Mounting an extinguisher to a dirtbike?

[steve_xland]

Hi Guys (and possibly girls),

I want to mount a small extinguisher onto my YZF250 for trail rides through the forests etc.

Has anyone done this & have some advice for getting it in a good "out of the way" place or do you recommend carrying it in a backpack. I'd hate to fall onto my back with one of those in the pack... would hurt like hell - Not that we ever plan to fall LOL but it happens.

Advice would be most appreciated.

Cheers,
Steve

[Firefight]

Hi Guys (and possibly girls),

I want to mount a small extinguisher onto my YZF250 for trail rides through the forests etc.

Has anyone done this & have some advice for getting it in a good "out of the way" place or do you recommend carrying it in a backpack. I'd hate to fall onto my back with one of those in the pack... would hurt like hell - Not that we ever plan to fall LOL but it happens.

Advice would be most appreciated.

Cheers,
Steve




I cable tied mine to the frame



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[Bradz]

cable tie it to front number board or tape it to front guard, to easy..

[cheese]

I drilled two holes in the front mud guard and screwed the supplied bracket down. Then I put a cable tie around the bracket and extinguisher.

[B0000M]

tape around the guard is all very well until your front wheel cuts the tape when the suspension compresses. as cheese says, both me and him have had extinguishers with the bracket bolted to the front guard for the past 2 years with no issues as well as a whole lot of other mate's bikes the same. i also reccommend decent cable ties to the bracket as a decent crash will break small ones.

[Henk]

Seen them cable tied to the frame, front gaurd, handlebar cross brace and a number of other places. Have also seen lots of them littering the first 5km of trails at rides in Kaingaroa where they were required and people had got it a bit wrong. I always carried mine in either a bumbag or camelback on the grounds that if my bike was on fire I didn't want to have to wade through the flames to get at the one thing that might help.

[IIIRII]

I put mine in my backpak ....inside an old sock to cushion it

[flyingcr250]

I put mine in my backpak ....inside an old sock to cushion it

my extinguisher is in my pants.:whistle:

[scott411]

we used to carry them in camelbaks until my business partner had a huge crash over the bars at the Tarawera 100 a few years ago and hurt his back by landing on it,

now we do similar to Cheese and Boooom do, drill holes in the front guard and mount them with cable ties

[B0000M]

we used to carry them in camelbaks until my business partner had a huge crash over the bars at the Tarawera 100 a few years ago and hurt his back by landing on it,

now we do similar to Cheese and Boooom do, drill holes in the front guard and mount them with cable ties

exactly the reason i wont carry one in a backpack of any kind. i dont want to find out how painful that would be

[t595]

ducktape round bars,between clamps and cabletie each end.havent lost 1 yet,prob bit of a mission 2 get it off in a hurry tho

[scott411]

ducktape round bars,between clamps and cabletie each end.havent lost 1 yet,prob bit of a mission 2 get it off in a hurry tho

i have never seen a dirt bike start a fire yet, but its a small price to pay for the access to forests we have,

[t595]

me neitha.they gota be imposible 2 get off if ur racing coz some clubs wont let u carry on racing if its missing or insecure

[Firefight]

i have never seen a dirt bike start a fire yet, but its a small price to pay for the access to forests we have,





seen 2 during my time (5 years)at woodhill as one of Gregs bike park wardens
both in the same spot about a year apart, but ur right Scott its not a normal event.. however as you will be aware some forest owners are making it a requirment, before they will allow events to be run in their forests, Carter holt were particulary anal about this at one stage .
mind you....most the small extingushers arn't worth a cunt full off cold water anyway

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[hsv-b0y]

I cable tie mine to the back of my armour.

[cheese]

mind you....most the small extingushers arn't worth a cunt full off cold water anyway

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LOL that is my favourite KB quote of all time.

[tommorth]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Firefight View Post
mind you....most the small extingushers arn't worth a cunt full off cold water anyway

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LOL that is my favourite KB quote of all time.




hahaha its even added to to the guys name being Firefight

[Fryin Finn]

I have cut 2 rubber loops from an old inner tube and put them on the forks between the top and bottom triple clamp to secure it to the side of the fork behind an acerbis headlight/number plate.
My old XR650 caught fire once on an adventure ride.

[B0000M]

cant do that on most bikes ive seen, theres not enough clearence between the forks and the radiators / frame when you turn

[Danger]

Might be a good idea to remove/edit any references to bikes causing fires in forests, don't want to provide any more ammunition that may result in further restrictions to riding areas eh?

I just carry mine in my back pack, plenty of padding back there with the body armour, back pack and water bladder between myself and the extinguisher, there are more painful things that will happen than an injury from that small canister. Don't do what some do and carry it in your airbox, I've seen the results of that practice and the ruined engine if the extinguisher comes loose and goes off.

[CRF119]

Firstly the extinguishes that you buy do almost nothing. We have tried just for the sake of it. I have 2 sets of amour one for MX and one has a fire extinguisher cable tied on the back which is never coming off. I would never drill holes in a bike to hold a extinguisher. I have also seen a extunguisher get holes in it from a big bail and the shit goes all over your bike! :2thumbsup

[Midget200]

Hi Guys (and possibly girls),

I want to mount a small extinguisher onto my YZF250 for trail rides through the forests etc.

Has anyone done this & have some advice for getting it in a good "out of the way" place or do you recommend carrying it in a backpack. I'd hate to fall onto my back with one of those in the pack... would hurt like hell - Not that we ever plan to fall LOL but it happens.

Advice would be most appreciated.

Cheers,
Steve

I bought a part from Spectrum on the Shore like the Husky's have. It's hard plastic with like an insert for the fire extinguisher to sit in. Bolted it onto my CRF250 and then put cable ties around it.

[secondfield]

Ask Kezzafish - I believe he just pokes it up his arse ... :2thumbsup

[Midget200]

Ask Kezzafish - I believe he just pokes it up his arse ... :2thumbsup

Oh Kezza Fish I'm sure you've got something to add to this! I'm all for disproving FF's response about the similarities between the fire extinguisher, etc. I guess I've got the fire extinguisher and the necessary parts! More interested to find out how well it fits with Kezza!

[theblacksmith]

I got pig sick of taping/cable tying the damn thing onto my handlebars so I ve fabricated an aluminum number plate and bolted the supplied bracket vertically on the number plate. I also used 3 velcro cable bunchers (made by 3M) bolted under the bracket so they wrap around the extinguisher bottle to prevent it moving in the bracket.

[B0000M]

I got pig sick of taping/cable tying the damn thing onto my handlebars so I ve fabricated an aluminum number plate and bolted the supplied bracket vertically on the number plate. I also used 3 velcro cable bunchers (made by 3M) bolted under the bracket so they wrap around the extinguisher bottle to prevent it moving in the bracket.

i've thought about doing that before. probably the best solution of them all. definatly the safest place for it to not get ripped / broken off

[kezzafish]

Ask Kezzafish - I believe he just pokes it up his arse ... :2thumbsup

lol. wrong, i spray it up my arse then drop my daks in case of fire and let rip... rather have a burnt arse than a burnt willy

[Firefight]

one of my gud ridin m8s does it this way


I thought it might cum off ,

but he reckons its the shit


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[Firefight]

he added a bit of padding to the extingusher so the traps dig in a hold tight

[Firefight]

doh
hope its there this time.


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[Ktmboy]

Yeah I did something similar but found the front yre cut through the webbing?tape. Just cable tie onto the front number board now.

[Firefight]

Yeah I did something similar but found the front yre cut through the webbing?tape. Just cable tie onto the front number board now.



Yeah, that cud be a prob if you have webbing all the way round, his system uses 20mm wide clips that hook on to the guard , I still prefer my own method but his seems to work also.



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