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This has nothing to do with my Katana but you all seem like you know a thing or two about bike so I thought I'd throw this at ya.
I have a 1997 Honda XR650L Street/trail bike that I use primarily as a dirt bike. I was riding this weekend and it was very wet. I went to ride through a few puddles, when I reached the middle of the span of water It turned out to be a little more deep than I anticipated.... about 4 feet deeper. So now I've found myself up to my chest in water and all you can see of my bike is the seat and handle bars. It took a 4x4 quad to pull me out.
I had no choice but to ride the bike out, considering I was a half mile away from my truck and I wasnt going to push and pull the bike up multiple large hills. Not the greatest idea I know but I dont need any comments on my stupidity. The bike actually didnt perform too bad but by the time I got to the truck it was bucking and choking, so I think the clutch is done for.
My issue.... The motor is full of water.... or more like a milkshake colored oil and water mix. Ive changed the oil and filter, and flushed the motor with clean oil 4 or 5 times and every time I still get milky colored oil. I was wondering If I could get away with running a motor flush product in the oil to help clean it out. The bike stalls everytime I put it in gear so Im thinking the clutch is already toast and will need replaced so other than that what could it hurt?
I have a 1997 Honda XR650L Street/trail bike that I use primarily as a dirt bike. I was riding this weekend and it was very wet. I went to ride through a few puddles, when I reached the middle of the span of water It turned out to be a little more deep than I anticipated.... about 4 feet deeper. So now I've found myself up to my chest in water and all you can see of my bike is the seat and handle bars. It took a 4x4 quad to pull me out.
I had no choice but to ride the bike out, considering I was a half mile away from my truck and I wasnt going to push and pull the bike up multiple large hills. Not the greatest idea I know but I dont need any comments on my stupidity. The bike actually didnt perform too bad but by the time I got to the truck it was bucking and choking, so I think the clutch is done for.
My issue.... The motor is full of water.... or more like a milkshake colored oil and water mix. Ive changed the oil and filter, and flushed the motor with clean oil 4 or 5 times and every time I still get milky colored oil. I was wondering If I could get away with running a motor flush product in the oil to help clean it out. The bike stalls everytime I put it in gear so Im thinking the clutch is already toast and will need replaced so other than that what could it hurt?
) and we let it dry out and started back up. Fried the elctric start though, that thing was a BIATCH to pull start.
My grandfather told me that he has flushed his two stroke motorcycles with kerosene and not hurt the clutch or anything else so I gave it a try. Unhooked the spark plug so it wouldnt start, fill the bike with kerosene and cranked away.... took about 3 times before the liquid ran reasonably clear. Put in a fresh filter and and good oil and away I went/ Before the bike would lunge forward when I put it in gear, like the clutch wasnt working at all, but now it works and shifts fine! All I can guess is that the kerosene cleaned off enough gunk around the plates that they would now grab.... whodda thunk it. 
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