Ouch. wait...all of your cars? curious, what have you owned? -Kyle KK
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
