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How well does your bike handle in the water?

Discussion in 'Hangout Lounge' started by dubyaohohdee, Nov 14, 2011.

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    dubyaohohdee Member

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    Found on this site
     
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    Mine do pretty well but I've refilled all of my tires with Helium to make them lighter!!



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    What a clever and ingenious way to ruin your bike! Would somebody please get that guy a suzuki 4x4. Guess he didn't plan on there being anything hidden beneath 4 feet of water-he's lucky he didn't go down or that snorkel would have become a straw. Still that bike will be a rusty heap long before it should be. Did it sound ok at the end? Bike - Boat I guess they do both start with B and are four letter words.
     
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    It's amazing water wasn't sucked in through the air-intake. How did that thing keep running?
     
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    That's one way to add a liquid cooling system to your bike.
     
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    Hi there,

    On your stem (the part that holds the handle bars) there should be some bolts there all you have to do is align you bars in the position you want it to be. Hold it in place while tightening those bolts. Depending on the manufacturer, they may or may not be sealed bearings. A little water in a well-greased bearing isn't a problem; a LOT of water and detergent in a bearing can emulsify the grease and eventually that can cause problems. You get thinks that don't rust like chromoly frame, aluminum, stainless steel, and sealed hub bearings so it should last a long time. The chain will rust before anything else if you don't clean and lube it every so often.

    Cheers!!
    Xing.
     
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    That's what I was wondering, but if you look close he has a hose for the intake on the handlebars

    Pretty crerative
     
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    Ram air bikes have a totally sealed airbox Just unhook the scoops from the fairing hook a hose up run it up above the handlebars. Not sure if that bike came with ram air. My zx11 was a major pain to get the airbox apart it had orings and alignment pins. He must have all covers ignition wires sealed very well is all i can say
     
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    Ooo-gah, ooo-gah ...
    Dive, dive, ... dive!

    ROTFLMAO

    Obviously, October was a month for doing really stupid stunts with a Bike or a Scooter.

    I won't ride through a puddle from water pooled-up from lawn sprinklers or somebody washing their car.

    Other really dumb stuff.
    High-speed wheelie goes really-really bad @ 1:52 on timer.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/3 ... l?ref=fail
     
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