Bike mods to suit Qld VMX

[KTMaico]

Another Tropical Depression off Townsville, could form into another Cyclone in the next few days. More rain in Qld, just what we need!! I am seriously thinking of adding floaties to Swingarms, Pegs and Handle Bars just to get a ride. I have seen mod kits so a MX Bike can be run on snow, rear wheel replaced with tracks and front wheel replaced with a ski. Maybe we can work out a way a MX bike can be run under water. It may only take one very long intake snorkle and very long up swept stinger pipe. Just a thought.

Kevin.

[Simo63]

Sounds like you've got Cabin Fever there Kev 

[KTMaico]

Sounds like you've got Cabin Fever there Kev 

More like life boat fever Simo 

[Hardex]

You have castle hill to ride around and It rises to a height of some 286 metres what R U on about .I rode up and around that rock for years back in the day.

[vandy010]

convert your MX'er into a Trials bike...
ride anytime...

[Brian Watson]

back in the 70's a guy over here rode his bike thru the Swan River.... snorkel intake and vlong exhaust... made the papers in its time.. 

[Brian Watson]

if you google ... greg rodda motorcycle...you can see a Popular Mechanics article with a pic of the Suzuki coming out of the water....

[Simo63]

Looks like an RL with a TM tank?  Bloody incredible though ... imagine what it was like to do that?? And imagine what was on the bottom of the river 

Now that's the sort of mod we need here at the moment 

[whitey 43]

Isnt there supposed to be a meeting at Nudgee this weekend?

[VMX247]

And imagine what was on the bottom of the river 

lucky he didnt front flip over a chrome shopping trolley 

[dkupf]

I can relate to how your feeling Kev. It's the same here in Yeppoon. Go to work watch it rain come home and watch it rain. The other half has ordered me off ebay . Darcy

[Lozza]

Another Tropical Depression off Townsville, could form into another Cyclone in the next few days. More rain in Qld, just what we need!! I am seriously thinking of adding floaties to Swingarms, Pegs and Handle Bars just to get a ride. I have seen mod kits so a MX Bike can be run on snow, rear wheel replaced with tracks and front wheel replaced with a ski. Maybe we can work out a way a MX bike can be run under water. It may only take one very long intake snorkle and very long up swept stinger pipe. Just a thought.

Kevin.

What bike mods, just ride it

http://www.snotr.com/video/8268/Ever_seen_a_motorcycle_go_under_water

 

[VMX247]

What bike mods, just ride it

http://www.snotr.com/video/8268/Ever_seen_a_motorcycle_go_under_water

 

excellent find Lozza...wish we had just two drops of that stuff.dry as a bone here 

[KTMaico]

Another Tropical Depression off Townsville, could form into another Cyclone in the next few days. More rain in Qld, just what we need!! I am seriously thinking of adding floaties to Swingarms, Pegs and Handle Bars just to get a ride. I have seen mod kits so a MX Bike can be run on snow, rear wheel replaced with tracks and front wheel replaced with a ski. Maybe we can work out a way a MX bike can be run under water. It may only take one very long intake snorkle and very long up swept stinger pipe. Just a thought.

Kevin.

What bike mods, just ride it

http://www.snotr.com/video/8268/Ever_seen_a_motorcycle_go_under_water

 

Great video Lozza, unfortunately the thick German or Irish accents makes it hard to understand what the guys were saying.

Kevin

[JC]

back in the 70's a guy over here rode his bike thru the Swan River.... snorkel intake and vlong exhaust... made the papers in its time.. 

We had a guy come into the bike shop I worked in back in the early 70s with  CB350 who had huge air-hoses on the handlebars & connected to the carbs on the other end. He wanted us to fit one-way valves to the exhausts so he could ride thro floodwaters as he was tripping around Australia. Might have been the same bloke. I think the boss told him to get lost - it'd never work.