"A river took my bike" - not my story...

[RobMac]

Good read Andy

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[tintin40]

I wouldn't have dreamt of crossing that river where he did, big log or no big log. Then again I can't swim so thats probably for the best.

Agree. Looking as that river you would have to be a strong swimmer.
Better to have gone the long safe route and enjoyed the views

 

[dbmtb]

They fished out the Fisher.

 

[1duck]

this thread made me even more paranoid about rivers, then today i saw this video on youtube! I'm not even going to risk taking a bath anymore.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTmDuIXIH74

 

[jimo746]

I wouldn't have dreamt of crossing that river where he did, big log or no big log. Then again I can't swim so thats probably for the best.

Agree. Looking as that river you would have to be a strong swimmer.
Better to have gone the long safe route and enjoyed the views

looking at that river you'd have no chance, strong swimmer or not.

for ultimate cool points you could always jump the river though?

or maybe do a manual across the logs :shock:

 

[cyfa2809]

this thread made me even more paranoid about rivers, then today i saw this video on youtube! I'm not even going to risk taking a bath anymore.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTmDuIXIH74

:facepalm:

 

[Andy R]

Good read Andy

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Thanks, yessir . I got my dates wrong, BTW - as the bike was less than a year old at the time, and it was an IT250G, it must have been 1981.
I do know that I didn't keep the IT for very long after the river incident - the "like a lightswitch" power delivery wasn't the best for wet conditions (so that's most of the year here). A great bike (in its day) for posing on - a quick fan of the clutch if you wanted some lurid drifting and you want wheelies? From here to kingdom come sir :roll:.
Anyway, I started riding Husqvarna WR240's then , which were like tractors by comparison, but far, far better for winning enduros on.