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Title: riding in heavy rain Post by Redryder652 on 07/01/16 at 18:23:08 So I was on my way home one the interstate doing about 60, and it started to downpour. I was in this rain for about 10 minutes or so, doing about 40. On top of that, once I turned up my street, there was a huge puddle of water I had to go through, deep enough to were it possibly touched the case, is this a bad thing? Could I have damaged the engine from rapid cooling from heavy rain? Thanks in advance. |
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Title: Re: riding in heavy rain Post by raydawg on 07/01/16 at 18:48:28 Why don't you pop one and see if it taste ok? ;D |
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Title: Re: riding in heavy rain Post by Redryder652 on 07/01/16 at 18:52:28 62716974716777100 wrote:
What do you mean? |
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Title: Re: riding in heavy rain Post by raydawg on 07/01/16 at 19:18:19 4C7B7A6C677A7B6C282B2C1E0 wrote:
What do you mean?[/quote] Uh, never mind...... I'll just go back down to the Tall Table, where they don't understand me, either :P |
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Title: Re: riding in heavy rain Post by old.indian on 07/01/16 at 19:24:09 I ridden in some pretty heavy downpours without damage to the air cooled engines. As long as you didn't get any water INSIDE the engine you are OK. PS.. I didn't know what raydawg means either. (He probably doesn't even know his self.) ::) |
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Title: Re: riding in heavy rain Post by Redryder652 on 07/01/16 at 20:06:04 Okay, thanks, I've heard a few horror stories with dirtbikes hit water and puked there guts out of the case. |
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Title: Re: riding in heavy rain Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/01/16 at 21:06:30 As long as your air filter is okay, I'd expect everything else to be okay. |
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Title: Re: riding in heavy rain Post by pg on 07/01/16 at 21:19:37 Towel dry it when you get to your location. Better yet, if your at home use a leaf blower to dry any electrical connections as well. Best regards, |
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Title: Re: riding in heavy rain Post by Redryder652 on 07/01/16 at 21:36:16 392E28242B3B490 wrote:
It's been a while since I got home, I didnt do much, considering I was soaking wet. Which connections should I focus on? Lights, horn etc? |
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Title: Re: riding in heavy rain Post by batman on 07/01/16 at 22:32:09 If your bike is right, your ok until the water reachs your spark plug or your air filter . ride on ! |
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Title: Re: riding in heavy rain Post by gizzo on 07/02/16 at 00:13:39 5A49514C495F4F280 wrote:
LOL ::). It'll be fine. I've riddden through water up to the fuel tank on my dirt bike and no problems. Long as you keep forward momentum, there's an air space under the seat where the engine breaths from. Watch these clowns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFTY99Ol_mI |
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Title: Re: riding in heavy rain Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/02/16 at 04:07:36 I don't see how the engines were getting air, but, they were, obviously. Wow,, |
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Title: Re: riding in heavy rain Post by raydawg on 07/02/16 at 08:16:50 465C585A5B65544741475C515250350 wrote:
LOL ::). It'll be fine. I've riddden through water up to the fuel tank on my dirt bike and no problems. Long as you keep forward momentum, there's an air space under the seat where the engine breaths from. Watch these clowns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFTY99Ol_mI [/quote] Goodness sake, I was beginning to think I lived on the moon all by myeslf ;D Son, I ride a LOT in the rain living here in the Pacific Northwest. Winter ice and snow, to the rare 90's, this bike just keeps going. I even thought about using some of the RTV I use of airplane electrical connections, on our lugs, etc, but I have never had any failure to moisture. I do check my air box for condensation, water, but even after weeks of rain riding, I have never seen evidence of water on my air filter. I think the cooling fins on this motor are well designed, she readily dissipates that heat on her own. My motor will cool so quickly from too hot to touch, to having to use the "choke" to start her only after a 20 minute ferry ride in winter.... Sorry to use your post for my own entertainment, hope you can forgive me.... ;) |
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Title: Re: riding in heavy rain Post by Serowbot on 07/02/16 at 08:41:22 Car engines get soaked in the rain too... As long as it don't drown,.. it'll be fine.... Always check yer' brakes after a thorough drowning... they can disappear on you... 8-) |
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Title: Re: riding in heavy rain Post by Kris01 on 07/02/16 at 09:08:07 64776F72776171160 wrote:
Even the header is cool enough to touch after ~20 minutes. |
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Title: Re: riding in heavy rain Post by raydawg on 07/02/16 at 11:21:47 7F465D470405340 wrote:
Even the header is cool enough to touch after ~20 minutes.[/quote] I have used mine for a hand warmer even ;D |
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Title: Re: riding in heavy rain Post by pg on 07/02/16 at 13:47:28 0D3A3B2D263B3A2D696A6D5F0 wrote:
All of them, once you have an electrical problem you will have new respect for preventive maintenance. Do a little bit of research about dielectric grease as well. Best regards |
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Title: Re: riding in heavy rain Post by Dave on 07/05/16 at 05:51:19 Back in my dirt bike days....there was one track that used to make us ride up a creek - lots of steam - but nobody's engine puked their guts out. On one Dragon ride Springman, ArtWebb and I rode through a horrible downpour. My Cafe' bike started to lose power, and the longer I rode in the downpour the more throttle I had to use to maintain my speed, and the tone of the engine changed and the exhaust note became deeper....when the rain let up a bit or stopped the engine ran as normal after a mile or so. I thought maybe it was my lack of an air box and water was getting into the carb....and also my tiny front fender allow the front tire to throw water all ove the bike - but Springman and Artwebb said their bikes were doing the same thing and they had the stock airbox and front fender. I asked Bill at Boretech if it was possible to seize the piston/cylinder riding in the rain on an air cooled bike. He didn't believe it was possible - and he said that most likely the cylinder head has cooled so much that the valve clearance was gone, and likely the valves were not setting down on the seats during the heavy downpour....and once the rain let up and the engine returned to temperature....the valve clearance came back. And......never shove your wet bike into a closed garage (after washing or riding in the rain). The water can stay there for days and corrode stuff......so you need to get it dry as soon as you can (fan, leaf blower, warm/dry garage, etc). Water can set in the electrical connections and in the nooks and crannies for days if you cover the bike or put it in a sealed garage that doesn't have any airflow. |
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Title: Re: riding in heavy rain Post by Gary_in_NJ on 07/05/16 at 07:51:55 Your engine was already somewhat cooled from the water splash prior to playing submarine commander. Back in the old days of aircooled dirtbikes we never thought twice about riding through streams. I don't remember anyone ever experiencing a mechanical failure due to rapid cooling. I did see a lot of wet ignition systems that caused the engine to cut out. I had a CT70h that I was riding through a stream and the stream got deeper then I thought it would - over the exhaust outlet. I tried to keep it going but the stream got the best of me at the mid-way point. My brothers helped drag the bike out of the stream. We were a good 3 miles from home and I was wondering how I was going push the bike up the mountain to get it home. My brother said "stop your crying", pushed me off the bike and started kicking it over. With every kick water was coming out of the exhaust...and then it (slowly) started. "Here ya go" he said as he got off my bike. I rode that bike home, changed the oil, and never had any water related issues. Those old horizontal Honda's were tough as nails. |
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Title: Re: riding in heavy rain Post by WD on 07/05/16 at 09:49:34 Got caught in it twice yesterday. Had to wring out my boots when I got to work. Hit a hard rain on the way home. Ended up off-roading my way to an underpass. Rain stopped after a few minutes, headed the rest of the way home, starts pouting a few hundred yards later. Rode 14 miles in 2nd and 3rd gear, tucked below the windshield, navigating via the double yellow center line. Should take a couple days for my clothes to dry out. |
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