Ouch other Kyle. That sucks. I knew a guy who had a hypercharger on his bike and he hit a 6" puddle doing something stupid like 30mph. He thought it was shallower. Turned out, a hypercharger acts like a huge funnel and he hydrolocked his engine.
Glad that didn't happen to you. what size was the sabre? v65? -Kyle KK On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: > Last November I was on my buddy's 83 Sabre and got caught at a customer's > house during the rain. Being a chicken I waited until it was over then snuck > out on the still wet streets. At one point I came up on a significant > puddle. About 6" deep in the middle, and about 20' long taking up all 3 > lanes from curb to curb. I slowed waaaaaaay down, made sure I had the bike > lined up straight and proceeded through the puddle carefully...about halfway > through a #...@!$@@!$ in a FedEx truck goes crashing through the same puddle > in > the lane next to me. A tidalwave of nasty oily water completely engulfed me > from the side and nearly knocked me off of the bike. To say I was pissed off > is an understatement. Sometimes it doesn't matter how careful you are but > that's the closest I've come to drowning on a bike ;) > > -Kyle > > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Creative Residential Designs < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I was riding in my Caddy to town yesterday afternoon. I hit a storm so >> bad that I hydroplaned. It was solid water... I had to slow down >> considerably. It was like going thru the car wash minus the cute swishy >> things that wash the car....my bike and I would have drowned! LOL! (Has >> anyone drowned while driving a bike thru pouring rain? No? There's always a >> first time...) >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Kyle K.K. <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:37 AM >> *Subject:* [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: ride to work day >> >> Storms are fun. They're refreshing as long as you can change when you get >> to your destination. >> And you have an open face helmet. >> >> NEEDLES IN YOUR FACE!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH >> >> -Kyle KK >> >> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Creative Residential Designs < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> It did nothing except storm here yesterday, not that it would have >>> mattered...I work out of my home ;) HotrodMamma. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Marco" <[email protected]> >>> To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:14 AM >>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: ride to work day >>> >>> >>> >>> I work a fair distance away from home and haven't ridden the full trip >>> yet (about 60km, all superslab, very heavy traffic), so I bailed on >>> it. Not a bad idea in the end; we had rain and lightning forecast, and >>> we got a big thunderstorm. >>> >>> If it doesn't rain one weekday - any weekday - I'm on it. >>> >>> Now I have to fix my upholstery so as to not embarrass myself too much >>> with my rough-looking '93 NH :) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Marco >>> >>> On Jun 8, 4:42 pm, wrenchman <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > every day should be ride to work day for all of us! god made us all >>> > waterproof and we can buy jackets and pants for the cold. >>> > people , owning an older 'hawk is like being married, you have to love >>> > her ALL the time, not just when weather permits >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
