Duilio Agostini had a bike catch fire during a race at Monza in about 1953. A mechanic had forgotten to properly fasten a fuel line and leaking fuel filled the bottom of the faring before it exploded in flames. Duilio escaped with a few nasty burns but the only remaining parts of the bike, apart from the frame, were collected in a bucket. There is a photo somewhere that I was shown. At that time a good part of racing bikes were constructed in magnesium alloy.

Peter

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