I've Got Gas

My grandmother and mother would always be paranoid about leaving the house with the kitchen stove left on.
Believe it or not, some people are saying the hydrogen gas wasn't to blame for the above incident, but the flammable powdered aluminum paint on the outer fabric was.

Bought and brought home what's known as a "plastics kit" for my 2009 WR-250FY.
A plastics kit is a collection of the plastic bodywork parts on a typical dirt bike, containing the front and rear fenders, side panels (AKA side number plates), and radiator air scoops (AKA radiator shrouds).
These kits are handy to give a dirt bike with scratched-up plastics a fresher look, and if you've ever gotten a good look at the typically well-used dirt bike, you'd probably think the guy riding it spends more time with it sliding along the ground on it's side than rolling over it on it's wheels.
Since I bought my WR-250FY used (it was 7 months old when I bought it last November) and the original owner did some ground surfing and put some "custom pin striping" on some of the plastic parts, I figured, "What the heck?".
So, I splurged. :)

One thing that the people putting these handy-dandy kits together won't tell you is that you still need to buy additional parts that the bike came with if you want to install these new plastic pieces correctly and expect them to last as long as they should.
Mainly, bikes often come with stuck-on foam dampers and heat shields that go on the insides of these plastic parts, making them fit snugly, protecting the plastics from abrasion, and shielding them from heat coming off the exhaust pipe and muffler.
Luckily, these additional parts don't cost too much, but the guy who doesn't figure this out is probably gonna' be in for a world of hurt when his 21 million dollar graphics kit winds up looking like the Hindenburg in that above picture because he didn't finish the job.

Better luck next time, Bucky.
Guess you weren't born too lucky.
Your wrenching skills are sucky.
And your tummy needs a tucky.

Hmmmm.
That might be a hit.

Off to jerk,
-John