This may fit under the "life stories" category better than the motorcycle section, but since I've not been doing any adventuring on the bike in a long time, and this was a "mis-adventure", I figured I put it in the Motorcycles section. The short version is: My sport bag, with many possessions, slipped onto the exhaust of my motorcycle, while I was on the freeway, and caught fire. A portion of the motorcycle is ruined/melted/burned, and just about everything in the bag was scattered over a 1.3 mile area. To read the long version, click the "Read More" link at the end of this article for all the gory details of my stupid actions exacerbated by more stupid actions. At least I wasn't hurt, and no one else was hurt. At least, that's what I keep trying to tell my self. ;-)
Here's the photos (click the image to see fullsize version):

Burned motorcycle mudflap and melted turn signal, rear view.	Right Rear View
Right Rear View.	Right side view
Burned Items - Black shirt (mostly gone).	Burned items - portable folding keyboard (salvageable, but hinge damaged, I'll have ot jerry-rig something to keep it together). This is the external wireless keyboard to my Zaurus handheld.
Burned items - Green kung fu uniform.	Burned items - White kungfu uniform.
Burned items - Notebook, keyboard, black kung fu pants.	Burned items - blue kungfu uniform, tshirt, belt, sport bag (3/4 of bag completely gone from fire).
Burned items - books, papers, bills.

I'm very tired right now, and it took longer to get the first part up (photos and all), than I expected, so I'll post the long version of this event later on when I've had some sleep. Check back in a day or two if you want the gory details.