Snorkle for a 1150GSA

[SlowJohn]

Has anyone fitted any kind of snorkel to the air intake on an 11GSA?

I ask because I went through a water crossing the other day that was a tad deeper than I thought and I drew water into the airbox ... luckily a wet air filter and a few miles of white smoke was the only problem.

I was thinking of running some flexible pipe under and up in front of the tank. I assume the intake faces forward to get a bit of a ram air effect, will losing that be a problem?

Cheers all.

 

[sproggy]

I don't see any point in fitting a snorkel - the air intake isn't significantly lower than the coil, ECU etc and you don't want to get those wet. And the airbox isn't watertight anyway when it comes to submerging it. Do you really want to ride through water deeper than the bottom of the tank? Just rider slower through water so it doesn't create a 'wave' that reaches the intake or the airbox itself.

 

[motobiker]

There's also the small matter of the starter motor..,,

 

[SlowJohn]

I'm not proposing to ride across the channel

I don't mind drying out electrics, I do mind rebuilding the engine after hydraulicking it.

 

[Timolgra]

Yes plenty of people fit a snorkel, use a piece of vacuum cleaner pipe,
I also fit a snorkel to the final drive breather.

Creating a wave is actually beneficial when riding an 1150 through deep water as the trough will coincide with the air intake

 

[ahebron]

Yes plenty of people fit a snorkel, use a piece of vacuum cleaner pipe,
I also fit a snorkel to the final drive breather.

Creating a wave is actually beneficial when riding an 1150 through deep water as the trough will coincide with the air intake

With a short piece of inner tube streched over the end of the air intake tube and the vacuum cleaner hose to join the 2 and make a water tight seal.

Adrian

 

[ahutcheon]

I was thinking of running some flexible pipe under and up in front of the tank. I assume the intake faces forward to get a bit of a ram air effect, will losing that be a problem?

Fording fast enough to worry about loss of power from the ram air effect? You, sir, are hardcore. Chapeau.

 

[SlowJohn]

Fording fast enough to worry about loss of power from the ram air effect? You, sir, are hardcore. Chapeau.

nooooo, if only!!

I'm asking about two things.