Deep Sea Buddy

Corsair · Post by **Corsair** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 8:06 am

So I was over at the Modern Vespa forum and I came across an interesting topic: "Riding Through Water" Which got me thinking the same thing... How much water can a Buddy ride through safely? Or even be pushed through while the engine is not running??

Have any of you ever had to take your Buddy through water?

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Post by **ericalm** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:00 am

The problem with the Buddy is that the battery is under the floor mat. I assume that's somewhat water tight, but immersing the floorboard for more than a second is probably not a good idea. You can get through most puddles pretty quickly, but if you try to go through a deep one â€”Â 8" or so? â€”Â you'll get that sudden deceleration when you hit the water. If you hit it fast enough, this could force water under the floormat. It probably won't, but unless you really HAD to get through that water, why risk damaging your electrical system?

vitaminC · Post by **vitaminC** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 5:27 pm

The air intake is also quite low.

If deep water crossings are your thing, consider an "adventure" style motorcycle...

Corsair · Post by **Corsair** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:22 pm

vitaminC wrote:The air intake is also quite low.

If deep water crossings are your thing, consider an "adventure" style motorcycle...

lol... not at all. A lot of Detroit streets tend to flood in hard rain (not to mention the legendary potholes)

Beamie · Post by **Beamie** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 3:17 am

If you suck water into the intake you'll get hydrolock and kiss you engine goodbye.