Water Crossing with a RSV

[flb_78]

I had to go through a water crossing today at Palo Duro Canyon.

 

I guess Ventures really do handle like a boat!!

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwcpStxcv2E]YouTube - watercrossing[/ame]

[Jerry W]

Good thing the air filters are fairly high and kinda' protected by the lowers. How far up on the bike did the water come?

[flb_78]

Good thing the air filters are fairly high and kinda' protected by the lowers. How far up on the bike did the water come?

 

I was told it covered the mufflers and I was blowing bubbles. I was also spinning the rear tire coming up the hill!!

[Jerry W]

I was told it covered the mufflers and I was blowing bubbles. I was also spinning the rear tire coming up the hill!!

 

Uh Forrest, when do you NOT spin the rear tire??????

[flb_78]

Uh Forrest, when do you NOT spin the rear tire??????

 

umm.....

 

 

Is there a mark in the alley behind your house still?

[Jerry W]

umm.....

 

 

Is there a mark in the alley behind your house still?

 

Ya' can see exactly how wide that CT on your bike was.

[wes0778]

Uh Forrest, when do you NOT spin the rear tire??????

 

:stickpoke:I thought C/Ts got so much traction they wouldn't spin!

[Yama Mama]

Good Flick Forrest. That was really good.

Yama Mama:big-grin-emoticon:

[Tom]

Try that with the green algae that grows seeming overnight in our low water crossings...makes riding on gravel look like an interstate!

[Schlepporello]

We get that green junk here too. I think what makes this crossing different though is the fact that it's the only one of six crossings in the park that you will always have water to drive through providing there is water in the creek. The othe five crossigs have channels underneath the surface for the water to flow through, thus allowing you to cross on a dry road way. Of course, one of those crossings has it's channels clogged at the moment.

 

I visited with Forrest a bit this morning about this crossing. He's got more guts than I do to try a crossing at that speed with a bike that big. As I mentioned to him, it's been 30 years since I did things like that. These days, I'm a bit more cautious (translated "chicken").