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atc110
11-20-2003, 11:10 AM
how deep of water do you guys takes your wheelers through?
250rAL
11-20-2003, 11:32 AM
I've only done about a foot and a half to two feet. It always looks deeper once you're in it! You have to be carefull if there's any kind of current. Even a slow moving stream at that depth will start taking you downstream, and a little way from where you are crossing may be a whole lot deeper.
ScottZJ
11-20-2003, 12:25 PM
Well as long as you have your lid on your air box and go at a good speed most areas knee high you can make it. Just dont stop or pray that it doesnt die on you. And worse case, just wheelie thru it! LOL :D
atc110
11-20-2003, 12:59 PM
i've taken my 85 110 through water 23" deep. I measured it. there wasn't a current
bayougrizz
11-20-2003, 01:09 PM
I've always wanted to get a 250 big red and throw some decent mud tires on back, snorkel the intake and all overflow/vent lines, dielectric grease the spark plug boot, and take that baby up to the handlebars.
ATC crazy
11-20-2003, 05:49 PM
Most 3-wheelers float...so add the extra bouyancy (sp) of salt water and you could float all the way to England.... :rolleyes:

My SX has been across my grandparents pond
200Xtreme
11-20-2003, 06:17 PM
I'v had my 200X in water ou to two feet. Kinda hard to steer in a little current (front end floats). The engine was completely submerged, and she never missed a beat!!!
mrman550
11-20-2003, 07:13 PM
What kind of maintance do you do after riding in water
ScottZJ
11-20-2003, 07:17 PM
First off drain all the water out of the air box LOL :D But then you will need to lube all the exterior parts really well including the bearings. Start from the head set and go down..........peace
junjun01
11-20-2003, 07:38 PM
I Went Trough Kind Deep Water With My Atc 125,Have Pics But I Can't Post Then Here 'Cause I Don't Wear A Helmet ! :oops: .
When It Got Too Deep,I Just Put It In Reverse.
freaksfix
11-20-2003, 09:37 PM
Here is a pic of me doing some Haspin water crossing...
cmracer15
11-20-2003, 10:12 PM
When i had a little 85 125m i took that thing to hell and back man. Everyday i had that thing up to the handle bars in water. Never had a prob with it either. I had the engine,seat,headlight and all under the water for over 10-15 seconds and she was still pullin through. ONly one time i had to jump off and float it across when i drove it off into a 6 foot hole in the pond. But it was still runnin when i got it to the other side. HONDA'S RULE!! they ever die!!
junjun01
11-20-2003, 10:22 PM
Gezzz..........U Really S T R E CH The Screen :D
bbechtel16
11-20-2003, 11:23 PM
Well as long as you have your lid on your air box and go at a good speed most areas knee high you can make it. Just dont stop or pray that it doesnt die on you. And worse case, just wheelie thru it! LOL :D

What's an airbox? :twisted:
Darius1502
11-21-2003, 01:32 AM
oh gosh...all that mud is making nauseous....I better to Armor all my Z...
atcmatt
11-21-2003, 04:30 AM
My 200es goes throught heaps of water, ive had it over my rear rack before. It stalled in the middle but i just put it in neutral and it fired right up and I needed so be pulled out (muddy bottom). I got out and kept driving! Hondas are submarines! even with the head completely under it keeps on goin'. :-D

Matt
TimSr
11-21-2003, 09:58 AM
how deep of water do you guys takes your wheelers through?

I know they float!
Manny55
11-21-2003, 10:20 AM
Well as long as you have your lid on your air box and go at a good speed most areas knee high you can make it. Just dont stop or pray that it doesnt die on you. And worse case, just wheelie thru it! LOL :D

What's an airbox? :twisted:


the air box is a box where the Air Filter sits in.
250rAL
11-21-2003, 10:28 AM
Funny story--Back in the 80's a friend of mine had an '87 Suzuki 230E. That's the auto trans version of the Quad Sport. He tried to take it across water that turned out to be 4 or 5 feet deep. It sucked water of course and had to be towed out. Well he got it back to the pavement and,towing it behind another machine, he popped the auto clutch at speed. At first it slid the wheels and then it turned over and it looked like a fire hose coming out the tail pipe! Water must have been going 10 feet before it hit the ground. That' is REALLY the wrong way to get the water out but it worked. He's just really lucky the rod wasn't bent.
Darius1502
11-21-2003, 06:40 PM
Man thats funny!! :D :D :D :D :D :D
md1985250r
11-22-2003, 08:42 AM
Well as long as you have your lid on your air box and go at a good speed most areas knee high you can make it. Just dont stop or pray that it doesnt die on you. And worse case, just wheelie thru it! LOL :D

What's an airbox? :twisted:


the air box is a box where the Air Filter sits in.

manny...do you really think the man doesn't know what the airbox is????c'mon... :rolleyes:
roofinggun
11-22-2003, 11:44 AM
When I was riding in the UP with a bunch of golf carts we crossed a river and I couldn't be out done so I crossed. I had to work the clutch and gas, but I went through no problem. I was sitting on the seat and the water was up into the headlight. Amazing thing is at the end of the day I had no water in my oil.