U-996 or amphibious all terrain VTR

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U-996 or amphibious all terrain VTR

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Fun today when faced with an inland sea between Frinton-in-Sea and Clacton-in-Sea or a 15 mile detour - A shipping lane of traffic stalled in the road/river so put it in 1st gear and went for it. Gradually it gets deeper and deeper almost up to my knees and feeling some pressure as it covered the exhaust - increase the revs with a corresponding increase in speed causes a bow wave to wash over the fairing and screen like a crash diving sub conning tower. Blinded in the wash cascading into my visor all I can do is steer in a steady straight line hoping I can avoid veering & crashing. Amazingly like the James Bond car emerging up the beach I receive a round of applause from the waiting oncoming car drivers watching agape as I hit land, steaming away with the heated grips and race cans on full blast.

At my destination I take off and empty my water filled waterproof boots and all that was missing was fish in 'em!

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What he said ....

Well done matey

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Good work fella :mrgreen:
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Some folk will do anything to get the road-salt washed off their bike :lol:

Glad you got through it ok :!:
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Brilliant! :D
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Well done Wicky :!: :cool2 It's times like that you wish someone had filmed
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I also think you were very brave to risk it :wink:

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Thanks everyone - it was quite a buzz so hence having to share it - Winter equivalent of getting the knee down :D

Wouldn't have dared done it if I hadn't unintentionally been thrown in the 'deep end' years back on a GPZ600... heading to work out in the sticks early in the morning in the dark, when I careered down a hill into the quaintly named village of Fordham Heath only to find the Ford in Fordham in full flood - Hit it at 40-50 mph and arrived at work looking like a tad incontinent

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Beautiful story mate, have had to hang various off roaders upside down in the garage after silly attempts at water crossings :oops: Nothing worse than realizing you aint going to make it through the other side :D
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