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...almost fried my ass!
Was at a track day at NJMP July 23rd on my 05 749. At wide open throttle doing 135 mph on the main straight, suddenly the engine stops firing and lots of smoke bellowing out. I was able to get it off the track and headed towards the fence when i smelled gas. After getting flat-bedded to the pits i looked for a fuel line leak and saw that the right side fuel line had actually popped off the bottom of the tank!!! That cheap piece of crap plastic Quick Connector had somehow failed (perhaps heat expansion?). I'm convinced that the ONLY reason the bike didn't catch on fire is that i had just installed exhaust wrap the week before!! Otherwise, i'd be hanging in the Burn Unit. Would love to meet the individual at Ducati who approved a flimsy piece of plastic that clicks into place as the single most critical piece of safety on the bike - 'would not hesitate to knock some sense into his dumb ass.
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Was at a track day at NJMP July 23rd on my 05 749. At wide open throttle doing 135 mph on the main straight, suddenly the engine stops firing and lots of smoke bellowing out. I was able to get it off the track and headed towards the fence when i smelled gas. After getting flat-bedded to the pits i looked for a fuel line leak and saw that the right side fuel line had actually popped off the bottom of the tank!!! That cheap piece of crap plastic Quick Connector had somehow failed (perhaps heat expansion?). I'm convinced that the ONLY reason the bike didn't catch on fire is that i had just installed exhaust wrap the week before!! Otherwise, i'd be hanging in the Burn Unit. Would love to meet the individual at Ducati who approved a flimsy piece of plastic that clicks into place as the single most critical piece of safety on the bike - 'would not hesitate to knock some sense into his dumb ass.
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