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10-13-2005, 04:06 PM
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| Ditch Magnet   Join Date: Sep 2005
Bike: Suzuki S40
Location: Norfolk, VA
Posts: 168
|  The exhaust pipe burn from hell
... is on my friend's 8 year old daughter. When I came over the other day to show them my new bike she bumped her leg against the pipe, said "ow. That's hot!" and that was it. No crying, no carrying on, no problems. I forgot all about it. Until last night, that is. It's approaching three weeks later (I think), and I went over for a visit. While I was there she showed me hur burn. Her larger-than-a-silver-dollar burn. Her larger-than-a-silver-dollar burn that looked like it was at least a quarter inch deep. (She's a very tiny 8 year old, that's a significant portion of her leg). "It's starting to get better now - it's smaller than it was." WHAT?!? The first thing that ran through my mind when I saw it was that it had been a 3rd degree burn, no question. It did get a little infected, but was clearing up by the time I saw it. Now, I've been wearing jeans every time I've been on it and I have yet to burn myself on it. How hot would it have had to be to cause that!?! Is that kind of operating temperature normal? Man, I feel guilty. Last year I stepped on her kitten, now this.  |
