
3 Bikes Caught in Wollongong Floods
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3 Bikes Caught in Wollongong Floods
A wall of water came down our street and pushed the garage doors in and flooded the garage. Leanne's ZX10, her track bike and my ZRX got flooded along with everything else in the garage. Luckily it stopped just as it reached the front door so inside the house stayed dry but the garage and yard are a mess. Unfortunately the exhaust on Leanne's 10 filled with water and the water level was as high as the exhaust port on the head so we think it may need a strip down. 

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- Water flowing down the street.
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- It poured down the driveway
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- After the rear door of the garage was opened
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- One door caved in
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- The other one completely pushed in
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Last edited by Nelso on Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:31 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: 3 Bikes caught in Wollongong Floods
The bikes
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- Note how far up the water mark is on the header
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Last edited by Nelso on Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:52 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Green '08 ZRX1200 Road bike
Green 2012 ZX10 Track/race bike
Green '89 H1 ZXR750 race bike
'89 RMX250 motard race bike
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Green 2012 ZX10 Track/race bike
Green '89 H1 ZXR750 race bike
'89 RMX250 motard race bike
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Re: 3 Bikes caught in Wollongong Floods
Some of the damage.
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- My beer fridge floated out the door
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Last edited by Nelso on Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: 3 Bikes caught in Wollongong Floods
As long as you both are ok
you can always update to brand new bikes later on if they get totalled 


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Re: 3 Bikes caught in Wollongong Floods
Guy's that sux big time
.....Insurance should cover it yeah?....At least you are both ok

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Re: 3 Bikes caught in Wollongong Floods
Her bike is covered but we don't know about the house yet. The assessor is calling in the morning but we are assuming we should be covered since it was storm water that did the damage.Disco wrote:Guy's that sux big time.....Insurance should cover it yeah?....At least you are both ok
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Re: 3 Bikes caught in Wollongong Floods
Crack the sump plug, if there's water in there it will come out first. If there's water in the bores how easy are the plugs to pull out and crank it over a bit?


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Re: 3 Bikes caught in Wollongong Floods
ah shit 
Sorry to hear that mate. What a crapper.
Keep us updated about the outcome

Sorry to hear that mate. What a crapper.
Keep us updated about the outcome
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Re: 3 Bikes caught in Wollongong Floods
Bloody hell, they really did cop it hey. Poor buggers. Fingers crossed the insurance company comes to the party.
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Re: 3 Bikes caught in Wollongong Floods
Bugga guys. Glad your house is dry.
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Re: 3 Bikes Caught in Wollongong Floods
oh what a shit, sorry to hear that guys 

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Re: 3 Bikes Caught in Wollongong Floods
Sorry to hear guys, hope it all sorts out OK.
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Re: 3 Bikes Caught in Wollongong Floods
Geez, that sucks mate, hope the bikes are ok.
Good luck with getting it cleaned up as well.
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Good luck with getting it cleaned up as well.
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Re: 3 Bikes Caught in Wollongong Floods
How long did the floods happen for? I'm just wondering as i could see that the vents under the house were under the waterline. I second the suggestion of just draining the sump and taking a peek.
As to how wet it was, I got caught up in some shitful rain on Friday and Saturday going down the coast and back and have no arguments about how freaking nuts it was getting. All i can say is it getting worse, damn.
As to how wet it was, I got caught up in some shitful rain on Friday and Saturday going down the coast and back and have no arguments about how freaking nuts it was getting. All i can say is it getting worse, damn.