When I was in Bulahdelah today getting petrol, I saw a truck at the servo with a heap of new shiny bikes on the back. Most still in partial knock down kit form (partly in frame crates - partly out, some wheels off, some fully assembled, all sorts of different makes). One was white and grey Tenere. I thought it might be this year�s model so I went over for a good look but what the driver told me chilled me to the bone.

And I quote (roughly):
�Mate you wouldn�t touch one of these with a barge pole. All of them came from the same warehouse and have been under 20 foot water in the QLD flood. This is my second run this week.�

They are being steam cleaned, dried out and rushed interstate for quick sales ASAP. So be very careful about buying a cheap, near new bike at the moment, particularly in Sydney or Melbourne, it might be a wet one! I don�t know how you can pick them because they looked so new, no mud at all. Long term it can�t be good for a bike to be under water,

One thing, I would have thought the computer would die straight away but apparently not?
What other long term effects?

I would guess the computer is a sealed component. On top of that I would rather have a submerged bike that a salt weathered one. The ECU is sealed, as is most of the engine. Any water ingress into the oiled engine can be changed quite easily. The big bonus I suppose it that nothing would have been moved while the bike was under water and if new it is unlikely to have got in. The only exception to this that I can think of it the steering coulmn. The external pressure may force water into the air void inside. The engine will likely fair well as most of the components exposed to the air/water are not steel and water is unlikely to have entered if the bike was stored upright.
I say this as I capsized a boat in the Amazon many years ago and it was underwater for 5 days. When we recovered it, the Honda 40, despite having been hydrauliced (is that a word ?) and the con rods bent like bananas, the engine had not suffered from the water. The water was mud like as in Queensland.
Of course I could be talking b0ll0x....who knows...

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Sounds like some dealer has no insurance. I know a few motor cycle freighter in Brisbane, I will catch up with then to find out more.

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My 04 XTX
Stage 1 & 2 DNA filters / Kev fuel mod / snorkel mod / Drilled air box mod / Engine breather mod / Fork Spacer mod / 15w fork oil /
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My 07 XTX
Raptor 700 cylinder 102mm / Modified Crank Case to take a 105mm Raptor Cylinder / 11:1 102mm JE Raptor piston / Stage 1 Raptor Hot Cam / Ported head / Colder Spark Plug / +2mm Throttle body / DNA stage 1 & 2 filters / Modified Air Box / Snorkel removed / Worry Brothers stage 2 filter cover / 6mm & 8mm Bolts Replaced with Titanium Bolts / Recovered seat in Black / O2 Eliminator /

My 09 XTX
59HP at the rear wheel / Stage 2 Raptor Hot Cam / DNA stage 3 Air Box / Carbon Can Exhausts / Modified Exhaust Link Pipes / PCIII With Custom Fuel Map / Wideband Commander O2 Data logger / LCD100 Dyno Jet display & fuel adjuster / 2500 OHM HT lead instead of a 10K OHM XT lead / Extra Coolant Cooler / Protaper Fat Bars / Tail Tidy With LED Tail Light / OKE Protection Knobs / LED indicators / AIS blocked / Modified rear sprocket rubbers / Rear Foot Pegs removed / 09 ECU With 02 Sensor Changed To A 06 ECU / Complete wiring harnes Changed from 09 to 04 / Home made LED resistor flasher / Hole drilled in the fuel tank filler neck to allow quicker filling / Modified Bar End Weights / Progressive front fork springs, 15W fork oil, forks lowered 25mm, used XTR rear links lowering the rear 20mm, rear spring one click stiffer / Changed front & rear guards from blue to black / 47T rear sprocket / Speedo Healer V4.0 / Kev throttle cam mod / Throttle grip mod / The new 2010 O2 sensor mod is out, works a treat, The new 2012 O2 Controller is out, PM me for details

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