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St0nkingByte · 11-25-2005, 11:47 AM

Today on the way to work it was raining like crazy and apparently it'd been doing it for a while because I'm zipping up a freeway on-ramp and I see the cars ahead of me shooting up 15 foot high rooster tails of water. I mean they look like freakin hydro racers. So I brace myself because I know I'm going through a larger than normal puddle but hey its no big deal, I do puddles all the time, just keep the bike at a steady speed and going straight...

However this puddle was huge. I swear it felt like it was a foot deep. My cruiser with its low ground clearance really plunged into that sucker and I'm telling you the water was splashing up so hard it felt like someone was shooting water hoses at the bottoms of my feet. I could literally feel the pressure of the water pushing on my feet. The bottom of the bike even seemed to ever so slightly wallow as if I was pancaking it on the water and sort of hydroplaning the underside of the biek. I plowed through no problem but water did manage to shoot up my left pant leg, which is unusual and it was particulary icy. However I wasn't deterred, actually I was amused and I rode on laughing like crazy from the trip through that huge puddle. Call me crazy but it really made what would have been a pretty mundane/miserable ride kind of fun in a death defying sort of way

What's the biggest puddle or river you guys have ridden through?

**Clint** · 11-25-2005, 01:42 PM

Sounds like a blast! I had a similar experience once.

St0nkingByte · 11-25-2005, 01:59 PM

HAHA! I saw that on a scariest video show once. You people must get incredibly bored in the winter to think up stuff like that.

Lew · 11-28-2005, 08:12 PM

Hey Rowdy,
Just to let you know, I am a certified ice rescue specialist. Went thru training over in Lindstrom Mn a few years ago. So when your sled goes thru the ice, just give me a call and I'll come up from Ga to pull you out.

jkulysses · 11-29-2005, 07:30 AM

I've seen guys skim across water on their quads at the dunes in Oregon. That stuff is crazy.

DrBob · 11-29-2005, 08:00 AM

Who says city riding is boring?

I HATE it when the cold water gets up your pant leg...

**Clint** · 11-29-2005, 04:39 PM

Thanks, Lew. We sort of came apon that stretch by accident, and before common sense showed up our adrenaline and testosterone had us running that 150 yard stretch on the Mississippi. It's a good 10 to 15 feet deep there, and sinking would've almost certainly meant drowning.

I get shaky just thinking about it now.

11-25-2005, 11:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
St0nkingByte Sprocket Pilot Joined: Nov 2004 Bike: 2005 BMW R1200RT Location: Bellevue, WA Posts: 893	Urban adventure riding Today on the way to work it was raining like crazy and apparently it'd been doing it for a while because I'm zipping up a freeway on-ramp and I see the cars ahead of me shooting up 15 foot high rooster tails of water. I mean they look like freakin hydro racers. So I brace myself because I know I'm going through a larger than normal puddle but hey its no big deal, I do puddles all the time, just keep the bike at a steady speed and going straight... However this puddle was huge. I swear it felt like it was a foot deep. My cruiser with its low ground clearance really plunged into that sucker and I'm telling you the water was splashing up so hard it felt like someone was shooting water hoses at the bottoms of my feet. I could literally feel the pressure of the water pushing on my feet. The bottom of the bike even seemed to ever so slightly wallow as if I was pancaking it on the water and sort of hydroplaning the underside of the biek. I plowed through no problem but water did manage to shoot up my left pant leg, which is unusual and it was particulary icy. However I wasn't deterred, actually I was amused and I rode on laughing like crazy from the trip through that huge puddle. Call me crazy but it really made what would have been a pretty mundane/miserable ride kind of fun in a death defying sort of way What's the biggest puddle or river you guys have ridden through? __________________

11-25-2005, 01:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
St0nkingByte Sprocket Pilot Joined: Nov 2004 Bike: 2005 BMW R1200RT Location: Bellevue, WA Posts: 893	HAHA! I saw that on a scariest video show once. You people must get incredibly bored in the winter to think up stuff like that. __________________

11-29-2005, 08:00 AM	#6 (permalink)
DrBob In The Zone Joined: May 2004 Bike: several Location: Decatur, GA Posts: 2,763	Who says city riding is boring? I HATE it when the cold water gets up your pant leg... __________________ Dream like you'll live forever, live like you'll die tomorrow. You MUST obey the pug dog!

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11-28-2005, 08:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
Lew Seat Tester Joined: Oct 2005 Bike: Suzuki GZ250 Location: Cataula, Ga Posts: 78	Hey Rowdy, Just to let you know, I am a certified ice rescue specialist. Went thru training over in Lindstrom Mn a few years ago. So when your sled goes thru the ice, just give me a call and I'll come up from Ga to pull you out.

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jkulysses Sprocket Pilot Joined: Sep 2005 Bike: 2006 Blue M50 Location: Oregon Posts: 832	I've seen guys skim across water on their quads at the dunes in Oregon. That stuff is crazy.

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