A good deal?

[kw4570gov]

Have a chance to purchase a KTM 250 that was dropped into a pond not running and was recovered the next day. What do you think would be potential problems other than changing all the fluids cleaning the tank and carb out?

Thanks
Kent

[dannygraves]

uuummm, the trans, crank and ring are all probably junk... count on it needing a whole motor...
carbs, piped and breathers are not sealed, the thing might as well have been running. How long ago did it happen?

[AlisoBob]

Run it....

[pstoffers]

Run it....

X2

[Roostius_Maximus]

run it, i know a dude that jumped a yamaha into the gravel pit in late october and didnt take it out til the ice was gone the next spring
rode it a week and sold it, it wasnt even rusted

Rick Fehr 204-362-1710

[kw4570gov]

The bike was not running when it went in just pushed in and left over night.

Kent

[MojoScojo]

Aside from changing all the fluids,
ALL the bearings would need to be examined at least if not repacked...
The seat is probably permanently soggy.

Sounds like a LOT of cleanup work to be done. Unless you can pick it up for a song, or like doing the maintenance, I'd pass.

[100hp honda]

probly be alright. hell brit rode his half the summer with 3 cups of sand bouncing around the crankshaft

[Joshwfl]

Fuk it. Fresh oil. Fresh filter. Carb clean, ride the bitch.

I bought an IT400 as a teen that had been sitting for 10 years. No cleaning, fresh gas, rode it for a year.

[gregrobo]

wash it out new fliuds runthat bitch

[kw4570gov]

That is my thought too. If I can get it I will let you guys know how it turns out. Thanks for the help.

Kent

[asteroid500]

how many of us here have drownd a bike crossing creeks,rivers, fucking around on the beach....i know i have.

All we ever did was pull the plug, pull the plug on the base of the carb, remove the tank & empty it, flip the bike 180 so it sat on its bars & seat, throw her in 1st and spin the back wheel till she stoped pumping water out of the spark plug hole.
Then tip some fuel into the carby put the plug back in it, land it back on its feet then push it about 50 meters, (fuel will be coming out of your plug hole now....replace your dry plug, refit tank, fresh juice, & your away.

They'd cough & splater for a bit but they nearly always cleared u inside 10km...........BUT, if its very sandy water, id go for the split case & rebuild ruote.
My 2cents worth...

[matt_NC]

My Yamaha Superjet sat for one year full of salt water.

Thought for sure the crank was toast

Soaked it in MArvel mystery oil for a week

Been riding it ever since

Engine rebuild in a can

[powermizer]

My Yamaha Superjet sat for one year full of salt water.

Thought for sure the crank was toast

Soaked it in MArvel mystery oil for a week

Been riding it ever since

Engine rebuild in a can

Thats just plain good luck, I had a customer who took his boat to the west coast and hydrolocked the engine and in two weeks of sitting I coudn't even hammer the pistons out of the bores.

On the other hand I have seen boats at the bottom of the lake for over a year and get pulled out and just with an oil change engine leaked down fine and ran fine.

[dubious01]

If the motor was cleaned and ran right after being submerged, it will be ok. '

if they pulled it out of the pond, and let it sit for months, that when he corrosion takes place.

a friend knew of an old car that was submerged in a lake for 20 years, when they pulled it out the body was still in very good shape, after letting it sit in the barn for 1 year, it had more rust on it than being submerged for 20.