Like the intake tube by the windscreen and the exhaust around back. Smart one there. This reminds me of an intersection near my work that gets about 3 feet deep in a 2 inch rain. It sunk because of a tree near it. Fun watching a car run through the cones and get buried to its roof and the people climb out onto the roof and stand there stunned while still on the phone. Best part is they have a cop that stands there now but people still go around the block and get stuck.
Air intake snorkel was a black tube behind the windshield.. Still pretty impressive, for a street bike. I might expect a off road machine to do it. They must have sealed the electronics pretty well. ... Honda...
this guy is awesome! and for all those having trouble with how it's working, if you look for the two black pipes under the screen at the end of the vid (someone points at one of them) this is where the air intake has been ducted to prevent it becoming a water intake...
Got it at the end.....Whole video i was just thinking how it’s possible if your Intake is under water..... not for this long.... Nice modifications though.....
Exhaust is not the issue. You could fully submerge the exhaust with no problems. The air intake however is lower on the bike and that is whats confusing to me. I didnt see a snorkel so how is the bike breathing?????
You are right but if the bike stalls with the exhaust under water then your fucked so he put a hose in the exhaust coming out to help him so if he does stall he wont kill his bike you just got to start it again.
Clever trick to put tubes on the carb and exhaust, but I'm still amazed that the electrics did not got shorted at all while being fully emerged into water. Some nice piece of engineering by Honda I have to admit.
Simply the airfilter will be converted to a hose like he did for the air intake, and the exhaust will just put a extension tube. It is modified to properly seal
Have none of you ever ridden a dirt bike through mud? Seriously? There are entire races, where the bikes (and quads) are in 2-4 feet of water on and off through out the race. This means they heat all the way up, then SPLASH into the water, then back out over and over. Nothing cracks. I have been riding dirt bikes off and on for 25 years, never ONCE have I heard of a block cracking from running it into water. The bike can take it, you guys are getting all bent out of shape over something that is a non issue. Hydro-lock is a different story.
gabrielf1911 Most dirt bikes and some regular bikes pull air out of a box sealed everywhere but under the seat. It looks like it is making enough of a wake to keep the water level just below there. That's irrelevant though, because that isn't what I, or the other people were talking about. They were saying the cold water on the outside of the motor would crack things, and I said it wont, because it wont. Because people take dirt bikes in waist deep water ALL THE TIME and it doesn't harm them unless they suck water in and hydrolock.
tech blogger i do same practical with 2 other bike. but not success.waterlevel also. low. 3rd time. i realised staring plug is not covered. rubber. cap. so i purshase new orginal staring plug. full covered other wireing also covered. then i easily ride bike in water. but level inimit. and most imp. thing i do this practical. underguideness.
if you could see, the exhaust, had a hose , you can see it while it goes away, maybe it had a snorkel on the carburetors and the sparkplugs, its not imposible, but it is hard, anyway, the guy is an asian guy why this amaze you, they can make a rocket with fuckings bolts :v (sorry for the bad english, and the racial estereotipes, had a good day, my fello internet cowboy)
Nathan Dance yes , but i read about there is a small thermostate on the radiator that only opens once the engine is heating, the water go trought the engine , and its not.the same the water that goes from the radiator, than a lot of water crashing directly in the engine, its a opinion greetings :D
It must be a low intensity submarine, modified with wheels as a two wheeler.It went well and smooth on hip high water, the moment it entered land it was switched off and parked on roadside,.. definetly it's a modified submarine ;-)
Well, I've been through similar thing every few years in Jakarta when the heavy rain and bad drainage causes flood. But I've never gone through flood that high with my bike. Most of the bikes I've seen trying to pass flood usually end up stopping in the middle.
