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Fair weather biker, not this dude
« on: 14 November 2011, 10:10:07 am »
 
 
 
motorcycle in the water

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Re: Fair weather biker, not this dude
« Reply #1 on: 14 November 2011, 10:58:17 am »
its a honda. what they dont show is the next 30 seconds when it instantly disintegrates into a pile of rust! ;)

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Re: Fair weather biker, not this dude
« Reply #2 on: 14 November 2011, 05:21:20 pm »
Poor sod, first his house floods then his jetski sinks! :lol
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Re: Fair weather biker, not this dude
« Reply #3 on: 14 November 2011, 09:26:48 pm »
All very good until he hits a missing manhole cover!!!

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Re: Fair weather biker, not this dude
« Reply #4 on: 15 November 2011, 02:57:21 pm »
Nice to see that first bike was still filtering!

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Re: Fair weather biker, not this dude
« Reply #5 on: 16 November 2011, 12:05:50 am »
got to admire his inititive though!!
 
I once drove through a flood like that in a Peugeot 106 that was only 3 months old nearly made it out the otherside when the back wash killed my engine. instead of thinking about it and using window to climb out of I opened the door!! flooded insode to half way up the seats!!! the Ex Mrs wasn't happy as she was in the back with her mum!!!!
 
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Re: Fair weather biker, not this dude
« Reply #6 on: 16 November 2011, 09:32:55 am »
so how comes the engine didn't cut out when it sucked in all the water???
 

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Re: Fair weather biker, not this dude
« Reply #7 on: 16 November 2011, 04:03:49 pm »
One of the later bikes that came through with had a bit of hose taped to the end of the exhaust and lifted over the back seat.

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Re: Fair weather biker, not this dude
« Reply #8 on: 16 November 2011, 04:08:58 pm »
he had one from the airbox up into the fairing too like a snorkel.

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Re: Fair weather biker, not this dude
« Reply #9 on: 16 November 2011, 04:15:45 pm »
My cousin lives in Thailand and he moved both his car and his wifes to the nearest flyover when they knew the floods were coming.  Seems that is what most people have done if they can manage without a car and the others have been preparing vehicles for wading through deep water.  Fairly simple with a bike.  Make sure the airbox is airtight, attach a snorkel to it and it should be OK.  If the plug caps are the rubber type that seal onto the plugs they should still work (they do on a jetski after all) and it doesn't actually matter if the exhaust is under water.