Quick story for ya'll on this monday morning. I have a low spot in my woods near my house. It's about 50 feet across. When it gets real wet, it floods. Usually it gets about 2 feet deep, but now it's about 3 feet deep. I was playing in it yesterday, doing just fine. I was standing on the seat so my feet wouldn't get wet. Then, with no warning, it stalled. RIGHT smack dab in the middle of the "swamp" as I call it. So there I was, standing on the seat, 25 feet in any direction from dry ground. I put it in neutral, reached down into the water, and pulled the rope. Bang. Nope, water got into the motor. D'OH! So, I decided to just hang out and think about my situation a bit before I jumped into the water, as the water was no more than 40 degrees. A few cars drove by on the road, just looking funny at me. Then I get an idea. I reached down into the water, and popped the rear body off. Tossed it into the water, and it floated away. Then took off my helmet, and threw it as hard as I could. It made it to dry ground. About this time I realized that tri-moto 125's float. One wheel at a time though. The front wheel would bob up without warning, or maybe a rear wheel. Very scary. The neighbors heard me going "WHOAH!" every few minutes. Ok. So, I stood on the frame, facing backward. Then, I physically reached down and turned the rear wheels backward with my hands. So, I actually drove the trike out by turning the rear wheels with my hands. Took about 20 minutes to "drive" it out in this manner. So, trike was out, and my feet were dry. Alright. Ok, now I have to get the body that is floating in the swamp. I managed to fish it out with a big stick.
Ok. Now, time to asses the damage. Tryed to pull the rope again, nope. Walked back to the house, got my 400 homemade trike and some tools, rode back down. Pulled the plug, pulled the rope. "PSHT-PSHT-PSHT-PSHT!!!" Water shot out about 30 feet in the air. Turn the trike on it side, pull some more. "PSHT-PSHT-PSHT-PSHT!!!" Drain the gas, drain the lines, drain the floatbowls, etc, etc, etc. Filled it with fresh gas and some dry gas. Finally, after about a half hour, it refired. Alright. What a stupid adventure, but I did still have dry feet!
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don't forget to change the crank oil ! and empty the airbox.
not running yet. but won't be long.
this thing smokes worse then a pingr! its in the garage waiting for that rebuild fund to kick in
