All I can say is "WOW.... good job keeping the bike upright"
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Crazy rain riding video
- Thread starter MizzouMike
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Talk about a hydrolock opportunity. WOW! I'm amazed by everything that happens and doesn't happen in that episode. Fortunate it was a sport bike, but if it had ram air, it coulda been ram water. If he's hydroplaning and I can't imagine him not, then it's triple amazing.
I can't imagine going through that with a 14 let alone a 650r. Good post
Thats awesome!!!
long island rider
Crotch Rocket
OMG!! WOW. 
Rev Ryder said:
I wonder Rev, with the depth of water how the physics "change"...a small layer of water induces hydroplaning as the wheel climbs up on top of the water (hence the term).
Perhaps once deep in the water that effect is somewhat negated, and the water even acts as a stabilizer with the wheel functioning as a keel/tiller. The water would certainly resist change in direction by the wheel, especially during entrance at higher speed.
Still, amazing that he stayed upright, that the engine didn't suck up some water, etc, etc. Lucky SOB, hope he learned to read the conditions better (looks like the water pooled under an overpass, not uncommon). There was even a truck stopped on the side of the road a few seconds before he hit the water. Definitely going too fast for the conditions. I rarely hit highway speeds in the rain...screw that!
Amazing video.
ConcoursKZ
Sport Tourer
Always wondered what happens when you hit a flood. For those of you who have never rode in heavy downpours the C14 is very stable.
Bravo! He must have PR3's for tires If he had tried to do anything but ride through that he would have been swimming.
Maybe move this to safety forum?
If he had tried to do anything but ride through that he would have been swimming.Maybe move this to safety forum?
Jorge said:
Good one Jorge!
Call me stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad
--Allman Brothers
ConcoursKZ
Sport Tourer
Sort of off topic but I saw a rider last week in Ohio riding an FJR in a torrential down pour. I was going to have my Wife film him but he flew by me at over 75 mph. In my Impala i was doing 65 and trying to catch him but he was passing trucks and cars so quickly I just gave up. Visibility was about 10 car lengths. Like I said these bikes with the right tires are very stable in heavy rain and wet roads.
RodWpg said::threadjack: O boy TIRES !!!!!!!Tundra Tom said:Bravo! He must have PR3's for tires
Maybe move this to safety forum?
Indeed Tires! The reason for the PR3 comment...when returning from the Mt. Snow VT. COG national rally we rode through the storm that hit the Indianapolis fairgrounds and destroyed the stage. The PR3's on my C-14 boarded on freakish traction in a incredible down pour. I was accelerating and braking, lightly at first then harder and harder until the better half (riding behind me on her own) told me to knock it off on the coms. :hee20hee20hee:
ppenrose
Street Cruiser
I haven't personally seen anything that bad, but once I did get caught out in a thunderstorm on my old K100. The road out there between Rochester and the Twin Cities is flat and there are no overpasses to hide under. I was expecting some rain, so I had on my rain gear, but when it started coming down in sheets it was pretty miserable. I had the choice to pull over and wait it out, but I was afraid of getting hit by someone that was having problems finding the road, so I kept going. I had new tires and the bike was running good. I was so relieved when the rain let up to just a downpour ( ). Then as I came down a long steep hill I saw something that made my heart almost stop: a river of water over the road at the bottom of the hill. I started slowing down, trying to stay off the brakes. Just as I got to the water, a jerk in a pickup came flying by in the other lane and threw a huge wave of water over me. For a moment I could not see anything; I just concentrated on keeping the bike upright and moving straight ahead. Luck was with me and I made it through. Surprisingly I was not that wet underneath the gear - I guess I picked the right stuff. Still, that's not something I'd care to ever repeat.
). Then as I came down a long steep hill I saw something that made my heart almost stop: a river of water over the road at the bottom of the hill. I started slowing down, trying to stay off the brakes. Just as I got to the water, a jerk in a pickup came flying by in the other lane and threw a huge wave of water over me. For a moment I could not see anything; I just concentrated on keeping the bike upright and moving straight ahead. Luck was with me and I made it through. Surprisingly I was not that wet underneath the gear - I guess I picked the right stuff. Still, that's not something I'd care to ever repeat.