Water Crossing by Motorcycle -Hazards and Techniques - Pat Jacques

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4.9 • 960 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Water crossings by motorcycle can be unnerving, and there's a lot to consider before you even contemplate dipping your tires in to the water. So before you plow straight in, Pat Jacques from ADV Woman, a retired pro motocross racer and riding...

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0:00.0	The funniest story I have is I was riding with some guys in Moab and we were on
0:17.0	Kane Creek Trail and there's probably about 40 water crossings because the trail just goes back and forth back and forth back and forth and
0:27.3	It was the end of the day this guy was on a drows you 400 and he missed he thought he missed the last water crossing so he thought oh what the
0:36.3	hell I'll just ride downstream and I'll encounter it at some point in time and
0:40.0	what he didn't know was he was at the last water crossing.
0:44.0	And he starts riding downstream and he drops his bike down into a hole
0:48.0	and the bike is totally submerged.
0:51.0	The RZ 400, guess what, it takes a a spark plug wrench.
0:55.0	He didn't have a spark plug wrench so that we could take the plug out.
1:00.0	I mean it was such a fiasco.
1:01.0	We were there for hours getting him out. I was like, wow, I can't believe you just
1:06.0	decided to ride downstream. Well if you're at the water's edge, take a break and listen to this episode on water crossings for
1:23.7	motorcycles it's all about your safety protecting the bike from damage and
1:26.8	then the technique that should see you through the water and down the trail my
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