Fallen Bike

YELLOPER1L · 11-27-2011, 04:42 PM

We had some really strong winds here last night but i didn't give them much thought.
I woke up this morning and and as I usually do I had a quick peek out of the kitchen window to check the bike was still safe and sound. I was alarmed to see my pride and joy still there, still covered but lying on its right side!

I ran out and got her picked up before giving her the once over. Fortunately, everything looked fine. I think the thick cover saved any damage.

My worry is that I don't know how long the bike was on it's side and I feared the dreaded hydrolocking. I didn't start her but I switched the ignition on. No VDS code on the dash. I switched off and heard a noise. It was like a servo motor running and it did it 3 times, like 1-2-3 then off.

I've left it all day and will do so again tomorrow. Does anyone think I could have a problem when I do fire her up on Tuesday?

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Scott Parker · 11-27-2011, 04:54 PM

it has to be running to hydrolock

YELLOPER1L · 11-27-2011, 05:50 PM

Thanks. Just wanted to check to be sure rather than screwing the engine next time I fire it up.

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jake1050 · 11-28-2011, 01:11 AM

too bad there is not an app that would allow you to get a text message from the bike on your iphone when one of the lean angle sensors detect a 90 degree "situation"

NORRYET · 11-28-2011, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by jake1050

too bad there is not an app that would allow you to get a text message from the bike on your iphone when one of the lean angle sensors detect a 90 degree "situation"

I'll develop it & we'll split up the profits...JK

Mack · 11-28-2011, 09:56 AM

I think the newest Scorpio alarm does that? I know the i900 series will send to the FOB in what they claim 1/2 mile range (more like maybe 500 feet).

I had some ingrates flip my new K1200GT upside down on the handlebars when I awoke one morning at a hotel. Windshield busted off, and about $4,500 in damages and only 600 miles on it. Was going in that AM for 1st service, not major body damages. Took about 5 of us to get it uprighted as it was between parked cars. It did run though and wasn't hydro'd. Probably some drunks or kids as there was a 24 hour Denny's next door in the shared parking lot. Bags were inside so no damage to them, but the bike was a mess. Funny how long you stand there looking at it before it settles in that something is screwed up majorly.

Had Scorpio's 'with proximity alarms' ever since and no issues. I've had people put their kids on my bikes in the past for pictures while I've watched them through a restaurant window. Fair game I guess.

Mack

YELLOPER1L · 11-28-2011, 10:13 AM

There are undoubtedly little b'stards around but I'm fairly sure that on this occasion it was the wind. I knew it was going to be windy so I should've put it on the Abba stand but I didn't as it's never done it before. I fastened the cover under the bike so I can only assume that it acted like a parachute and yanked it over. If I'd left it unfastened my bike would've been wet but upright!

**HOG SLYR** · 11-28-2011, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Scott Parker

it has to be running to hydrolock

Hydro locking can occur on a non running engine if it sits with it's cylinders horizontal or inverted (as in a radial engine) typically with a cylinder on it's compression stroke long enough for oil to pass the rings and fill the cylinder. It can also happen with the the cylinder in any position, again typically on the compression stroke any time the cylinder fills with fluid from things like a leaky injector, head gasket, ect.

**viperclaw** · 11-28-2011, 11:07 AM

You can probably put it in sixth gear and just bump it forward for about twenty feet. If the wheel keeps rolling then it is not hydrolocked.

Or you could do it on a rear stand. Two or three revolutions in sixth gear should be enough. Sixth gear makes it easier. It will probably still be difficult at points when you are passing each cylinders compression stroke but you should be able to "bump" it through.

lfoggy · 11-28-2011, 03:19 PM

If you are worried take the plugs out and turn the engine over a few times. If there is oil in the cylinders it will squirt out and you can suck out any remaining with a syringe. Should then be safe to replace plugs and start normally. If the bike's been on its side for hours that's what I would do just to be on the safe side....