V45, nice bike, almost, but not quite, as nice as my nighthawk ;) All of my cars up to this point have been turbocharged so I'm usually careful of puddles. I don't want to see what happens when a hot turbo tries to compress cold water.
-Kyle On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Kyle K.K. <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
