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Message started by Beagle on 08/04/15 at 20:24:06

Title: Motorcycle Wet
Post by Beagle on 08/04/15 at 20:24:06

Well, this is a good one. I took off my motorcycle seat to fix a small tear in it and my young nephew thought he'd be helpful. He washed my motorcycle with the seat off...spraying water all over the electrical wires! Great! LOL! Got to love kids!

Of course, I wiped everything down but now it just makes a clicking sound. I've got the battery on a charger and hoping in a few days, it'll just dry out. I'm guessing water got in somewhere but not sure.

What do you guys think?

Title: Re: Motorcycle Wet
Post by verslagen1 on 08/04/15 at 20:34:57

probably flooded the bat box, give it time it'll dry out.

but check the air box, pull the drain plug on the bottom.

Title: Re: Motorcycle Wet
Post by Beagle on 08/04/15 at 20:41:16

746770716E6365676C33020 wrote:

probably flooded the bat box, give it time it'll dry out.

but check the air box, pull the drain plug on the bottom.

Yea, I checked the air box and there was water in there. I can wait a while for it to dry out. We've been getting a lot of rain here in Ohio, so haven't been able to ride much.

On the plus size, my motorcycle looks nice! :)

Title: Re: Motorcycle Wet
Post by Serowbot on 08/04/15 at 21:34:22

Battery charge and drying time should do the trick...

Cute story... ;)...

Title: Re: Motorcycle Wet
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 08/04/15 at 21:42:15

How old is he?

Title: Re: Motorcycle Wet
Post by Dave on 08/05/15 at 05:01:31

Get that bike out in the sun, put a fan in the garage...anything to get the water dried out ASAP. I would recommend taking the air filter out and getting some air/sun on it to help dry it out. The longer this stuff stays damp the more corrosion can happen.

Title: Re: Motorcycle Wet
Post by stewmills on 08/05/15 at 06:48:05

If you have one and haven't already, a leaf blower is good to blow water out of the nooks and crannies that could be sitting in there that you can't see. As you have probably read, when we wash our bikes (under known circumstances :D) we will take the leaf blower to it immediately after and then run it for about 10 minutes to dry up any remaining water we can't see. Unfortunately in your case you can't get it running to do part2, but you definitely want to blow out any water that may be hanging around. But, if it's as hot there as it is in central Alabama, any water on the bike anywhere would be scorched out by the heat of the sun in 5 minutes.

On a side note, I hope you weren't too hard on the nephew. Good to see the kid taking some initiative versus the world full of lazy entitlement idiots we have raising more entitlement idiots.

Title: Re: Motorcycle Wet
Post by Dave on 08/05/15 at 08:06:40

Yep....the leaf blower is a big part of my wash routine.

As soon as the rinse is done, the leaf blower fires up and I start blowing off things at the top of the bike and work down. You would be amazed how much water sits on top of the engine and in the cooling fins. I spend quite a bit of time getting the spokes and wheel hubs and the belt pretty dry. The a towel try of the smooth bits.....and a 10 minute ride to blow and heat the rest of the water out. (Never wash your bike and push it into the garage and close the door.....it will hold onto water for a week or more).

Title: Re: Motorcycle Wet
Post by Beagle on 08/05/15 at 12:10:09

2D3234332E2918281820323E75470 wrote:

How old is he?

He is 9. I didn't yell at him or anything. He didn't know any better and was just trying to help.

Title: Re: Motorcycle Wet
Post by Beagle on 08/05/15 at 12:12:01

7D464B5C4D415A5C474F425D2E0 wrote:

Yeah I got the air filter out already.

Good idea on the leaf blower! I'll do that tonight when I get home. I was going to put it in the sun tonight too but the leaf blower things is a GREAT idea!

Thanks for suggesting that!

Title: Re: Motorcycle Wet
Post by Beagle on 08/05/15 at 12:15:15

5B5C4D5F454144445B280 wrote:

Yeah, he's a good kid. He's 9 yrs old and we've been watching him every weekend for the past couple of years since his Mother...well, isn't the best Mother around. So, he feels like we are more his parents and he LOVES my motorcycle. He was just trying to help. So, can't be mad about that! :)

Title: Re: Motorcycle Wet
Post by Kris01 on 08/05/15 at 16:19:55

Good to see you turning lemons into lemonade! :)

Title: Re: Motorcycle Wet
Post by Beagle on 08/05/15 at 17:19:42

Leaf blower did the trick. 5 minutes and it started right up! I took her for an hour long ride too. Thanks again for the suggestions all! :)

Title: Re: Motorcycle Wet
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 08/05/15 at 19:26:06

You have a real opportunity to guide that kid. If he took the initiative to try to help, he wants to Do stuff and be recognized. Find little ways he can help, even if you have to leave something somewhere Just so he can get it for you. And you can thank him. Bit much,maybe, but you get the idea.
Teach him what tools are what,

Title: Re: Motorcycle Wet
Post by Beagle on 08/05/15 at 23:33:25

6E7177706D6A5B6B5B63717D36040 wrote:

Yeah, we've been working with him and teaching him what we consider good values. He's come a long way. I'm not the greatest mechanic but I show him what little I know but teach him more about just being a good person and having integrity. ethics, etc. We don't have kids of our own and my Mom has seen me with him and gave me a nice compliment. She said if we'd have had kids, I would have made a good Father. Nice to hear that from her but it's even nicer to see our nephew learning from us and I think he'll be OK and become a good man and member of society. I often will ask him for help on things and have him think it out. Kids are amazing at how their brains work!