Burned my pants

[alanmcorcoran]

Bumming a bit because I burned my TourMaster Caliber pants on the way in today. Don't normally wear these to work, but today is racquetball and my routine is to wear the pants over my court shorts. I was surprised that they burned. I thought they would be meltproof, especially in the area that could come in contact with the tailpipe.

I wondered why this had not happened before, but then I remembered - I had some stalling problems and actually had to push the bike through a left turn (and then push start it.) I sure when I was pushing it is when I touched the pants to the pipe. Have a nice hole in the pants now and a nasty blackened plastic mess on the pipe.

So, don't assume just because they are reinforced motorcycle pants, they won't melt. I'm going to look for a black nylon patch kit or maybe a glue on fix. If anyone has a better idea, fire away.