My Lucky Day

[mmaupin]

My bike is a 03 SB with about 30K miles.

Today my half warn out starter, corroded terminals and anything else that added to the system resistance was my saving grace.

Had been doing some traveling and carrying the bike on the back of my truck via an AmeriDeck system. On my return trip, I drove through some heavy rain. When I got home, I rolled the bike off into the shop where I left it to dry out for a few days.

This evening, decided to go for a ride. Hit the starter.... it made about 1/2 of a revolution and stopped dead. I knew it was hydra-lock. My fuel tank valve was closed. Pulled all of the plugs and the No. 1 cylinder was full of water. My air cleaner has a chrome top. There is an indention ~2-1/2" in diameter around the wingnut where water could pool. The water most likely seeped in around the wingnut.

Dried it out, put the plugs in and went for a ride.

Luckily, nothing broke.

All is good.

Regards,

Mark

[randy burkey]

I'd rather be lucky than good anyday!..Good catch! Happy trails..

[Harris]

DANG!!! #1 cylinder full of water??!!?!? Id be fairly unhappy about that.
Harris

[petitemoose]

Lucky day is right! that little bit of frustration coupled with logical thinking and experienced saved you thousands of $$$$

[hogv8]

So there is no chance that the water got into the base ??

[tjy]

Mark, Any water in the oil?

[mmaupin]

Mark, Any water in the oil?

Not that I have seen; no milky colored oil.

Mark

[GordonBH]

Just my 2 cents worth...

I'd change the oil and filter - cheap insurance.

You may not have generated enough heat and pressure on your ride to emulsify any water/oil mix sufficiently to show yet.