then..we found this...
Having watched a local in his 4x4 go thru it...then watching Adam go thru it, I decided that I'd ride round...as I drew level with it, John on his Vigor decided to go for it and was doing well till he dropped off the raised centre section and propmptly fell off it..and dissapeared under the bike !
Concerned he might be stuck I jumped in to help him right it and then get the bike out of the water/sludge.
the bike would turn over but not fire and as it had submerged completely we decided to strip it...
Honda did NOT build that bike with trail stripping in mind....
we eventually had to stand it on it's tail to empty the exhaust..
it's side to empty the airbox..
the totally upside down to empty the inlet tract...
we then had to spin it over with the plug removed to "pump" the water out of it...the general consensus was.."Thank fook it's not a BMW"
soon the battery was flat..no kick back up ..deepjoy !
Jump leads to the rescue and the Panzer divisions battery...
keeping the GSA running to prevent flat battery on that (as we REALLY didn't want to be bump starting THAT !
This proved usefull in two ways..Ace boy (rather ingeniously) used the nice and warm cylinder heads on my BM to dry the rather damp airfilter while we spun the bike over attempting to start it...sorted !
eventually.after about and hour or so... we finally managed a chugging...then a popping then it burst (well sort of ) into life Whooo HOoo.....
Credit to everyone there I feel...
the tools....I think we used something from everyones kit on that bast bike !
the man power, we'd not have tipped it about without everyone
and finaly the patience in waiting, not one moan about the time it was taking...
Oh yeah...top marks to Jazzy for melting the screwdriver with lots of amps DC...
So..we finally managed to get on our way again..
this was the results of John, dip in the water..
The rest of the day really went without a hitch..Ok a few of the heavyweights threw themselves at the scenery inc somebody on a Yellow 1150 on road tyres.. who I nearly ran down cos he managed to take the WHOLE track up and I couldnt stop... but I'll not mention him..
So to sum up...
a top day, cracking weather and some great blokes...
I really enjoyed it and would do it again...so long as I can get the bastard Panzer clean again before the next one..
Sunday
A cracking ride back up towards Oxford as I was "escorted" from the county... and then a quick 2.5 hrs up the M-way back to the home job done !
Really nice meeting you all, nice to put names to faces and if I do a proper ride up here Dan, you'll be sure to know mate!
heres looking forward to the next one..
Having watched a local in his 4x4 go thru it...then watching Adam go thru it, I decided that I'd ride round...as I drew level with it, John on his Vigor decided to go for it and was doing well till he dropped off the raised centre section and propmptly fell off it..and dissapeared under the bike !
Concerned he might be stuck I jumped in to help him right it and then get the bike out of the water/sludge.
the bike would turn over but not fire and as it had submerged completely we decided to strip it...
Honda did NOT build that bike with trail stripping in mind....
we eventually had to stand it on it's tail to empty the exhaust..
it's side to empty the airbox..
the totally upside down to empty the inlet tract...
we then had to spin it over with the plug removed to "pump" the water out of it...the general consensus was.."Thank fook it's not a BMW"
soon the battery was flat..no kick back up ..deepjoy !
Jump leads to the rescue and the Panzer divisions battery...
keeping the GSA running to prevent flat battery on that (as we REALLY didn't want to be bump starting THAT !
This proved usefull in two ways..Ace boy (rather ingeniously) used the nice and warm cylinder heads on my BM to dry the rather damp airfilter while we spun the bike over attempting to start it...sorted !
eventually.after about and hour or so... we finally managed a chugging...then a popping then it burst (well sort of ) into life Whooo HOoo.....
Credit to everyone there I feel...
the tools....I think we used something from everyones kit on that bast bike !
the man power, we'd not have tipped it about without everyone
and finaly the patience in waiting, not one moan about the time it was taking...
Oh yeah...top marks to Jazzy for melting the screwdriver with lots of amps DC...
So..we finally managed to get on our way again..
this was the results of John, dip in the water..
The rest of the day really went without a hitch..Ok a few of the heavyweights threw themselves at the scenery inc somebody on a Yellow 1150 on road tyres.. who I nearly ran down cos he managed to take the WHOLE track up and I couldnt stop... but I'll not mention him..
So to sum up...
a top day, cracking weather and some great blokes...
I really enjoyed it and would do it again...so long as I can get the bastard Panzer clean again before the next one..
Sunday
A cracking ride back up towards Oxford as I was "escorted" from the county... and then a quick 2.5 hrs up the M-way back to the home job done !
Really nice meeting you all, nice to put names to faces and if I do a proper ride up here Dan, you'll be sure to know mate!
heres looking forward to the next one..
(lets just say I never go out with-out my back protector anymore) 
I'm still have a smile on my face and mud on my bike 
oh, if only it was possible (read: allowed) to get down there, would be awesome fun.
