. (20/20 hindsight.)
Just another day in the woods, eh?

 

The gas boils all the time in those husabergs. with the exhaust routed right under the tank. The ethanol in the gas has dropped the boiling point and it boils all the time now...

 

Just another day in a dirt bikers life. I can not say enough good things about all the guys i ride with. There are many situations where people have gone the extra mile and this was one.

 

Amen, brother. You learn real fast who you want to go riding with. If you ride with me, that means I trust you with my life....
Glad you're all OK, man.

 

Wow. Glad there weren't any roasted chestnuts as a result!

Before the fire, I was thinking: How do those other riders feel about pushing bikes that cost at least twice as much as the KLX? At least now the KLX has a better resale value than at least one of the other bikes...

 

There were two decent hill climbs. The trusty KLX went right up... actually wheelied up, i love wheeling uphills. The expensive husabergs got stuck....lol...

 

Eric,
Glad you guys are OK.
How did you get the bike out?

 

Smothered it with a sweaty t shirt and throwing lots of dirt on it.

 

I meant out of the woods.
Were you a long way from the highway?

 

5 guys can man handle a 270lbs bike not too bad... luckily we were on the top of a hill and not in a valley. We pushed and drug it out. Not too far to the road. Then towed it to a buddys house.