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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1208 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #915 - 03/24/24 at 07:35:57 Rutt - the Green Monster is parked in my front garage, safe and sound. That will end up being my first project in shop 2.0. It needs the right crank seal replaced, which requires splitting the engine cases. A sprinkler or fire supresion system is definitely on the table for shop 2.0.
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Reply #916 - 03/24/24 at 09:22:27

There are also smoke detectors that are connected to your phone.

https://www.coolblue.nl/en/smoke-detectors/smart-smoke-detectors

And Fire retardant impregnation
https://www.flametect.nl/en/

A layer of plasterboard on the walls and ceilings works wonders.
And I would also install an overhead crane. The wet dream of all hobbyists

That was what sally was thinking about during this sene.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=orgasme+van+whan+sally+met+harry

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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1208 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #917 - 03/24/24 at 11:23:18 I had a gantry crane in the shop. The upper I beam melted in the fire.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1208 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #918 - 05/18/24 at 07:43:46 Even though the investigation has not been completed, they are done collecting evidence. So finally I am allowed to go into the building. They cleared out a large portion of the equipment and vehicles, so this is the closest look I have gotten at my street tracker. It's pretty ugly to look at.
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Reply #919 - 05/18/24 at 07:50:06

zevenenergie wrote on 03/24/24 at 09:22:27:

There are also smoke detectors that are connected to your phone.

https://www.coolblue.nl/en/smoke-detectors/smart-smoke-detectors

And Fire retardant impregnation
https://www.flametect.nl/en/

A layer of plasterboard on the walls and ceilings works wonders.
And I would also install an overhead crane. The wet dream of all hobbyists

That was what sally was thinking about during this sene.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=orgasme+van+whan+sally+met+harry

Shop 2.0 will have smoke detectors that link to my phone. As far as fire supression systems go, they are ridiculously expensive in my area due to freezing temperatures. It has to be antifreeze, not water. It has to be stored in a pressurize tank, and maintained. There are systems that use foam or dry chemical, but again, too expensive for my budget. But thanks for the tips, zevenenergie.

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Reply #920 - 05/19/24 at 03:30:20

What an absolute shame - I don't know if I would be emotionally strong enough to go through something like that. In the last 6 months we have replaced a water heater, oven/range, refrigerator, and our RV roof leaked and rotted out the bunk area and I am in the middle of a 3 week rebuild of the bunk area (takes a lot of time to do it with 1 person, and scraping off old sealant is incredibly time consuming). Seeing your garage and contents in a pile of ashes puts it all in perspective about how much worse things can be. I am truly sorry this happened to you.

Maybe a "Master Switch" that can turn off all the non-essential electrical components - and you can switch it off when you are not in the shop. You could leave on anything related to the alarm, smoke detectors or any heating/cooling related items you want to stay on.

I have a friend that has a timer on his compressor so that he doesn't forget to turn it off. When the timer runs out it shuts off the electric to the compressor motor and also closes a valve for the air supply.

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Reply #921 - 05/19/24 at 09:01:28

I talked to a guy that put all of his battery chargers on the light circuit, so when he turns off the lights, all the chargers get turned off at the same time. I know they may never find the exact cause, but I hope they do. I really want to know how it started. They took 11 pieces of evidence for forensic investigation, including the remains of the Ryobi battery, the remains of the Ryobi charger, and four wall outlets that were closest to that bench and charger. The lead fire cause analysis investigator has scheduled a call with me some time today. He previously told me the forensic examination could take as much as two months to complete. But they are finished with the building, which means I should get the official notification from the insurance releasing the building back to me. Then comes the really hard part - cleaning up and inventorying all my equipment, tools, and property for the insurance claim.

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Reply #922 - 05/19/24 at 13:58:32

Yeah , I’m not sure how I would handle that. Emotionally just another gut punch , but financial loss and loss of my bikes , tools , my shop. I know I would come back and build more just spite of the loss. I would have to buy a cookie cutter bike , loose my identity, my coolness and my pride all in one clean swoop !!!
He will recover , didn’t say it would be painless.
Good to hear from you !

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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4278 Honolulu	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #924 - 05/20/24 at 03:43:40 I didn't realize that you couldn't touch your structure after a fire. I guess they don't want you messing with anything until they figure out how it started. I'm surprised that your insurance covers the tools and equipment. That's a great benefit. What insurance company do you have?
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Reply #925 - 05/20/24 at 08:21:36

We have all of our insurance through AAA. The structure and the personal property are paid out from different coffers, so I will get a settlement check for the structure and clean up first (once a number is agreed upon). I was told right away not to enter the building, or touch anything, until the investigation is completed. Fault needs to be determined first. Since it was electrical in nature, I know they cannot find negligence on my part. To protect their legal position, they needed to have a Ryobi representative present before exposing the area of the ignition source. So it took 6 weeks to get everyone on the same page and show up. It's hard to stare at that mess in the backyard while it seems like nothing is moving forward. Now that the investigators are done with the building, I should get official word from the insurance that the building is released back to me.

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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1208 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #926 - 05/20/24 at 13:09:51 The insurance company officially gave me back what's left of my shop today. I can start planning the clean up and demolition.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1208 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #927 - 05/21/24 at 14:10:37 I got a lot of stuff out of the shop this morning. Kudos to my neighbor who lent me his tractor/skip loader. I finally unburied my street tracker and got it out into the yard. It was on the bike lift, with the lower end bolted in the frame. The engine is not in the frame anymore.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1208 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #928 - 05/21/24 at 14:14:04 It took me a while to find the bottom end. When the engine cases melted away, the crank and transmission fell onto the weld cart. I was looking for something that looked a lot different. Some of the melted case material can be seen between the crank counter weights.
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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4278 Honolulu	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #929 - 05/22/24 at 01:38:01 Man, that is impressive. Melted the engine plumb outa the frame. That was a very hot fire. I guess you could say that your frame has been stress relieved. What a mess. That was a sweet bike.
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