the exhaust was completely submerged
From looking at the pics, it seems the water level was high enough to get up above the wheel bearings & most of the important 'rotating parts' of the engine as well as into the exhaust & anything it opens to.... Which means that you really want to make sure there is NO water in anything below that level and that the water NEVER got in there, which I sincerely doubt is a realistic assumption at all!! :yikes:
Sure, most bikes & Spyders etc will be made to be a
little water resistant, ie, they should be able to stand riding in the rain etc, but that doesn't mean that anything &/or everything important is proof against water getting into it if it's left standing in said water for a while!! And if that water was just a little dirty &/or contaminated with any of the stuff often found in our home shed/garages, it's likely to be fairly corrosive 'water' too!! Soooo, if it was me in your boots, I'd be asking your insurance company to write that one off, pay you out, & get a replacement that hasn't been drowned!! If you keep that Spyder, even if you immediately drain & replace all the oils etc; dismantle, clean, & re-assemble everything; re-grease everything you can; & treat all electrical joints with a cleaner/water dispersant, there's still a very good chance that you'll find water has made its way into everything & is working away right now on corroding & damaging anything & everything it reached, & that's very likely somewhat above the water level!! :sour:
Any vehicle left standing in water that hasn't been specifically & very recently been treated & specifically sealed to withstand immersion, even if it's for just a few minutes, will get water in all sorts of places you just don't normally think of & places that rain etc won't ever get to. Places like under the insulation on the wiring loom, hard up against the wires, where it 'wicks' its corroding way right along the wiring loom & often out the far end & into electrical components & gauges you thought were well above the water level, as well as seeping & wicking its way into every joint, seam, or crack in anything/everything below the water level.... Most seals were made to keep oil/grease etc IN, & only light rain out (if that) So as time progresses after an immersion event, you'll pretty much always find that you eventually start to have no end of issues due to things like corroded wiring, water damage inside bearings & bushes, seized nuts & threads, shorted wiring connectors, dodgy water damaged sensors, and a whole lot more!! Then you need to consider what a soaking in water may have done to things like the brake pad material, or to the 'glue' that bonds the brake pads to their backing material?? Do you want to risk the pads pulling right off their backing next time you try an emergency stop?? Or maybe it won't be an issue until the time after next, or the time after the time after????
So yeah, you might be lucky enough to get it running &/or ride it out of there, but almost certainly there will be long term repercussions & costs eventually - how much of a gambler are you?? If your insurance covers you for floods or whatever this event was, I'd be seeing if I could get a new Spyder!! :thumbup:
Good Luck!!
