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Old 14-05-13, 10:24
Petenz Petenz is offline
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Christchurch , NZ
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Petenz is on a distinguished road
On the DB1K in jan this yer I droped my XTR in a river " again"
The motor filled with water , Wouldn't turn over on the starter..
remove spark plug / remove air cleaner cover & drain any water..
turn motor over on starter till all water has comes out & you can smell
fuel... check for spark...Put plug in & air cleaner cover back on..
start... Once it starts hold the revs up till the exhaust pipe clears its self of water...
Had to do this on a few bikes over the years... "two dam meany in fact"

Also..
If you know yer going to dump it... hit the kill switch..
Helps to stop the motor takeing in a guts full of water
if it's not running when it goe's under..

And I have always got a small can of CRC / WD40 with me
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Last edited by Petenz; 14-05-13 at 10:57.