Rising Damp - Nov 22nd Ride

Next time I join one of your rides wolfy I'm fitting one of them snorkels off a land rover

Mid ride bike wash I call em.....me 450 gets heavy covered in mud see!

slackpantz wrote:fairplay to you lot!!! chuck them in the deep end take it none of the bikes took a drink?

This one had a little sip!

one question how do you stop them from compressing or is it just luck???

slackpantz wrote:one question  how do you stop them from compressing or is it just luck???

Wing and a prayer comes to mind

A combination of luck, speed on the stop button and it simply stalling - i think!  

Depends how you define luck I think . Standing up to your nuts in a river with a flooded bike , thinking yourself lucky it didn't lock
I've found you get 2-3 seconds of 'death gurgle' noise before she conks out . Hit the kill switch if you've time but most of the time they've conked out themselves and it's plug out and dry things out . If it's a short deep crossing , just gun it , if it's a long shallow crossing , feet down and paddle , and if there's a jibbers bridge , don't at any point ever consider using it , cos that means your'e a wimpy poofbag .

shocker wrote:

slackpantz wrote:fairplay to you lot!!! chuck them in the deep end take it none of the bikes took a drink?

This one had a little sip!

ah memories

If there's a choice between possibly seeing your bike lying at the bottom of a river then going through the faff of stripping the thing down, wringing out the air filter etc.etc. while a bunch of Herbets watch generally taking the piss (and photographs!) then riding it home full of water and having to change the oil loads of times later or being called a wimpy poofbag..............?

You can put me down for life membership of 'The Wimpy Poofbag' club right now!

Wimpy bridge or the possibly of blowing a grand plus on a rebuild? No brainer init.