Well, sometimes bad luck can be seen as luck being on your side.
I haven't been riding the bikes much of late but will take them out of the garage and run them every now and then for a bit to rotate the oil through the engines and give the batteries a bit of a top up.
I start the engines and just leave them for a while, come back, shut them down and put them away.
Just did that again yesterday and left the bikes idling down stairs while I did a bit of work on the house.
I had to wait for glue to dry on something I was working on so decided to go and bring the rubbish bins back to the house that were down the road.
Thank goodness I did!
As I walked past, the 14 was leaking coolant everywhere!
I rushed over and shut it down.
The dash had over heat alarms everywhere.
I think I have escaped damage as the engine didn't seize and wasn't sizzling too bad when I turned it off.
After a couple of hours of cooling down I gave it a very quick turn over and all seemed okay.
I haven't had a chance to take a look yet but I'm hoping is just a cracked radiator hose.
It all was extremely lucky as it didn't happen out on a ride but at the house, and also that I came downstairs when I did or all would have been lost.
I just hope there is no over heat damage.