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Originally Posted by SpudRider
Thank you, Rob. 
Yes, I was wet above my waist. I ruined a digital camera I had hanging on my belt, and I lost my cell phone in the mud pond as well.  Fortunately, the camera was a few years old, and the phone was a 'dumb phone.'  I was happy to get a ride out; I was about 8 miles from the nearest town. 
The next day I came back with my trailer, and parked at the trailhead. I quickly got a ride on an ATV back to the abandoned Zong. After changing both the spark plug and CDI unit, I got the bike to run. I rode back the the car, and trailered the bike home.  |
Other than a long push or pull sounds like you may have not had a choice, but do you think running the engine with the water in it contributed to it's demise?
I like how you call it a 'mud pond', rather than a puddle. Maybe you can go back in the summer and catch a catfish ;-)