I know many of you "MUDDERS" have got to spend a lot of time drying out your Grizzly after a little over agressive water play.
Last summer I rode over a creek in the morning. And you guessed it, when we came back in the afternoon to go home the water was almost a foot higher from the days run off. Record snow falls and high tempatures had taken their toll.
I angled into the water. The current pushed me downstream. When I hit a boulder sideways the current flipped me over. Luckily there were some people to drag me and my wheeler out. Once I got back to shore the Grizzly would not start.
I have ridden Trial motorcycles for a long time but they are very basic machines. When this happens we just remove the sparkplug, turn the machine over, pump the starter a few times. Dry the plug, have lunch, replace the plug and ride the bike downhill until it starts.
The Grizzly is a car when compared to the the little trials motorcycles. The Grizzly battery would turn over the starter but the machine would not start. We removed the sparkplug, removed and dried the air filter element, stood the grizzly on its nose and pushed the starter. The starter pumped out a little water. We let it dry for a little while. Put in a new "DRY" sparkplug, and tried to start it again. Nothing. Remove the sparkplug agin, more starter engaging, more.... Finally we primed the engine and got it to start.
Once I got it started the transmission would not engage and run the Grizzly. Someone suggested that there might be water in the belt housing. We found the plug and drained the belt housing.
It took a while for everything to dry out while I was riding. When I got home I changed the engine oil, and serviced the air filter. Now, (500 miles later) everything seems to be OK with the Grizzly. Other than the $400.00 in replacement costs for items destroyed by water all is well.
Questions:
1. Is there something to better waterproof the grizzly? (This is a rare ocassion I don't want to add a snorkel)
2. Are there better ways to "DRY OUT" the Grizzly after a swimming event?
3. After a nice bath should there be more maintenance done other than changing the oil and servicing the air filter?
4. Are there better more insiteful ways of cursing at a Grizzly when it won't start? I have spent most of my time cursing Trial Motorcycles.
Last summer I rode over a creek in the morning. And you guessed it, when we came back in the afternoon to go home the water was almost a foot higher from the days run off. Record snow falls and high tempatures had taken their toll.
I angled into the water. The current pushed me downstream. When I hit a boulder sideways the current flipped me over. Luckily there were some people to drag me and my wheeler out. Once I got back to shore the Grizzly would not start.
I have ridden Trial motorcycles for a long time but they are very basic machines. When this happens we just remove the sparkplug, turn the machine over, pump the starter a few times. Dry the plug, have lunch, replace the plug and ride the bike downhill until it starts.
The Grizzly is a car when compared to the the little trials motorcycles. The Grizzly battery would turn over the starter but the machine would not start. We removed the sparkplug, removed and dried the air filter element, stood the grizzly on its nose and pushed the starter. The starter pumped out a little water. We let it dry for a little while. Put in a new "DRY" sparkplug, and tried to start it again. Nothing. Remove the sparkplug agin, more starter engaging, more.... Finally we primed the engine and got it to start.
Once I got it started the transmission would not engage and run the Grizzly. Someone suggested that there might be water in the belt housing. We found the plug and drained the belt housing.
It took a while for everything to dry out while I was riding. When I got home I changed the engine oil, and serviced the air filter. Now, (500 miles later) everything seems to be OK with the Grizzly. Other than the $400.00 in replacement costs for items destroyed by water all is well.
Questions:
1. Is there something to better waterproof the grizzly? (This is a rare ocassion I don't want to add a snorkel)
2. Are there better ways to "DRY OUT" the Grizzly after a swimming event?
3. After a nice bath should there be more maintenance done other than changing the oil and servicing the air filter?
4. Are there better more insiteful ways of cursing at a Grizzly when it won't start? I have spent most of my time cursing Trial Motorcycles.