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Ok, so, I just told my wife that I realize that my Wee is not a dirt bike and if I get stupid and pretend it's a dirt bike, I could really do some serious damage to my baby. (You get the picture of me sitting on my bike in the yard while I say this.)
So, the words are still hanging in the air and I decide that I want to take a quick ride around the block that in the area of Central Kentucky where we live. I turn down a country road that includes the opportunity to cross a creek and I get the wild idea that I can clear that creek because it's not rained in almost 10 days, so...
Half way across the creek the back end of my bike starts to float in about 18" of water and it's getting deeper. I hit the gas but I have zero traction and am slowing down and going over. I hit the water with the bike running and roll clear as I reach over and hit the kill switch.
So, I pop up un-hurt and plant my butt against the seat and my feet firmly in almost two feet of swift running current and my baby starts floating away from me. I turn around and grab the handle bars to lift the top end of the bike out of the water and the tires sink back down where they belong and I simply lift my bike up and throw my leg over the seat. Sitting there, I catch my breath and look down at the front axle to see just how deep this water really is to find it is well over the front axle.
I thumb the start button and nothing. Then I realize that I still have the kill switch on so the bike won't start and place that back into the run position. I cycle the ignition and hit the start button and the starter relay chugs but the starter does not spin. I have the bike in neutral so I push it out of the water, about fifty feet of squish-squish, and put the kick stand down while I catch my breath.
I cycle the ignition again and hit the starter and the relay chugs but the starter will not engage. I tried this about ten times. The dash lights clear all the start up routine and the head light works but the starter will not engage and the engine will not turn over.
I pushed my bike up the creek bank and up the neighbors drive way because it's concrete and I figure that I can bump start it on the drive and get myself home to find out what's wrong. It's about 87' and pretty hot but I make myself push her up that grade. Turn around and find second gear and start rolling, brace for the drag when I pop the clutch, and the back tire squeals but the engine will not turn over. I tried this twice with the same results. Well, since it won't start I walk up to the neighbor's to use their phone but no one is home.
It's about a tenth of mile to the next farm house but the road is mostly flat so I start pushing it over there. I knock on the door and this neighbor agrees to call my wife and tell her I haven't been run down by a truck, but can she come and get me? We load my bike in the back of the pickup using the cattle ramp and seems to have been placed in almost the exact position to make it as easy as possible and I tie my baby down.
Back home and I'm here asking, "what have I done now?" I've search for tip over switch or some kind of cut off because I seem to remember reading about that but I can't find anything. So, Greywolf the magnificient, what have I done? Please....:biggrinjester: "Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope."
So, the words are still hanging in the air and I decide that I want to take a quick ride around the block that in the area of Central Kentucky where we live. I turn down a country road that includes the opportunity to cross a creek and I get the wild idea that I can clear that creek because it's not rained in almost 10 days, so...
Half way across the creek the back end of my bike starts to float in about 18" of water and it's getting deeper. I hit the gas but I have zero traction and am slowing down and going over. I hit the water with the bike running and roll clear as I reach over and hit the kill switch.
So, I pop up un-hurt and plant my butt against the seat and my feet firmly in almost two feet of swift running current and my baby starts floating away from me. I turn around and grab the handle bars to lift the top end of the bike out of the water and the tires sink back down where they belong and I simply lift my bike up and throw my leg over the seat. Sitting there, I catch my breath and look down at the front axle to see just how deep this water really is to find it is well over the front axle.
I thumb the start button and nothing. Then I realize that I still have the kill switch on so the bike won't start and place that back into the run position. I cycle the ignition and hit the start button and the starter relay chugs but the starter does not spin. I have the bike in neutral so I push it out of the water, about fifty feet of squish-squish, and put the kick stand down while I catch my breath.
I cycle the ignition again and hit the starter and the relay chugs but the starter will not engage. I tried this about ten times. The dash lights clear all the start up routine and the head light works but the starter will not engage and the engine will not turn over.
I pushed my bike up the creek bank and up the neighbors drive way because it's concrete and I figure that I can bump start it on the drive and get myself home to find out what's wrong. It's about 87' and pretty hot but I make myself push her up that grade. Turn around and find second gear and start rolling, brace for the drag when I pop the clutch, and the back tire squeals but the engine will not turn over. I tried this twice with the same results. Well, since it won't start I walk up to the neighbor's to use their phone but no one is home.
It's about a tenth of mile to the next farm house but the road is mostly flat so I start pushing it over there. I knock on the door and this neighbor agrees to call my wife and tell her I haven't been run down by a truck, but can she come and get me? We load my bike in the back of the pickup using the cattle ramp and seems to have been placed in almost the exact position to make it as easy as possible and I tie my baby down.
Back home and I'm here asking, "what have I done now?" I've search for tip over switch or some kind of cut off because I seem to remember reading about that but I can't find anything. So, Greywolf the magnificient, what have I done? Please....:biggrinjester: "Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope."