Extinguisher mount

[IIIRII]

Ok, here she is,
Very straightforward
25x3mm ally about 300mm L and 3x m4 x 20 ss button head capscrews + nylock nuts
2 x m5x 15 cuntersunk head ss capscrews + nylock nuts + a few ss washers




One piece of ally is a doubler behind the plastic / to stop the bolts pulling through the guard.
I made 3x 6mm spacers using 6mm ally sheet and a 25mm holesaw (these are the slugs) and used them as packers to pack the main rail that supports the extinguiher bracket
Bolted it all up through the guard as shown , then used velcro straps to hold the extinguisher in place.

What with Buffies accident and all, and the fact that I dont like it on my handlebars or in my hydrapak ....
Its a lot more out of the way than the photos show .

[camchain]

Hell, that's very nice work IIIRII. Bumped into that guy I mentioned before re mounting here. By coincidence he said you couldn't mount same way on later than 07 as no subframe showing under plastic. I reckon you nailed it. Plenty solid with something on other side as you've done and even tidier than hanging low off a bracket.

Bend that release pin 90 degrees to get it right out of the road, wrap in thick plastic to keep the muck off and Bob's your uncle.

Would even look forward to having to carry extinguisher now, but might need to trim that sideplate to show it off properly Lol.

[laserracer]

Nice work well done

[K6K]

Similar setup...used a no toil cleaner bottle and mounted an alloy strip on the inside of the bottle with countersunk bolts protruding out. I then mounted to the bike with the same size alloy strip sandwiching the airbox plastic. The nuts are on the inside of the airbox. The extinguisher slides in and out of the bottle with a bit of force. I don't think I'll need anything else to hold it in anyway. I then sprayed it black and put some scuff tape on it.
I wonder how long it will be before a stone flies up and pierces the bottle or knocks the gauge off....super roost!

[Taz]

Cool Idea!
But my radiator overflow catch bottle lives inside that part of the airbox. Should be room for that and the alloy plate and nuts too. May just need some padding.

[IIIRII]

I covered the end of mine with a couple of piece's I cut off an old inner tube
Cut the pin down like Cam said

Stretched it over the handpiece and gauge.

[barty5]

Only problem with all of these is same prob you have when in your back is by the time you fall off sort out whats happened find yah bike its on fire battle to get the extinguisher of your bike while getting burnt unwrap all the protection you have put on it there is nothing left to put out. In your back back is same deal
Fall off
pick yah self up
oh bikes on fire
struggle to get pack of and extinguisher out
un wrap it
Ah fuck it walk home bike a burnt crispy tender

[Taz]

The places that insist you carry an extinguisher aren't really worried about your bike. They are worried about their multi million dollar forest.

[noobi]

Only problem with all of these is same prob you have when in your back

the whole mounting the extiguisher anywhere on anything has this problem, it always has to be attached somehow, and most brackets that hold it tight enough for it not to fall off, mean its difficult to get out of the bracket if your on fire. the one that IIIRII has posted is pretty easy, you can just yank it hard enough and it comes out of the bracket.

But the thing is that for some rides you HAVE to have an extinguisher, and its better if its somewhere not on your person.
Its gonna be a pain to get to if its on your number board, on your handlebars, under the rear fender, on your backpack... anywhere
and a 0.3L fire extinguisher is probably unlikely to put out a fuel fire anyway.

[barty5]

The places that insist you carry an extinguisher aren't really worried about your bike. They are worried about their multi million dollar forest.

Hmm may be so but what use is a piss arse .3 kg one going to do with up to 6 or 7 liters maybe more of petrol.

[flyingcr250]

i keep my fire extinguisher in my pants..........
i have no problems keeping extinguishers in my backpack or ziptied to my handlebars. and to be honest im not stopping to put out any fires.

[barty5]

i keep my fire extinguisher in my pants..........
i have no problems keeping extinguishers in my backpack or ziptied to my handlebars. and to be honest im not stopping to put out any fires.

im with you i wont be stoppin and the the one in yah pant you properly got more of a chance puttin out any fire anyway

[IIIRII]

Good point Barty
I guess the obvious solution would be
1 / Make sure a real fire tender follows you around in the forest (might need a really long hose)
2 / Ban all motorsport in forests ...(WTF, I race cars too, this is a bad idea)
3 / Try to have a fair and reasonable compromise between being stupid and making an effort to abide by the owners of the forests wishes...
OR convert all dirt bikes to either hydrogen generators or electric power ...

MMmmm ....
No ones desputing the ineffectivness of a .3 kg extinguisher, Im just offering a solution to an alternative place to mount it , as like I have said several times , I dont like it on the handlabars or on my hydrapack.
When I did tussock buster I had it wrapped in a towel in my pack...
This place is out of the way and seems like one other alternative to mounting the extinguisher.
You can put yours where ever you like .....

[barty5]

Electric bike will have to carry them as well due to electrial sparks or short circuits although if that happen the odds are your going to be on fire as well or looking like you just got hit by a defibrillator machine wound up to full

[flyingcr250]

what cracks me up is they say you need an extinguisher, but they never check to see if they are fully charged or even working for that matter, once i got through the sign on with a V bottle in my cammelbak, all the guy did was feel through my cammelbak and sent me on my merry way.