Waterproofing the CRM

Post by **Eddie Evans** » 04 Sep 2007, 14:34

A friend of mine is of the opinion that the CRM is not as good at going through deep water as 4 stroke bikes.
So far I have noticed that a waterproof plug cap and routing the carb vent pipes up into the air box will help.
Does anyone have any other ideas?

Also being a 2 stroke convert what is the likely result of drowning a 2 stroke.
It appears to me that a 2 stroke will not suffer the hydraulic lock that 4 strokes get. So it should just be a matter of drying everything out etc. and then restarting. Am I right has anyone experienced this?
Thanks
Eddie

slider · Post by **slider** » 04 Sep 2007, 16:31

once and it was terminal!!! mind it was muddy water and the bike was completely submerged(and me!) the crankcase looked like a ploughed field when it was stripped.the motor will hydraulic.i've gone through water upto the level of the exhaust and the only problem i had was not having waterproofed the cap

with the breathers routed in the normal manner.
if you do drowned it,plug out kick the motor over,drain the carb/airbox use a mates exhaust to dry the filter re-install and kick the fecker till you fall over then let all your mates have a go till it fires

slider · Post by **slider** » 04 Sep 2007, 16:36

p.s me and mickstoy did strata florida earlier in the year and were the only strokers out of the 8 riders and had no probs (except for the plug cap thing) a ktm,a drz and an xr all had to be pumped dry during the days river crossings,so the crm's cant be that prone can they?

rene · Post by **rene** » 04 Sep 2007, 17:22

i've been though water passed the expansion chamber. Bike was fine untill i got out of the water then cut out, quick spray of WD40 on the plug and she started up we were away

not much help but i thought id tell you any way

Post by **Eddie Evans** » 04 Sep 2007, 18:39

Good news that the strokers made it through when the DRZ etc. failed.

I went to Strata about 3 weeks ago on the KLX, the water was over the bonnet of a Discovery. I chickend out

slider · Post by **slider** » 05 Sep 2007, 07:24

[b]Eddie Evans :[/b]
> Good news that the strokers made it through when the DRZ etc. failed.
>
> I went to Strata about 3 weeks ago on the KLX, the water was over the bonnet
> of a Discovery. I chickend out

no shame in that,if the klx hadn't drowned you may have.no point taking really stoopid risks it usually backfires,on me anyway