| Author | Message | ||
     Garp |
Well, we had a little rain in CT over the weekend, and the river at the end of my yard flooded, so I wound up with about 2 1/2 feet of water on the garage. Buells do not float   Yes, that is the water line about 1/2 way up the Airbox Cover I've drained the fluids as best I can, and now I just wait for the Insurance adjuster who is coming on Friday to assess the damage. I haven't had time to pull the plugs, but I did in my old Honda CB1000, which is much easier, and it pumped a bunch of water out. The good news is that we are now under a Flood Watch for more rain tomorrow  | ||
| Txfatcat |
holy cow that really sux...we get alot of rain here in Houston....let us know how it all works out | ||
| Pwnzor |
Dude, hang your bikes from the rafters, it's easy. | ||
| Brineusaf |
After reading about spidey... I think his "spider sense" started to go off... sensing there was going to be flooding... so he tried to park on top of some HD's... but if I were you... I'd get a lift, or stick to the rafters. Best of luck getting everything cleaned up. | ||
| Ginzero |
hey.. i thought the pucks could be used as a floatation device! | ||
| Diablobrian |
ouch! That's a terrible thing to have happen to any motorcycle. I hope that things work out to your satisfaction in regards to insurance. | ||
| Mesafirebolt |
Well...at LEAST it didn't float away! Good luck with the insurance! | ||
| Robertoxb9 |
Garp, that's really bad... Good luck with cleaning the mess and the insurance and keep us informed.. What's the usual way of dealing with this in the States? The insurance pays the damage and if total loss they keep the bike and push it into the market by some kind of damage motorbike dealers? | ||
| Blake |
I just wait for the Insurance adjuster who is coming on Friday to assess the damage. Trusting the folks who are obliged pay out to figure how much to pay out is an exersize in trust for sure. Strongly suggest you obtain an estimate from your dealership before your insurance adjuster arrives. They can probably give you one after seeing the photo. | ||
| U4euh |
Remembering what testing they had done to the ULY, I'd put fresh oil in it and crank her over to see what happens. Is you airbox in tact or do you have a fast system. Based on the water line, you might have gotten away with no water in the velocity stack. | ||
| Garp |
I'll get fresh oil in her this weekend, it looks like no water made it into the intake system, so it should be okay. I'm as concerned about electrical issues down the road, the ECM was submerged, as well as the fuse boxes, battery etc. We'll see what happens on Friday, but I'm heading out of town for a couple of weeks on Sunday, so I don't have a lot of time to work on the bike | ||
| U4euh |
Couple of weeks is what she needs to dry out. Take apart the connectors, air box and lid, seat and ler it dry while you are gone. Spray it off before you leave also, that way nothing starts smudging your bike up permanantly. (Message edited by u4euh on August 31, 2006) | ||
| 99buellx1 |
Damn. How did that tool box fare? Is your house ok? | ||
| Rocketman |
In the UK all flood damaged vehicles I've come across in recent years that are subject to insurance claims are simply written off. Last year I saw a new zero mile Saab 93 at my friends workshop that had gone into the dock when they were unloading the ship. There wasn't a mark on the body save for the three stihl saw cuts in the roof panel, specifically put there by the insurance people. The instruction to my friend was 'break only'. After flood damage to any type of ECU and such electrical component's, you just don't know if you are going to have problems sometime later caused by water ingress, even if you get things to work ok for now. It isn't worth the insurance companies hassle, so in the UK they write the vehicle off and pay out. Rocket |
