Avoiding flull destructive hydrolock?

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Seeking insights on Commando twin tolerance to suck water in. I already know thermal shock is a none issue.

Its highly unlikely but entirely possible to completely submerge a Commando in the Ozarks. Once Wesley cross his low water cement pad 'bridge' in hi=ish water only a foot over top but fell through a missing section in the middle to tank bottom level to feel current instantly pushing over into the boiling down side now over head deep but nailed in with enough air box volume it climbed out coughed some then cleared up to climb out the creek valley then over a hump with sharp turn at base but forgot about drum brake so shot right off the turn into brush barely missing barbed wire fence.

Wes & I missed seeing comnoz at LOP Texas a few years ago when rain pinned down traffic d/t vision then eased up to ridable and headed out to almost get washes away as the water converged on hyw with truck wakes engine hight before getting under shelter and turning tails home when drained enough. SuVee almost got washed over an edge of this place my brother did go over but now both gone forever & new high bridge.

Avoiding flull destructive hydrolock?


Above is the toe on ground other might relate too for some reasonable interest-feedback but its Peels head in the clouds that I'm pondering. I don't want to walk on water I want to ride across it. I'm really a boater skier not a cyclists so know how instantly a bit of wake of edge catch > SPLASH down. I've put a few running engine into the drink, mostly cracked block d/t thermal shock, others just dumped flush out good to go. I'd start shallow at first, duh who in their sane mind wouldn't? Why did chicken cross the lake to reach the other side.


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I rode my Atlas across Shaver Lake to Shaver Island in the high Sierras. You just needed to wait until the Hydroelectric Company pulled the lake level down far enough, and also know where the saddle was that connected the island to lakeshore. It also helped to be half in the bag on beer. The water got above the primary case, but well below the carbs. My buddy followed well behind me on his Bonnie..... when we hit the island, then.....(Ahh! but what follows then is a story for the pub).

Slick
 
Ugh. Steve, you're using the wrong hardware. The solo seat hot rods we use up North will perform gleefully on water, Ozark switchbackcurves, THE gravel and asphalt as well. Skip to 2:30 for water festivities.
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YIKES concours what a fantastic combo of land craft pulling water wheelies and powered banked turns! The back flip in the air freak me out with broken spines but what a way to go. Texas slick would say here hold my beer and watch this...

i've hit deep puddles and mud patches fast enough to hydroplane across to know water is fun controllable but its instant crisis on-in mud. Its finally snowed deep enough to ski on here but again fates have shut down any cycles running to play on it. Peel may get special two wheel track to mimic the snow sleds and maybe take em on in their element. Snow mobile racers have explained track dynamic behavior to me at high speed - when tracks fling out trying to form a paddle wheel shape...
 
Now here's what I'm talking about for wet fun
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