Flooded Guzzis in Merkania: http://www.billsneddon.com/motoguzzi/index.html Looks like not a lot of fun. Go large on Solvol, I see the value of it's shares increasing. -- Dan L http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/ 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7) X-FOT#000 DIAABTCOD #26 BOMB#18 (slow) OMF#11
now that's a bit on the wet side. I feel sorry for people whose pride and joy got ruined, though. some of them with fancy trucks and trailers can presumably afford it.
Thus spake Austin Shackles () unto the assembled multitudes: Would the bikes be write-offs? I would imagine the machinery didn't do too badly, but presumably the electr[on]ics would have been FUBAR and expensive to replace.
If a bike of mine was submerged in mud, and there was no insurance involvement, I'd hose it off thoroughly, dry it thoroughly, change the fluids and expect it to work. Insurance considerations may complicate things.
Thus spake platypus () unto the assembled multitudes: What I should have said was "would the bikes be beyond economic repair" - I wasn't actually thinking of insurance when I wrote that first sentence admittedly rather clumsily. None of the bikes I've owned have ever been submerged so I can't speak from experience, but I'd be surprised if the electronics on modern machines would survive it unless they're designed to (e.g. sealed gizmo boxes etc). Normal electrics are a different matter and would just need drying out, presumably. I don't propose to test this hypothesis
Unless there's corrosion, I can't see how electronics would be damaged by immersion. I've flown a light aircraft that had previously been under the Irish Sea - little more had been done to it than pouring the water out and drying out the upholstery.
Back when I were a lad I ended up fishing my Bantam and a scrote out of the canal. The Bantam recovered after removing the plug and kicking it over a few times. The scrote took longer to recover from his kicking over ....
About the scrote? No, nor I. About the Bantam - oh yes. I've submerged a Honda XL100 trail bike, and I mean completely submerged, in a river, and we got it going within 20-30 minutes.
I think a bantam is a two stroke? (I've no idea about old Brit stuff.) If so they don't tend to break when they ingest water as readily as 4T - the water goes into the crank case instead of the cylinder. I speak from experience of submerging both kinds of outboard. Cheers Nick
You're right the Bantam was a two stroke (based on a DKW/MZ design) but I was referring more to the kicking of a scrote as being in doubt.
Turbine, ityf. And 6WD. -- Krusty www.MuddyStuff.co.uk Off-Road Classifieds '02 MV Senna '03 Tigtona 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250
"Highlander" was a name used for the prototype of what eventually became the Discovery, a shed only distinguished by being named after two fine Pet Shop Boys albums.
