Kozubek Posted July 19, 2015 Share #1 Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) The wife and I took a trip down to Witchita Mountains by Lawton Oklahoma. The GPS took us to some campground in the middle of nowhere which had a sunken concrete bridge with 2 inches of water flowing over it. We made across the first time but on the way bake the bike came out from underneath us. Luckily Diane and I got off with no injuries. It was so slick I could barely get the bike up and hold it. As we tried to pull the bike out, the water pressure was enough to scoot the bike across the slime and the front wheel slid off the bridge. Thank goodness there were a couple people that live right there and came out to help us. Bike survived with nothing but a small scrape on the bottom of the exhaust. So never cross an underwater bridge on a motorcycle. Edited July 20, 2015 by Kozubek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowrollwv Posted July 19, 2015 Share #2 Posted July 19, 2015 Glad you and the bike are OK. We have a few of those bridges around here and I will not use them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djh3 Posted July 19, 2015 Share #3 Posted July 19, 2015 Glad your OK. Lots of those type crossings in Oklahoma and Texas in them parts. Usually there is a large yardstick type thing close by so you can see how deep it is. Being i t has been so wet out that way may be why water and moss is still on it. Usually by this time of year its been 100+ for a couple months and water would normally be long gone I would think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videoarizona Posted July 20, 2015 Share #4 Posted July 20, 2015 Whoa! Glad you both are OK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venturous Randy Posted July 20, 2015 Share #5 Posted July 20, 2015 No wonder you slid off, that's not a bridge, it is a waterfall. It only looks like a bridge if I turn my laptop up sideways. Glad you did not tear things up worse. Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnightventure Posted July 20, 2015 Share #6 Posted July 20, 2015 I very seldom run into those with my Venture. All the time with the DR650. They are definitely slick. It helps to stay in the upstream car tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcarl Posted July 20, 2015 Share #7 Posted July 20, 2015 Looks like your wife is just fine,,, didn't even get wet,,, what ever you did, you did it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kozubek Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share #8 Posted July 20, 2015 Looks like your wife is just fine,,, didn't even get wet,,, what ever you did, you did it right. She got wet you just can't tell from the back. She was a trooper though, jumped right up to help me pick the bike up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kozubek Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share #9 Posted July 20, 2015 No wonder you slid off, that's not a bridge, it is a waterfall. It only looks like a bridge if I turn my laptop up sideways. Glad you did not tear things up worse. Randy Not sure why it tuned my picture like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gez Posted July 20, 2015 Share #10 Posted July 20, 2015 WOW. Glad this worked out as it did. Could have been MUCH worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert2006 Posted July 20, 2015 Share #11 Posted July 20, 2015 Never heard of those bridges before .. None of those around here! Glad no one got hurt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowpuc Posted July 21, 2015 Share #12 Posted July 21, 2015 WOW ZZZZZ WOW WOW WOW KOZ!! THAT could have been a WHOLE lot worse,, nothing like having someone jerk the bike out from under you eay!!! Glad you folks are ok and the bike too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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